Posts Tagged ‘relationships’
Are You a People Pleaser? The Subtle Art of the Gentle No
Let’s paint a familiar picture: You’ve carved out a sliver of time for yourself. Maybe it’s a lazy Sunday afternoon or just an hour after work to decompress. You deserve it. You’ve been working hard—for your family, your job, your friends—and this is your moment to breathe. Then the phone rings. An email chimes. The…
Read MoreWhen Life Changes: 5 Ways to Manage Stress
Life has a way of moving us into new chapters whether we feel ready for them or not. My older son graduated and left for college first, and his younger brother followed a few years later. My husband and I found ourselves in a genuinely new phase of life, one centered a lot more on…
Read MoreThree Keys For Building Healthy Friendships
By: Hannah Fillinger Friendships can bring some of the deepest connection, support, and joy in our lives — but they don’t happen by accident, and how easily they come can change depending on where you are in life. As therapists, we talk about this with people across every age: a child hoping to navigate the…
Read MoreAdoption, Better Understood
By: Elizabeth Koth “Their biological parents didn’t want/love them so they gave them up” for adoption. “They were taken from their biological parents because their biological parents were bad parents”. “You are so amazing because you saved that child from so much pain by adopting them”. Have you ever been part of a conversation about adoption…
Read MoreAre You A People Pleaser? The Subtle Art Of Saying “No”
A people-pleaser is a person who constantly goes above and beyond to make other people feel good. People-pleasers tend to be generally empathetic, thoughtful, and caring, all positive personality traits. But People-Pleasers pay a price if they don’t know how to pay attention to their own needs as much as they do to the people they love. If you know…
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