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The Perilous Path of Positive Thinking
When difficult things happen, one common approach is to stay overly positive and force yourself to look on the bright side. You might hear yourself say, “Everything happens for a reason. My job is to stay positive.”The…
Escaping the Need-to-Please Trap
Escaping the “need-to-please” trap is deeply rooted in the Rescuer role of the Dreaded Drama Triangle (DDT) and it can be a long journey. If Rescuer is your “go-to” role in the DDT, you may see being helpful and pleasing…
Working with Someone Caught in Victim Thinking
Working with people stuck in the Victim role can be exhausting and infuriating. When they have a problem, their thinking defaults to who or what is to blame rather than realizing that they have power to choose their…
How Meeting TED* Transformed My Life
This week's blog is written by Sheri Lawrence, a Certified 3 Vital Questions® Trainer ._________________________________________I am a strong, confident, and resilient Creator! I can say this now, as I approach my 12 th…
Self-Care is Love in Action
lIt's brave and courageous to commit to a self-care practice, even though this is not how our society, or most people view self-care. Many cultural messages assert that self-care is indulgent and selfish. If you have…
The Courage to Make Friends with Your Inner Persecutor
Your relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you will ever have. How you relate to yourself will have a big impact on how you relate to others. Freeing yourself from the influence of the inner…
How You Can Feel Victimized by Goals
“Once I reach my goal, I will be happy,” is what most people say when they set a goal. What is problematic about this approach to life is the idea that your happiness is somewhere in the future and not available to you…
3 Levels of Appreciation
These times are very difficult and many people are feeling distress in the wake of so many wars and tragedies. You may have concluded there’s little you can do to help and, as a result, you may feel numb or indifferent.…
Create More Authentic Moments
Each year the folks at Merriam-Webster pick a word for the year. They analyze the look-up volume on their dictionary website and determine a word that had a substantially higher search rate for that year. For example,…