He’s sort of a Svengali… It means someone who’s manipulative. More than that: somebody who makes you think that you need him in order to accomplish anything.

In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.

Your body is a temple, not a daily dumping ground for another person’s pain, anger, betrayal, judgment, hypocrisy, denial, games, jealousy or blame. When you are being psychologically, spiritually or emotionally abused by a person,...