What can we do to combat, or slow down, these feelings of distress? How can we regain a sense of focus when sanity has been thrown completely out the window? Follow these 6 simple strategies next time you seriously need to calm down.
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Read about the 10 signs of unhealthy love. Keeping these 10 signs close to you can be a helpful way to begin checking in with yourself what type of relationship you are in.
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A difficult person is here to teach us something. In order to learn that lesson, we have to resist the urge to react and instead sit in the feeling of dealing with that person.
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It’s been a while now. The fantasy of more time together and family dinners may have died off. The reality is setting in and we’re all trying to adjust to the new hats were forced to wear during this stressful chaotic time. Not to worry! Here are some tips to make it through quarantine and beyond.
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By weaving curiosity, empathy, and intentional space into our relationships, we can all experience more connection. When others feel seen and heard, it can inspire them to help us feel seen and heard as well. It is a cycle. We can bring more connection, compassion, and understanding into our relationships and our world.
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Whether due to a lack of self-awareness, fear, self-denial, self-preservation, shame, or some other non-malicious driving force - the person is not able to see, acknowledge or accept that their actions, thoughts, beliefs and words are not in alignment and that what they are saying is likely contradicting reality. They are lacking integrity. And when they refuse to acknowledge this, especially on a continuous basis, they are gaslighting you. Whether they mean to or not.
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As we continue to figure out how technology fits into our lives, it’s good to reflect on what we want technology to do for us and how we want to use it. I do believe that technology can help us connect with others and ourselves. We just have to be aware when we start to substitute technology for those connections and move away from that.
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While there are communication methods out there (like the sandwich method: acknowledging something positive before and after giving someone constructive criticism), there are more ways to kindly AND effectively share feedback.
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