“Missing The Real Issue” Fights You know that feeling, where you’re having a heated discussion with someone and at some point it dawns on you that you’re not really sure what you’re actually fighting about anymore? Or maybe you seem to be having a circular, infinity fight, a fight that doesn’t really go anywhere or […]
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do…
Especially With A “Friend” Over the last few weeks I’ve been involved in several conversations about breaking up with friends: when is it ok to? How should you do it? How do you handle the fall out? This is one of the messiest topics I’ve come across and in all my research I haven’t found […]
5-Step Guide to Get What You Need
A Conversation Game Changer The other day I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about how she should approach a potentially touchy subject with her BF. She had noticed a shift in her boyfriend’s behaviour over the last few weeks: his texting had gone from relatively frequent to only a few times a day. He […]
The Secret To Getting What You Want
The Art of Straight Talk Have you ever had that experience where you were talking to someone about something and the answers they were giving back left you thinking they hadn’t really heard a word you’d said? I just had an experience like that this last week when I was calling somewhere to find out about […]
Stop Abandoning Yourself
Slay The Guilt Monster In 5 Simple Steps Picture this: The phone rings, you see the caller ID and immediately avert your eyes, pretending you didn’t see the call come in. Why? Because you know if you answered you’d inevitably be roped into doing something you didn’t want to… Sound familiar? A particular friend of […]
Quit Being A Yes-Person
Boundaries Are Actually Good For You Have you ever stopped to notice the impact of should on you? “You should workout more.” “I was thinking you should just do it.” “You know you should start saving.” Notice anything as you were reading those? Even if it was only slight, did you feel a reaction? Careful not to […]
No Really, It’s Not About You!
Quit Being So Self-Focused You know that feeling when a friend says or does something and immediately you’re convinced it must be in relation you – something you did or didn’t do, and they’re trying to send you a message? I certainly notice that taking things personally is a response we seemingly have little to no […]
You Are An Assumption-Making-Machine
Now What Are You Going To Do About It At some point everyone has heard that famous quote from Oscar Wilde: “When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me.” ~ Oscar Wilde I’m sure that you’ve been caught in a situation in your life where you’ve made an assumption that’s proven […]
What Do You Do To Get People To Like You?
Stop Compromising Yourself Relationships – can’t live with ‘em can’t live without ‘em… We all want to be happy and feel good in our relationships, however more often than not we find ourselves in a place of frustration, confusion, resignation, or cynicism and we’re left feeling awkward and anxious. “I can’t say that because they’ll freak […]
Are You Living In An Emotional Silo?
The Secret Ingredient To Better Relationships We’ve all experienced it: disappointment, being let down, heartbreak, failure, embarrassment, the list goes on… It happens to the best of us – usually more than once – throughout the course of our lives. That’s part of the human experience of course, you can’t really avoid it. However, have […]