I often hear people proudly say that they’ve never hit their child or loved ones in an effort to defend how they speak to them (I.e.: “I may call my son a wimp, but at least I don’t hit him”). I’ve never heard so clearly however, the absurdity of justifying ones words by the lack […]
RELATIONSHIPS AND THE CRAZY GAMES WE PLAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THINGS SMOOTH
Recently, while at a workshop with my long time mentor Terry Real, I was struck by his comment: “It is co-dependant when you back away from functional behaviors because of fear of your partner’s dysfunctional behavior.” I immediately started to chuckle when I heard this because I know so many of us do it. […]
THE RELATIONSHIP HIPPOCRATIC OATH: DO NO HARM…PERIOD!
“As to diseases, Make a habit of two things— To help, or at least do no harm.” Hippocrates, The Epidemics I’m often struck by the way so many of us treat our loved ones compared to how we treat strangers on the street or acquaintances. It seems that often it’s our loved […]
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