“Agreeing to things just to keep the peace is actually a trauma response. When you do this you’re disrespecting your…
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If You Hate Your Body and Think You Need to Fix It…
“That girl was fat, and I hate her.” One of my clients said this the other day—about herself. Well, her…
How to End the Cycle of Addiction in Your Family
“You could have grown cold, but you grew courageous instead. You could have given up, but you kept on going.…
When You Focus on Yourself, Don’t Forget Everyone Else
“Time and good friends are two things that get more valuable the older you get.” ~Unknown In recent years, we’ve…
How to Keep the Love Flowing in Your Relationship
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit…
Dealing with Online Hate: What to Do When People Are Mean
“The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become.” ~Unknown I work for a website…
7 Signs Your Parents’ Love Was (and Is) Conditional
“The beauty of the truth; whether it is good or bad, it is liberating.” ~Paulo Coelho It’s around the time…
9 Powerful Lessons from People-Pleasers Around the World
A woman struggles to tell her boss that no, she won’t work overtime for the third day this week. A…
Are You Being Roached in Your “Relationship”?
“Don’t make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as…
Radical Compassion: How to Heal Our Hostile World
“An enemy is a person whose story you do not know.” ~Irene Butter We all know the status of our…