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If you were to google this topic, a lot of relationship scenarios would come up. I’d prefer to generalize so that this can be your guideline for any situation. Plus, men miss red flags too but most of google discusses women and relationships. Let me give you a perfect example. Years ago, my husband and …
It’s tempting to think that we know how we’ll feel when a certain thing happens. We imagine the moment. We rehearse it in our heads. We decide in advance how we’ll respond. But honestly, the old saying, “You don’t know til you get there” really is true. We may think we can predict, we may …
Have you ever had that happen to you when someone pulls rank? I have and it doesn’t feel good. Most of us have done it at some point, but the real problem is the habitual users — the ones who make it a default strategy. You’ll know who they are if you know what I …
The other day I had an “aha” moment so I thought I would share it with you, especially since I’ve written about perfectionism before. As I’ve revealed, I’m a “good enough” person, not a perfectionist. However, I do care when things aren’t right. I just don’t freak out about them, and I don’t beat myself …
Right now, we have a crisis going on in our family with our brother. It’s very interesting to me to sit back and watch the personalities at play during this time. One of my sisters, who is not known for participating in the family much, has really stepped up big time. She’s offering classic support. …
In my last post we discussed strong personality types. As the beginning of the post stated, having a strong personality can be very beneficial. These are the “get ‘er done” type of people. The leaders. The Type A workaholics who achieve. The downside is these same traits can also come across as bossy, pushy, stubborn …
In previous blog posts I know I mentioned this but apparently, I don’t have a blog post dedicated to this subject alone. It is an important subject so here we go! How many times a day do you “should” all over yourself? “Should” Seems Harmless It’s common to use the word “should” so it seems …
It’s common to get overwhelmed, frustrated or insecure when trying a new thing or learning a new skill because we’re afraid that we’ll never get it. It’s kind of like a baby learning to walk. They haven’t done it but eventually they do. Have you ever seen a five or thirty-five-year-old still crawling? No. Humans …
…Don’t react! When you are attacked, it’s easy to react. When we are verbally attacked, we react because it triggered something in us. It’s our natural instinct to defend ourselves. Imagine if someone were throwing a punch at you. What is your first instinct? To throw up your arms in defense. At that point you’re …
Sometimes in life we wish we could have a do-over or push the rewind button. Other times we want to hit the delete key in our mind. People like analogies and visuals. So, here’s a new one for you – push the pause button. A client of mine recently told me that she’s noticing her …