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Posts by Barb Smeltzer

Barb Smeltzer is a social change agent by day in corporate philanthropy. in her off time she is a writer on mind/body topics, registered yoga teacher, avid traveller and a practitioner of authenticity. Through writing she sets out to inspire others to live their truth, in light and love.

When You Fear Emotional Abandonment: Do You Know Your Worth?

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“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” ~Unknown

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…says Lady Liberty. She was speaking to immigrants wanting to start a new promised life in America, but those words could be my tagline for the men I have had my most intimate relationships with.

If you were broken, emotionally unavailable, complicated, and confused, I was your girl.

I would love you more than you loved yourself, or could love me. 

I would put all my energy in trying to make it work, trying to …