Relationship Challenges
Holidays Are Supposed to Be Joyful Times, Right?
I don’t know about you, but I always look forward to holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love the food, the music, the peacefulness of the picture-perfection in ads, movies, and images of the Season, the coziness, and safety of family coming together, like circling the wagons in the old days. Most of us are…
Read MoreThis Is What Your Cell Phone Addiction Looks Like to Your Family
Just Picture It The Center for Psychological Research, Shenyang, in China recently released a new ad campaign through advertising company Ogilvy & Mather China that makes a bold, symbolic statement about an uprising issue: cell phone addiction. The ads do a great job of raising awareness about cell phone addiction in an incredibly impactful way. That could…
Read MoreChristmas and The Holidays – Merry or Scary?
Happy Holidays! We wish each other the best – for clearly nobody has bad intentions. We look forward to seeing our family members and relatives again. We are adamant that this time around it is going to be a great Christmas. We have a present for everyone and “that awesome gadget you found for Uncle…
Read MoreHealthy Sense of Self, How to be true to your Self and make your world a better place – Live on Kindle!
(click on the book) Dear friends and supporters of Healthy Sense of Self, dear people who would like to know more about the SoS Theory and Method, dear cool people all over the world, young and old, people with a heart on the right place but a big question mark in their mind: how do…
Read MoreThought of the Day, Monday, May 27th, 2013
As we are gathering with family and friends for the celebration of this Memorial Weekend, be it under a happily shining sun or in droopy rain, we will find that, for those of us with a Healthy Sense of Self, there will be fun and heartfelt joy when getting together with the folks we do…
Read MoreDavid Schnarch on Relating: Thought of the Day | March 14th 2013
“I don’t expect you to agree with me; you weren’t put on the face of the earth to validate and reinforce me. But I want you to love me – and you can’t really do that if you don’t know me. I don’t want your rejection – but I must face that possibility if I’m…
Read MoreGUIDED JOURNAL coming up
We do need more time for reflection and self-management. We also need new guidelines that help us ground in ourselves in this tumultuous world. The values of our parents turn out to be not always usable anymore; times have changed. We need to become more self-reliant as often we live far away from our native town or even country.…
Read MoreReclaiming a Sense of Self takes time. But it is worth it.
To all the people along the way who hurt me, lied to me, betrayed me, disappointed me…you taught me more than you could ever take from me. Your lesson was a blessing and for that I thank you. (~The Social Butterfly) I dedicate this post to all the people who have “family” and have still…
Read MoreIt Takes Two to Tango
Be there to dance – be with him Be there to dance – be with her About a few decades ago I was trying to make sense of dancing the tango. I went to dance lessons and learned the steps: walk to the cross – tango, stop. I have loved the music for my whole…
Read MoreThought of the Day, 28th of June, 2012
“It takes two to Tango!” We all know that expression don’t we? What we didn’t know is that it takes not just two random people with a lack of Sense of Self and dependent on a million things for their Substitute Sense of Self; it takes two individuals with a Healthy Sense of Self to…
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