Photo by Ken Treloar “Why am I always responsible for _____?” As much as I hate to say it, there’s probably a lot of truth to the answer “because you’re good at it”. Adulthood is filled with responsibilities so it makes sense to divide and conquer when we can. One way of doing this (often...
While trying to make sense of the bombings in Austin this phrase keeps popping into my mind over and over. The piece I can’t seem to let go of is how during these tragedies we need a community more than ever yet instead we’re told to beware of the villains. To me this message cultivates...
It’s almost the weekend, which for some means a handful of plans you are half-committed to. We’ve all heard about what it means to live in a swipe culture and we’ve all experienced flaky friends and have probably been flaky ourselves at times (guilty!). It’s frustrating for people to cancel last minute and it stinks...
Photo by Simon Matzinger Yes. If you let them. How do you react when your partner or family member finally starts responding to you differently or doing the things you’ve been asking them to do? I know you’d like to think you embrace that change, but do you really? More often what I see is...
We can only process so much at once. When we overload someone with too much information either emotionally or intellectually we’re actually protecting the other person from hearing what we have to say. Keep it simple & wait for cues to continue.
Photo by Tamara Menzi “I give you an inch and you take a mile”. Sound familiar? When you first hear this your instinct might be to think nothing you do is ever enough. In reality it might be that the FREQUENCY is not enough. I like to compare this to dieting. Have you ever tried to...
Photo by Ed Lauton Many of us are well-versed in identifying personal goals and tracking progress towards those goals on a regular basis. There are life coaches, endless self-help books, and journals galore to support this notion. What if we were to do the same for our relationships? What if we made it a habit...