We’ve all experienced that sinking feeling when someone speaks down to us—that awkward moment when disrespect hangs in the air, leaving us fumbling for the right response.…… Read more “Useful phrases to use when people speak down to you”
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Teaching our kids (and ourselves) emotional intelligence
Original meme from Facebook; changes in blue by Tamara Teaching our kids emotional intelligence can be challenging with how busy we can all be, but when we…… Read more “Teaching our kids (and ourselves) emotional intelligence”
What does your weekly “emotional watering” schedule look like?
“Emotional watering” is a phrase I invented when I was thinking about how some people need multiple times daily emotional feeding while others seem to be very…… Read more “What does your weekly “emotional watering” schedule look like?”
Love is wanting others to be happy – Dalai Lama
There’s so much going on right now around the world that it can be very overwhelming and difficult to find positivity or not to feel anxious and…… Read more “Love is wanting others to be happy – Dalai Lama”
3 Brave but important questions to ask in a relationship
Are you ready to take your relationship to the next level? Do you want a healthier relationship but keep hitting some old baggage or road-blocks? Here are…… Read more “3 Brave but important questions to ask in a relationship”
What does “healing” and “personal development” mean to you?
Note: Hello, I’m back after taking a hiatus for a couple of months while I moved apartments. I found it to be harder than I anticipated, and…… Read more “What does “healing” and “personal development” mean to you?”
How DOES anger affect our health?
It may seem crazy or wacko to think that anger or our other emotions can affect our health, after all we’re really good at compartmentalizing our feelings,…… Read more “How DOES anger affect our health?”
Book review: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
I was sure I was going to read a sexy romance when I read the blurb to “It Ends with Us” by Colleen Hoover. Little did I…… Read more “Book review: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover”
Changing how we see ourselves; moving from dislike when we yearn to be able to go forward into something more positive
Truly, we beat ourselves up for things that others would never even think about, let alone berate us for, and we often hold ourselves up to damned…… Read more “Changing how we see ourselves; moving from dislike when we yearn to be able to go forward into something more positive”
Book review: The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore
For Christmas my daughter gifted me a cute mini Kindle book reader, and as someone who is severely allergic to the metal powders in toner, no longer…… Read more “Book review: The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore”
Here’s a life lesson in being effortlessly comfortable and “cool”.
by Prakriti @kritipraaa Is there a cheat sheet? Why, yes, there is! Ready? It starts with teaching ourselves to like ourselves! Everything falls into place when we…… Read more “Here’s a life lesson in being effortlessly comfortable and “cool”.”
Deep listening
We usually listen to be able to answer not to really hear what the other person is saying, so we end up missing large pieces of what’s…… Read more “Deep listening”
“Why are you still single?”
“Why are you still single?” A feared question that gets asked at family gatherings, and it often elicits feelings of shame or feeling less valuable, even if…… Read more ““Why are you still single?””
Need to start over in life, or need to make life-altering changes, but don’t know how?
Starting over is terrifying for anyone who hasn’t done it, and even if you have, it is different each time, but the good thing is, now you…… Read more “Need to start over in life, or need to make life-altering changes, but don’t know how?”
Life will continue to go on… choose the direction you wish to go
During the holiday season, we can get a lot thrown at us, to the point that we can feel like a lonely island in a tumultuous sea.…… Read more “Life will continue to go on… choose the direction you wish to go”
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