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Apologies
Hearing, "I'm sorry" can change the way that we look at a person who has wronged us. Ninety percent of the work of apologizing is done before we even begin talking. An effective apology is less about saying that you are sorry and more about feeling h...
Making Good Friends
Be the change you wish to see in the world. This is really what the secret is to making good friends. Nobody starts off as a good friend. How can you know if somebody is being a good friend if you do not know what a good friend is?
Monday: Starting Your Week on the Right Foot
Mondays can be really enjoyable when they get started the way you want them to, and they can be miserable when you have to fight uphill the entire day to get where you want to be. Monday is the gateway into a productive week.
Blisters: Reactions to Irritants
A relational blister is when you have a pain response even just from the idea of having contact with a person. You will either get a relational blister from overexposure to a person or you get relational blisters from being rubbed the wrong way.
The Hand Written
Each person has their own personal font when they write by hand. Your hand writing is perfect in its imperfection. Only you can write in your personal font . Your hand written font is what makes the letter organic.
Introverts: The Cacti of Humanity
Introverts are a lot like cactuses. All plants need water and sunlight. To introverts, water is social interactions, and sunlight is solitude, sunlight, or personal reflection. Just like a cactus is well equipped for a little bit of water and a lot ...
Fight, Flight, Or Freeze
A person who is seeking intentional relationships knows that they must be making decisions and not reacting. Grow and protect your relationships by being intentional. - When you are reacting, an outside source is dictating how you are going to respon...
Dealing with Aggression: Other’s Anger
Damage that is done by somebody who is angry can leave marks on a relationship much like scars. - The Three Checks Did I do Something Wrong? Am I Putting the Relationship in Danger by having this Conversation Now?
What to do When You Get Angry
You being angry makes somebody else angry and their being angry makes you angry. Don't continue in your anger. When we are angry, we do things that we are going to eventually regret. It is important for you to have a fountain of peace,
Why is _ so _
You misinterpret people's actions as characteristics, or attributes of their character. People tend to say the reason a person does something is because of a character attribute of that person. A fundamental attribute is a characteristic describing w...