Getting Off A High-Conflict Emotional Roller Coaster
Is your relationship usually a high conflict roller coaster ride? If it’s always spills and thrills, peaks and valleys, you may be involved with someone
Relationship Help: Co-Existing, Co-Operating or Collaborating?
Co-existing? Co-operating? Collaborating? Which is it generally in your relationship? It’s important to contemplate these distinctions because they make all the difference in the viability
Overcoming The Impact Of A Toxic Workplace Relationship
Not recognizing the impact of a toxic relationship in the workplace can cost you moving forward. It can have a big effect on your self-confidence
Steps to Stopping Verbal Violence in Your Work Life
People in your work life, working for someone else, or in your own business, can resort to verbal violence to try to capture control! Know
What Good Is There In Receiving Criticism From Someone You Hardly Know?
Have you ever experienced receiving criticism from someone you hardly knew–and, who hardly knew you? It’s a strange situation, isn’t it? I think so. I wonder
You’re Not Me So You Don’t Know What I Think Or Feel.
Difficult people in your life–especially the relentlessly difficult ones I call Hijackals®–like to tell you what you think, what you feel, or what you should
Relationship Help: S/he Who Won’t Be Pleased!
Have you ever lived with, or worked with or for, S/he Who Won’t Be Pleased? No matter how much attention, time or effort you give
Passive-Aggressive Behavior: Why Do You Tolerate It?
Passive-aggressive behavior is crazy-making. You know–especially if you’ve been reading this blog for a while–that to end passive-aggressive behavior you need to have strong boundaries.
Difficult People At Work Make You Want to Stay Home
Hijackals®, aka chronically difficult people at work, can create a daily hell when you have to interact with them. How do they show up and
Boomerang of Blame: Why Difficult People Make It All Your Fault
“It’s crazy-making! No matter how wrong s/he is, it’s always my fault. I’m to blame!” That’s what I hear from so many clients: everything is
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