“People want to spend time with those who feel good to be around. Be a bright light, not a black cloud.” ~Lisa Merlo-Booth When clients were making bad choices in their lives and experiencing negative consequences, my mentor would often say, “If you go out in the rain without an umbrella, you’re going to get […]
Radically New Relationships Cannot Exist Without Reciprocity & Mutuality
“Every close relationship in your life should have mutuality and reciprocity; do your part to make this core principle so.” ~Lisa Merlo-Booth Radically New Relationships cannot exist without reciprocity and mutuality. All good things in relationships should be flowing both ways. Kindness, for example, is a fantastic relationship enhancer—until it’s not. Kindness stops being enhancing […]
Radically New Relationships Play by an Entirely Different Playbook
“Truly healthy relationships play by a radically different set of rules. Be courageous enough to adopt them.” ~Lisa Merlo-Booth In a world that normalizes, minimizes, and condones harmful behaviors, creating great relationships, families, and businesses can be exceedingly difficult. People can justify raging at a child/lover/or stranger, cheating on a spouse, blowing up at an […]