We go through life moved by a set of automatic beliefs accepted way back in our past when we didn’t know better…Regardless of that, now those core beliefs rule our lives. Now, it’s natural to believe that we are no good at math or that with our looks nobody will feel attracted to us…once our [...]
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Posted in Emotional Abuse, Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Also tagged backstabbing, critique, Emotional Abuse, feelings, happiness, healthy relationships, negative emotions, rejection, resilience, workplace anxiety
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Conflict-seeking people have mastered all your emotional buttons, and they push them with regularity. Here, we want to remember that it takes two to tango. When you are ready to deny them the drama and adrenaline rush (by behaving calmer and less reactive in stressful situations) they initially react very negatively, almost as if they [...]
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Posted in Anger Management, Emotional Abuse, Healthy Marriage, Passive Aggressive Behavior, Self-Esteem
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Also tagged aggression, anger, anger attack, confrontation, control, Emotional Abuse, feelings, negative emotions, rejection, respect
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Sometimes, our purpose in life doesn’t appear clear to us. We are pulled by other people’s needs, demands and urgencies. Several institutions predicate their dogmas to us as to what kindĀ of project we should follow: church, schools, political parties…. But, where is your own perspective here? Is there a way to re-discover your life project? [...]
We all have deep needs, which move us to search for satisfaction. We crave security, excitement, love and connection and recognition. How do we go about finding solutions? It has multiple ways, some of them not so fulfilling as others. And sometimes, due to our upbringing, we understand “love” and “connection” and “appreciation” in way [...]
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Posted in Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Also tagged angry husband, appreciation, emotions, feelings, Healthy Marriage, healthy relationships, loneliness, love, negative emotions, recognition, Relationships, respect, understanding
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October 6, 2009 – 1:18 am
If you feel a need to be right, and impose your views, and take over the place of the “expert” in your marriage….well you need to know this is a dead end way. We enter into relationships by choice… they are very different situations compared with the first one, when we were children and needed [...]