Dating & Relationships

Why We Don’t Listen to Ourselves and What to Do About It

2019-10-28T16:32:27+00:00

  Margarita Tartakovsky,  an associate editor at PsychCentral reached out to me with these thought provoking questions about the barriers to listening to ourselves, and how we can shift this pattern. Here are her questions with my responses, which I hope help you in your journey in reconnecting with yourself! Q1: Why do so many of us not listen to ourselves?  It was at least slightly adaptive to not listen ourselves in the past: I [...]

Why We Don’t Listen to Ourselves and What to Do About It2019-10-28T16:32:27+00:00

How to Express What You Need in Your Relationship

2019-06-28T14:33:51+00:00

When disagreements or difficult conversations with our loved ones arise, many of us may cope by using old ways of protecting ourselves like withdrawing, avoiding, and leading with frustration. These approaches can feel better in the short-term, but can also make us less able to identify what we need and how to communicate them more effectively. If you are struggling to express what you need in your relationship, you are not alone. It can be [...]

How to Express What You Need in Your Relationship2019-06-28T14:33:51+00:00
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