How many people do you know who introduce themselves by talking about their struggles? 🤔 You only need to sit at a nail bar or coffee shop to hear people around you talking about all the things in their lives that are going wrong. Is this something you do too? Do you define yourself by your problems by saying things like “I’m an anxious person”, “I’m a people-pleaser“, “I’m terrible with money“, “I’ve always had shitty relationships“, “I’m just not…
Recently I’ve had a couple of clients talking about how they’re managing their blended families when there appears to be a vast difference in how both parents parent the kids with their new sets of partners. When you have a couple who are parenting who are very self-aware, they are also very aware of how every little thing they do, conversation they have and response or reaction they have to their kids can be affirming or damaging. 🥺 I…
I read a beautiful quote the other day; “Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.” —David W. Augsburger Active listening and really hearing what the other person is saying is a skill we can take for granted. For a lot of people I work with, they’ve felt unheard for a lot of their lives. This can lead to them shutting down and not bothering…