by Tania Henderson | Oct 18, 2017 | Communication, Forgiveness, Relationship, Self-care, Uncategorized
We live in a world where we deal with human error, conflicting motivations, and different needs. In other words, human interactions are complicated. Sadly, some of those experiences are painful, anywhere from disappointing to traumatizing. A major challenge is to...
by Tania Henderson | Jun 19, 2017 | Communication, Uncategorized
Being Able to Still Like Each Other Even When We Disagree It can be so frustrating to try to use the core skills of communication and still feel like the conversation is stuck. “But I’m using eye contact, open posture, and reflections!” It’s because they are not...
by Tania Henderson | Nov 14, 2015 | Communication, Relationship, Uncategorized
A client recently shared an article that highlighted another hardship people have to deal with in times of difficult- stupid platitudes. (see below) I’m sure we have all been there, where someone tries to give “comfort” with some statement that is supposed to put a...
by Tania Henderson | Aug 27, 2015 | Communication, Uncategorized
I just finished a book that highlighted a common form of the behaviors listed in the last post- specifically, dehumanization, a lack of accountability, fanaticism, and a lack of accountability. It occurs when we use social media to create public shaming. As I read...
by Tania Henderson | Jul 15, 2015 | Anxiety, Communication, Depression, Relationship, Uncategorized
In a delightful article, Stern and Divecha discuss the common struggle of caring to the point of getting lost in the pain of another. Perhaps you know someone who believes s/he is responsible to fix other people’s problems or worries. Or perhaps s/he becomes...
by Tania Henderson | Dec 11, 2014 | Communication, Relationship, Self-esteem, Uncategorized
We would be remiss to work on radical acceptance without touching on a major way we can value ourselves. As of yet, I have not encountered a person struggling with low self-esteem who has not been working diligently to deny or minimize their experience. Most of us...
