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Coaching v. Micromanaging
Coaching: “Directing, instructing, and training to achieve some goal or develop specific skills.” Micromanaging: “Supervision with excessive/obsessive control or attention on details.” No leader, no…
March 23, 2017
What is Your Relationship Belief System?
People have many belief systems about relationships that powerfully affect the quality and length of their relationships. Interestingly, many of these beliefs are not consciously…
March 14, 2017
Don’t Believe Everything You Think
Our own minds can lead us astray; we humans are subject to numerous logical fallacies, the most common of which is “confirmation bias” in which…
February 28, 2017
Happy Just Because
Novel Idea: You don’t NEED a REASON to be happy, you can choose to be “Happy Just Because”… you WANT to be happy. Yeah, I…
February 21, 2017
“The Upward Spiral”
We all have gotten in a downward spiral; fears and worries and a bad event or two can knock us off course and it is…
February 7, 2017
Choices, Choices: Productivity or Postponed Pleasure?
I tend to wake early, in the predawn hours of the morn, a habit left over from my paper route days as a kid. What…
January 24, 2017
Small, Smart, Slow
What is your desired weight? Below are some easy, common sense (but not common practice?) tips on how to get there. Eat Small: Portion Control…
January 19, 2017
Negative Reciprocation
Negative reciprocation is sending back the hurt received. It may be active-aggressive: raised voices, hurtful remarks, digging up past sins, angry accusations not fully meant,…
January 17, 2017
Do You Suffer From Atelophobia?
Atelophobia is the fear of imperfection, the fear of never being good enough and is kin to perfectionism, the obsessive compulsive striving to achieve impossible…
January 12, 2017
Three Popular but Futile Strategies
We all have unresolved issues we KNOW we should deal with: procrastination, anger management, personal or professional growth challenges, family matters. Be wary of falling…
December 27, 2016
Can Empathy Be Dysfunctional?
Yes, empathy can be dysfunctional IF we do not fully understand the emotion AND if we do not distinguish between Emotional Empathy and Cognitive Empathy.…
December 7, 2016