Relationship Challenges
Artful Lessons From My Dad (by Guest Blogger Andrea Scott)
Of the many gifts I received from my father, one of the most endearing was his modeling of good communication. We had a large family (seven children) and my mother, one of the first female lawyers in the 1950s, had passed away from an accidental
Read MoreWill I Ever Outgrow My Parents? (part 2 of 2)
What is Internal Parental Judgment(IPJ) or Virtual Parental Judgment(VPJ)? IPJ/VPJ is the opposite of thinking with your own mind; the voices in your head that you have never questioned on the accuracy because they stem from people you believed to be selfless and invested in your interest: parents, teachers, ex(spouses, your closest friends. As you…
Read MoreWill I Ever Outgrow My Parents? (part 1 of 2)
Between the ages of 12 and 16, I lived with my dad who had remarried a women only 12 years older than I. And I don’t think it was because she was Eastern European, that she was controlled by her parents, but she still was. My step-mother in turn tried to control as much of…
Read MoreDare to see yourself naked!
Here is a real good way to make Firepole Marketing work for you: Dare to see yourself naked! How do you (honestly) feel about marketing? Love it? Hate it? Undecided? Let’s discuss it awhile and stay open minded for the duration of this writing. Please. If I were to say that “how you feel about…
Read MoreThought of the Day…Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Today I got so upset with my boyfriend. It is not like he is doing something bad but he seems to not see me. It would make me feel so much better if every now and than he would give me that eye-contact that means : “We understand each other, now don’t we?” Or: “Hey…
Read MoreA Man with a Healthy Sense of Self, dedicated to Dr. Liu on 35th St.
He makes you love yourself. He is so pleasant to be around that you forget all about your ideal self-image. Everything you say falls in the right place. When you make a joke, and you do that without any pre-thought-out intention, he laughs and says that you are funny. He expresses his opinions without…
Read MoreFlying to Australia
While traveling there potentially are many stressors and aggravating factors. Knowing that I already have what it takes to have the right to be, just by being born, allows me to react with poise where I used to get annoyed or feel irritation. Thanks to a Restored Sense of Self!
Read MoreA Gift For Maria
Like every year, Maria passed her Christmas holidays on the beach in Mexico. To her and her family, it was a good way to escape the Christmas rat race. She never understood what people liked so much about Christmas anyway. How they could agree on spending so much time, energy and money flocking to shopping…
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