Psychotherapist, Author, Estrangement Consultant
Today’s post is essentially a letter to myself, in that it’s about something I struggle with personally: Boundaries.
Check it out. It’s like I wrote myself a boundaries to-do list, and you just happen to be reading along.
If you have trouble with boundaries sometimes and can relate, that’s awesome.
But basically I’m writing for myself this week.
Please leave a note in the comments if you have any words of inspiration or tips to share. Read More
Have you ever offered perfectly good advice to a loved one and been baffled as to why it fell on deaf ears? I have.
When the best course of action is clear and yet remains ignored by the person who most needs that knowledge, what’s going on?
This week I had the privilege of reading the transcript of a recent address by psychoanalyst Elio Frattaroli, author of one of my favorite books, Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain. Read More
If you’re in a workplace that’s sucking the life out of you, making you furious or otherwise driving you nuts, you might NOT want to speak up about it.
People who speak up about what’s wrong at work are often labeled negative.
If you have feelings about what’s going on in the workplace but you don’t want to make waves, telling yourself what’s up can calm you down.
You may have friends at work, but can you trust them completely with sensitive information? Read More
Once again, I’ve come across an article by Peter Bregman that I wish I’d written myself.
If you’ve read my post on how to apologize, you might have found yourself thinking, ‘Yeah, but I didn’t mean it that way. Can’t I just explain what I was thinking?’
Bregman explains why it’s consequences, rather than intentions, that carry the day in the mind of the person who’s mad at you.
What To Do When You’ve Made Someone Angry, by Peter Bregman. Read More