KIKOPRINCESS: Faith as small as a mustard seed

In the book, the author wrote about his personal experience with soulmate searching. He wrote down a list of 267 attributes that he desired in his future partner. And these attributes were quite honest- included attributes about the significant other's looks. And he thanks God that he does indeed find a partner, and looking back at his list, he found that God had prepared for him a partner with almost all of those attributes!

So here are some of mine...

• A follower of Christ
• Love of children's ministry
• Respectful to old and young
• Able to independently look after themselves
• Humble and willing to admit wrongs
• A gentle heart
• Wise
• Has a charming smile
• Strong
• Courageous
• Honest
• Has a passion for life
• Easy to talk to
• Is forgiving
• Adventureous
• Isn't perfect
• Doesn't smoke
• Doesn't like to get drunk
• Doesn't gamble
• ...

I don't know if my soul mate is somewhere out there. And I wonder how many attributes I would hit in someone else's list?

Book Review: Eating my feelings (2013) by Mark Rosenberg

My summary: 

My interest in this book stemmed from seeing clients presenting with emotional eating issues. I got this book from netgallery. But as soon as I started in Chapter 1, I realised it wasn't the book I was expecting. The book itself is very much written in a conversation style, and as I read the book, it was almost as if Mark was sitting in front of me, telling me his story. It's a very raw, uncensored view of his life. When clients come in to tell me their life story, rarely am I exposed to this kind of language and detail. But till all helped to explain how Mark struggled with his weight including going to fat camp, dieting, taking laxatives, doing drugs, dealing with his sexuality, interest in sex.