Listening to the weather forecast one frigid day, I realized how much we are influenced by the catastrophic thinking of the media. The weatherman reported, “The weather has brought more misery to the area.” Certainly, the weather was causing problems that day. The storm caused floods so that people had a great deal of trouble […]
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” – Eleanor Roosevelt. Bullying at work can often be so subtle that it is difficult to report without appearing to be overly sensitive or petty. Most people are not overtly bullied with physical attacks or threats of violence because these behaviors can be easily identified […]
You can’t escape being stressed. It is a fact of modern society. With technology and the move to a more urban society, stress is a constant. Stress includes the daily stress of living life as well as the stress unique to each person’s situation such as a demanding job or chronic illness or the death […]
Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions or conflicts. Sigmund Freud Emotion training may seem odd to some people: “But it’s what I feel! How can I make myself feel different?” It also seems contrary to the idea that all emotions are valid and okay. On the surface, the method of emotion […]