Many people suffer serious blows to their self-esteem at the holidays. Dealing with difficult or abusive family members, needing, but not getting extra support and romance form a partner, not fitting back into those favorite pants come January all … [Read more...]
Healthy Conflict Can Improve Your Holidays
Conflict at the holidays can be overwhelming and most people dread it so much that just the anxiety over possible conflict can bring down the entire mood of the holidays for them. Somehow it feels to most people who despite what they may or may … [Read more...]
Is Passive Aggression Harder to Bear at the Holidays?
Conflict can be almost inevitable when interacting with someone who uses passive aggression to control all of his relationships. This can be very trying and frustrating at any time of the year. But at the holidays it often feels worse. Many people … [Read more...]
How to do Relationship Repair for this “Marriage Contract” ?
Sharing what Mark Waller, The Dance of the Lion and the Unicorn, says in page 111, we have: “The subconscious agenda behind the wedding is that this other person will finally heal our pain. Of course, we are completely unaware of our pain … [Read more...]
How dirty is your fighting style? Want to learn how to fight fair?
We have posted before about the value of fighting with love instead of anger. Using calm dialogue and speaking with respect ("fighting" with "love") is always a better option during conflict; fighting fire with fire, with the aim of someone winning … [Read more...]
