Mellie Grant, the scheming, conniving and willful First Lady at first glance, has a much richer history. A history that connects to many more of the American people than one would think and shapes her personality to make her one of the most #Scandalous and yet, dynamic characters in Scandal. It is the story of rape as a young woman. A story whose statistics transcend politics, race, socioeconomic status and gender. It is a story that is seldom told because the humiliation,sha

Are You In Love with a Narcissist? Part 2 In Part I, I discussed how to identify a person displaying narcissistic traits and the impact it has on your relationship. Now I’ll discuss some common earlier life experiences of those that exhibit such narcissist traits and what you can do in response to these behaviors. What Happened to Make You This Way The history that a narcissist has with a primary caregiver will usually reveal hints of someone that provided selfless, non-conti

Beyoncé’s new album “Lemonade” has the rumor mill in full swing about her marriage. So many have been desperately waiting to confirm that her and Jay Z’s relationship is a sham and their happiness is a lie. I have to wonder whether the belief and hope for the destruction of their relationship is mostly because human nature has to normalize what, unfortunately, so many people regularly experience in relationships… repeated infidelity. Whether you’re the cheater or the person d

Whether or not you were directly affected by the recent Ashley Madison scandal (thankfully most of us probably were not), if you’re in a long term committed relationship it makes you wonder about the mutual satisfaction in your own relationship. For most couples, there is some sense of how each partner feels about the other. That feeling could be mostly positive, mostly negative, or pretty stale. I think we all hope for mostly positive. Relationships can be so amazing when th

Due to Valentine’s Day love is in the air and I thought I would write something about relationships. After all a Valentine symbolizes a heartfelt expression of what your relationship means to you. While that may be its traditional meaning, the holiday can also serve as a painful reminder if you are not in a relationship or if you find yourself experiencing emotional and physical withdrawal from your partner, even if you are the one who has checked out of the relationship. I t