How not to take rejection and disappointment so personally in your personal and professional relationships
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There’s a fine line between taking responsibility and being overly responsible. This boundary confusion gets us into trouble in work and personal relationships. Discover where this comes from and what to do about it.
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Your Holiday Survival Guide
These touchy times foster even touchier overreactions over the holidays. Tips for surviving the Holidays and turning the tables on relatives with who act badly.
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Thanksgiving . . . Opportunity Awaits
In spite of economic hardships, Thanksgiving offers the opportunity for creating space to explore your passion and discover new horizons.
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Exploited! – Bamboozled By a Helium Balloon
The Balloon Boy story brings up many memories of other exploitation, coercions and feeling taken advantage of in childhood experiences and in personal and professional present situations.
Categories: abuse, Abuse, Balloon Boy, coerce, doormat, Emotional Abuse, exploitation, Family, Helium balloon, manipulation, mylar balloon, Personal Boundaries, Rejection, Rejection, Relationships, resentment, Resentment, take advantage of, taking personally, Trust, vicarious parents, Workplace, world view -
Thoughts on Spanking Children – It’s Not Neat to Beat
Spanking children is in the news again. Let’s take a look at the long term effects of abusive corporal punishment and how the child’s world view is colored forever by the rejection messages spankings send out.
Categories: abuse, Abuse, Alan Kazdin, beatings, child abuse, corporal punishment, Family, Fear, Murray Strauss Mallie J. Paschall, punishment, Rejection, Shame, spankings, whippings, world view