WHO WORRIES ABOUT YOU? Thoughts about stress, change, anger around us…
Lately, I’ve been getting more calls than usual from concerned family members. They describe too much stress, change, and anger. They talk about sons, daughters, spouses, partners, mothers, fathers whose behavior has been hurting what used to be loving relationships. I hear about quick tempers, silent anger and lots of
IT’S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT YOU (OR ME!): Avoid the trap of assuming insult when there really is none intended!
Have you ever noticed that some folks just seem to breeze through those challenging moments that would make you just want to explode? Have you ever wondered how they manage to do that? I suspect that these “Teflon people,” who let so many things just slide off, have really just learned to viewContinue Reading
HOLIDAY CHALLENGES: Do we really “have to?”
Overheard at the mall: “She’s just gonna do it again! It always happens, so why should I go?” And, the reply: “Because you just have to!” (A conversation between two 30-something women that seemed to be about attending a family event.) Well…… adults rarely “just have to!” More often, the storyContinue Reading
FAMILY COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES AND TIPS: Visiting with your family? Avoid the wars by doing something different!
Family communication challenges interest me. It doesn’t matter how old you are, how much you’ve grown, how successful you’ve become – going “home” again can make you feel like that kid you once were! My article on that topic has been linked to some professional Facebook pages and seems to have generatedContinue Reading
Use Your Words Well – Good Advice to Children (and Adults)
Many years ago, while out walking with a friend and her four year old daughter, we stopped at the park for a few minutes of play time. Another child around the same age came up to us, pushed my friend’s child and tried to grab the toy she was holding,Continue Reading