Category Archives: Self-Help
Should You Use This Word? It Decreases Your Effectiveness
There is a common yet all-too-potent word that can profoundly undermine you. It also can antagonize others. Fortunately, there's tricks for eliminating it from your vocabulary.
Skip the Criticism Altogether. Give Feedback Instead.
The notion of constructive criticism is bogus. Criticism stings. Instead, give feedback. That's more useful and generally painless. Can you tell the difference? Here's three examples to test out your ear.
Psychological Diagnosis: Dangerous, Desirable, or Both?
Assigning a psychological diagnostic label can harm your emotional health and your relationships. At the same time, diagnostic clarity can be a benefit. Proceed with caution!
Relationship Feng Shui: 3 Ways to Remove Negative Energy
Ever wonder why you turn people off? Or why someone you know is so hard to be around?
Relationship Problems: What Resources Can Help?
When all looks lost in a relationship, what resources can you turn to that are likely to make a difference? And which kinds of help are most useful when?
Resilience: Why It’s Vital and How To Enhance It
Tennis players must recover from frustrating points within 25 seconds. Tennis players are just humans. If they do resilience so quickly, you can learn to do it too.
Self-Diagnosing Your Marriage Problems? Beware!
Eric Clapton's famed song suggests "Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself." To diagnose and fix problems that come up in your marriage, sit down and look inward instead of pointing fingers at your spouse's errors.
Panic Attacks Are Puzzles
No need to panic about panic attacks. Anxiety surges happen to many folks. The good news though is that butterflies explain how panic attacks can prove helpful for you.
Not Getting Your Concerns Heard? Try These 5 Tools
Want to become more effective when someone you love, or someone you work with, keeps doing something that bugs you?
Options for the Unhappily Married
Country music group Pistol Annies poignantly sings about how marriage can become a trap. At the same time, the words suggest ways to open the trap and find routes to happiness,