Increase Your Desire to Live – Manage Your Social Environments
How many social environments do you have? How are you treated in those environments? Which environments should you stay in; leave or join? These are important questions to ask and take action on if...
View ArticleEscape Emotional Hell: End Your Difficult Close Relationships
The idea our closest relationships are meant to be difficult is a myth. Life is meant to be difficult; our close relationships are meant to support us in getting through life. In difficult times we...
View ArticleRecognising When You are Being Controlled by or are Controlling Others
We may like and admire a friend who initially seems more caring than most and has our best interests at heart but over time we get a sense we are losing the ability to filter what looks like good...
View ArticleDon’t Shower Me with Sh*t and Tell Me It’s Sunshine
This poem’s for all those who take on too much responsibility for repairing relationships they should leave. I recommend you read it at a fast pace (if you dare). You think you’re marvellous and...
View ArticleEmotional Vibrations Part 4– Managing Short-Term Situational Environments
You’re happily travelling along in life when a situation arises. In this post we look at short term negative (or positive) situations in which your attention mechanism is stimulated by one or more...
View ArticleWhat’s a Toxic Person & How Do You Deal With One? – World of Psychology
You’ve probably read about the importance of not surrounding yourself with toxic people. But what defines a toxic person?
View ArticleCodependency: An introduction
Codependency seems to be the theme with the clients I see recently. Being codependent means you have the tendency to behave in an overly passive or caretaking way which puts your needs last and the…
View ArticleAssertiveness: An Important Stress Management Technique
Assertiveness is a skill that not only helps with marriage and interpersonal relationships, but can reduce stress and help you attain more balance at home, at work and in life. Learn more about...
View Article8 Psychological Benefits of Being Humble
What hope for humility as society celebrates over-confidence, entitlement and the ego? (Carl says: humility isn’t about putting ourselves down – ever – it’s about lifting others up).
View ArticleHow not to say the wrong thing
When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of lame remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan’s colleagues. She wanted, she needed, to visit Susan after the surgery, but Susan didn’t feel…
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