Dianne Whitford
What’s self-talk? All day long, all of us have feelings about events in our lives. We feel loved, hurt, lonely, anxious; many feelings race through our heads every day. But what if I told you that your self...
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Heather Abbe
Empathy Extremes in Relationships
Empathy, when expressed well, can be a relationship builder with those around you. It can be a way of creating and deepening connections. Sometimes though, the having or lack of empathy can go too far in either...
Rebel Against the Monkeysphere!
What the heck? What is a monkeysphere and why do we need to fight against it? Well, we’re going to get into that, and why we need to take a stand against our primate brains! Believe it or not, there is a link here...
Being Supportive and Demanding
This week I have another nugget from Grit [affiliate link] by Angela Duckworth. When thinking about parenting, or leadership, or even in the relationship one is developing with oneself, people often question whether...
Too Tired to Care: Emotional Burnout
Empathy is a great thing! We’ve been talking a lot about how to grow your empathic skill set, and how it benefits your relationships. We know that too much empathy or not enough empathy can be damaging to our...
Delayed Gratification and Success
All of us have probably been in this situation: “I want something and I want it now”. We all deal with it. We say, “That piece of cake is calling my name…”, when we are trying to lose...
CBP S3E3: Emotionally Hijacked! 3 Ways to Take Back Control
The world is going crazy right now. Our personal worlds are turned inside out, upside down. In situations like this, it’s easy for our emotions to jump in, take control, and ruin our ability to make rational...
Growing a Pearl: Examining Grit
We’ve been talking about grit for this month’s theme, how you can grow it, and what it means to us. But what if we were a tad more literal for just a moment. Let’s talk about the rewards of grit in...
How To Tell if You Might Have Low Emotional Intelligence
So, now that we all know what emotional intelligence is, how do we know if we have it? How do you tell if you have low emotional intelligence? What happens if I’m one of the people with low EQ? And what do I do...
