Recently, one of my partners and I had a discussion on anxiety and where it comes from for people. He told me that he was once told it comes from four places. They are the following: Relationships Trauma What ifs? Internal noise Before I comment on them. I’m curious what your thoughts are on the…
Conflict is something we all have in life. No matter how good the relationship, people disagree. Typically, we do everything we can to avoid conflict. Some people use aggression to blow the conflict up while others use passiveness and run away. Probably most of us fit somewhere in the middle of those two positions. But…
If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn’t important it will be easy. (22) ~Donald Miller
A friend shared this on my facebook wall. What are your thoughts as you watch it?
Are your goals activity orientated or outcome orientated? This is a huge difference between the two. I often talk to people about what they want to accomplish in life. Most of the time, I find at least two problems with their responses. It’s rarely that what they want to achieve isn’t worthy of their attention….
The measure of a healthy relationship is not how quickly conflict is resolved. A better measurement is how long conflict can go unresolved and not become personal. (27)
How is your 2012 going? We’re past the half way mark. Are you on track to accomplish your goals? How much progress have you made? As I’ve previously written, I have New Years resolutions. I love goals. But goals that can’t be measured are worthless. Goals that are vague and nebulous don’t help. Did you…
**This book review is a review of a book I did for the Amazon Vine program. It is also part of my Friday book review series. If you have a book that you would like to me review, drop a comment below and I'll add it to my list** When you stand outside something, you…
*This post is the fictional conversation that is a fairly typical conversation about being heard** Jane and Robert had met in college. They started out hot and heavy. Married a year later, they moved for his job. While they didn’t like his job or the location of where they lived, they loved each…
I’ve written before about the power of emotional security in our relationships. I went so far as to call it the one thing necessary for relationships to not only make it but to also thrive. So great, now we know what this one thing is but what is it? What exactly is emotional security? How…
