Category: Family
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Honoring Your Differences Instead of Feeling Threatened By Them
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There’s a tendency to make someone ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’ just because they have a different point of view or way of doing things. Why not honor your differences – instead of feeling threatened by them?
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There Is to Be No Grieving
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When my mother and grandmother died in a DC-3 crash I was 12 years old. The rule in my family was “There is to be no grieving.” Incomplete or unresolved or complicated grieving has powerful long-term effects throughout our lives. As with others who have experienced significant childhood challenges, I’m repeatedly reminded that healing is…
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Beating Holiday Stress: Avoiding Disappointments
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Holiday Stress seems bigger than ever this year. Here are some great tips to beat disappointment and keep expectations under control.
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Rewriting the Messages of Childhood
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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.
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When ‘Gratitude’ Takes on Personality
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When we can open our hearts to giving and receiving gratitude our perspective about ourselves and about our world changes.
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Relationship Spring Cleaning
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What better time than spring to clear out relationship clutter? Why not toss things you’ve been stockpiling? You could chuck misunderstandings. Donate hurt feelings. And give anger and resentment the heave-ho. By clearing out the resentment, you’ll be making room for respect, connection and enhanced communication.
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Confessions of an Overly Responsible Personality
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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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Thanksgiving . . . Opportunity Awaits
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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
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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.