Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

Category: family secrets

The Heavy Burden of Keeping Secrets

Mar 31, 2015

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Lying leads to the burden of secrets which are toxic to both personal and workplace relationships. Secret-keeping is often learned in our families and woven into the fabric of our lives.
Rewriting the Messages of Childhood

Aug 31, 2011

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Stories about Wendy Wasserstein and her family help us understand how the onslaught of childhood rejection messages affected the woman she grew into. And here are more stories to illustrate how childhood messages may have affected you and your work and personal relationships.