3 Popular Blogs of 2023
As we prepare to ring in the new year we want to pause and reflect back on 2023. The world is ever-changing with many ups and downs, yet as Creators, we hopefully took the Challengers in stride and were able to grow and…
As we prepare to ring in the new year we want to pause and reflect back on 2023. The world is ever-changing with many ups and downs, yet as Creators, we hopefully took the Challengers in stride and were able to grow and learn. As we say goodbye to 2023 and welcome 2024, we want to share 3 popular blogs of the year. Thank you for following along on the journey as we all continue to co-create together. To the Creator in YOU and may your 2024 be all you want it to be.
The Unhelpful Helper
It’s a wonderful thing to want to help others. Thank goodness there are many in this world who are sensitive, caring, and helpful people. However, if your constant focus is to be a helper, you may pay a heavy cost personally and professionally to realize later that you may not be helping after all.
The Rescuer is one of the three roles that make up the Dreaded Drama Triangle (DDT). The Rescuer role most aligns itself with the “helper.” When rooted in the helper identity, your attention goes first and foremost to the needs of others, rather than your own needs. In fact, you may not even acknowledge...
Skip the Drama
When we hold in-person multi-day workshops, at the end of the first day we ask participants to “stay tuned” to their experiences during the evening and simply notice how the Dreaded Drama Triangle (DDT) and its roles of Victim, Persecutor, and Rescuer may show up.
The second morning of the workshop, we invite participants to share what they noticed the night before. The check-in stories are often quite funny, sometimes touching, and useful to hear what other people are noticing about how the DDT shows up in their family life and in our cultures, in general.
In one workshop, a participant checked in on the second day with an amusing experience. She shared that the night before she and her spouse...
Baby Steps in Challenging Times
Living as a Creator is not always easy, especially during challenging times. The reality is we are living in a very difficult period, yet everyday choices and decisions must still be made.
The US recently went off Daylight Savings Time and suddenly darkness dominated, and the light of day seemed fleeting. The change of light in the night sky reminds us that darkness is part of the cycle of life whether it is a change of time, the loss of a loved one, health issues, worrying about troubling world events, or...