Demands vs. Requests – Do You Know The Difference?

By Dr. Margaret Paul [ 1855 Hit(s) ] March 22, 2021

Are you confused about the difference between requests and demands? You are not alone in this confusion.

Are you confused about the difference between making a demand and making a request? It’s easy to be confused about this.

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“Can We Be Friends After A Relationship Ends?”

Discover what you may need to address before deciding whether you can be friends with an ex partner.


Elise writes:

“My partner and I separated a year ago. My partner now wants to finalize the relationship but work on being ‘friends’. I am having difficulty connecting as just ‘friends’, it seems to trigger all my old wounds of rejection and abandonment. Do you have any advice?”

Elise, the fact that your old rejection and abandonment wounds are getting triggered is a great opportunity for you to become aware of how you are rejecting and abandoning yourself. This is the real issue in the present. Old rejection and abandonment wounds get healed when we learn to give ourselves the love, compassion, gentleness, tenderness, caring and understanding that we didn’t receive as children.

As children, our parents or other caregivers created these wounds in us with their unloving behavior. Now, these triggered wounds likely indicate that you are treating yourself the way your parents treated you and themselves. Continue reading “Can We Be Friends After A Relationship Ends?”

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