It is usually painless to ask yourself whether or not you love someone. However, it is much harder to ask yourself whether or not you cause them emotional pain. When do you know that you are abusing someone you love? To immediately ask yourself, … [Read more...]
Emotional Pain: how do you handle yours?
We all deal with our personal emotional pain in different ways. Some are healthy, some are not. Good or bad, these ways in which we handle our pain are called “scripts.” They are the sequence of behaviors stored in our brains as "the way to do … [Read more...]
How to deal with emotional turmoil?
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 … [Read more...]
Build relationship skills: assertion
We find too many times in situations where there is friction and a deep sense of frustration of basic emotional needs. In life, we deal with other people sometimes as short in skills as we are to be able to talk and express needs and negotiate … [Read more...]
Is your angry, silent partner a challenge?
How do you react to hubby's hostile silence? He says nothing, but you know he is mad as hell. He is obviously sulking in front of you, and his attitude fills the room with a very negative vibe. For you, this silent anger is far more … [Read more...]
