Tag Archives: personal responsibility

Self-Pity or Self-Compassion

Do you understand the difference between self-pity and self-compassion? There is a vast difference between feeling sorry for yourself and feeling kindness toward yourself. Self-Pity When you see yourself as a victim, you indulge in self-pity. You are a bottomless pit of misery, and you may find yourself crying endless victim tears. You might say...

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The Vital Importance of Community

Discover why people in a particular kind of community die of old age, rather than from heart disease and cancer. I’ve been reading in many different sources about the research involving community and well being. In his best-selling book, “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell opens with a study done in a small Pennsylvania town called Roseto. In...

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Are You or Your Partner Possessive?

“I freak out when my husband even looks at another woman. I trust him not to wander, so I don’t know why this upsets me so much.””My partner spends too much time with her friends and family. What’s the point of being together if she’s always gone a couple of nights a week?”  “My wife...

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Enmeshed Parenting

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.” – Kahlil Gibran Symptoms of enmeshed parenting: Your children’s good or difficult behavior and successful or unsuccessful achievements...

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“Why Won’t my Partner Have Sex With Me?”

Are you wondering why your partner doesn’t want to have sex with you? This article may provide the answer for you.

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