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,...

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.