Category Archives: Influence
Happiness: Guilt, Criticism, and Projection
Happiness: Guilt, Criticism, and Projection An interesting thing that I have noticed about people who feel guilty is that they are not very happy and that they invest a huge amount of energy trying to hide– cover up painful or guilty … Continue reading
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Hope as the Pathway and Agency for Success in Any Venture
Hope is What We Express About Life That is a Bridge To The Future The ability to express hope through challenging circumstances is an essential element to create success in the ventures of life. Expressing hope is the act of … Continue reading
Forgiveness Consequences and Usama bin Laden in Perspective
What should a response be to someone who does you wrong, violates your trust, and continually acts in ways that cost more than you can pay emotionally, physically, and financially? Assessing blame and taking responsibility for unjust or unethical behavior … Continue reading
Bitterness: Drinking Poison and Wishing Someone Else Dies
What happens to a person when they are exposed to continual invalidation, while feeling the pain of rejection, isolation and then made to believe that what they are feeling is not important enough to be heard? If you have not … Continue reading
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Storms: Choices, Consequences, and Contentment
Connecting Choices to Outcome Do the choices that are made every day have anything to do with how things work out in life? Taking a walk around the neighborhood after a tornado; then taking a drive through the city, what … Continue reading
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Happiness: Success and a Well-Lived Life
What does it mean to be a success in life in the 21st century? I suppose the answer you get depends upon who you ask. One important thing that seems to stand out this morning is that it is really … Continue reading
Easter: Spiritual Life and Invalidation at the Cross
All around the world Christians are remembering the darkest day of history when sinful men crucified a sinless savior on the cross. The attitude characterized in the conversation of the crowd gathered around the cross portrays the emotional abuse heaped … Continue reading
Manipulation: Who is Ringing Your Bell?
The funny thing about human behavior is that while people think they are in control of their experiments at manipulating behavior, it may actually be the other way around. Some people pride themselves with feeling that they are always in … Continue reading
Boundaries: If Your an Enabler, Don’t Cry When You Get Bit.
Creating boundaries in life to regulate relationships and behaviors is a way to manage how much conflict and dysfunction that you are going to experience in life. We have boundaries at work, in business, on the highway, and even in … Continue reading
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