In 36 years of practice, I have seen and heard of some of the most unbelievably tragic tales of people being caught in relationships, where the seeds of dissent and dissolution were there from the start! It is like the signs of heartbreak were already blinking like a neon sign, that were overlooked or …
If only she/he would change. I can not tell you how many times I have heard this from patients in an unhappy relationship! It always saddens me because I know that the truth of the matter is that it is a rare human being who is going to want to change because of their spouse …
Eugene Delacroix was described by his friend Charles Baudelaire as “a volcanic crater artfully concealed behind bouquets of flowers”. He remains in many ways an enigma, where his personality and inner life can be drawn from his art, his tragic childhood losses, and conjectured by reading the correspondence to various persons during his lifetime. This …
I have to admit that I have always been fascinated with this lady and the incredible story of her life. Marguerite de Valois , nicknamed La Reine Margot was born into French royalty in the year of 1553. She grew up in the Louvre, which was the royal palace to the kings of France, long …
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The French have an absolutely marvellous word for love at first sight, calling it a “coup de foudre”, which translates out to being struck by a bolt of lightning! To me that sorts of sums it up as the ultimate meaning. this mysterious love, at first sight, is really a feeling of being struck with …