Tag Archives: frustration

Destroying love, one bit at the time

There is a slow way of killing the reciprocal love we all begin our married life with….composed of small, daily disappointments that will end up destroying reciprocal respect.
What are they? Here is the list of all communication activities that enforce the idea that one spouse is better than the other:

interruption of spouse’s explanation or story;
correcting [...]

Is Conflict our Way of Growing Up?

Let’s take a different perspective on conflict. Not one that tells the usual story about a victim and a victimizer, but a balanced view including both sides’ perspectives, as two players participating in a shared game:  to get satisfaction of their own needs.
Any relationship is an implicit contract in which both individuals promise to help [...]

How to Deal with Difficult People

What does it mean, that someone is difficult?
Every day, we come into contact with people that are walking emotional bundles. They carry the weight of past experiences with them, framing their present experiences as well as whatever wrong assumptions about life they have gained from those hurts.
Their previous experiences have conditioned them, from childhood on, [...]

Signs of a difficult boss

We all know that it is hard to work for someone you simply can’t respect. However, is that lack of respect a sign of a faulty boss, or a faulty worker?
Though the question is hard, maybe even confrontational, it is important to remember that everyone has points in their lives where they need to sit [...]

Can you fight with love?

It’s difficult to escape popular understandings about fighting with other people, even loved ones. Do you remember the old clichés?
“Fight fire with fire”
“The best defense is a good attack”
Most of your experiences teach you to respond to other person’s perceived attack with another attack, so the dispute instead of being resolved escalates to a real [...]

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