How you communicate has a lot to do with how people view you.
If you want to be in a healthy relationship with someone, the silent treatment is never okay.
The office environment will not look the same as it did pre-pandemic because, among other things, the people who work there will not be the same.
It can be confusing when you don’t think you should still be mad, but you still feel mad as hell. Here are signs you’re not ready to accept an apology and just want to be mad.
Neighborly tensions can run high during normal times, but they can be especially bad now when everyone is home, all day, every day. You may find yourself arguing with neighbors to whom you’ve peacefully lived next door for years. Here's how to peacefully co-exist, according to a conflict resolution expert.
“Hey, before you get mad about this, remember how last weekend I picked up your parents from the airport and stopped with them to get lunch because you weren’t feeling well?” Grrr. Yes, you remember. But it’s quite manipulative of him to bring that up, when you’re trying to talk about the fact that his friends are super disrespectful of your home when they come over. What does one thing have to do with the other?
There is not one productive thing about seeking revenge. There really isn’t. You are not perpetuating anything good or helpful or fruitful to yourself. All you are doing is trying to do something negative to someone else, but that doesn’t do anything positive for you.
Do you have a go-to move to set things right when you get into it with your partner?
Do you have that friend who is always calling with a dramatic story or problems and it's stressing YOU out? This author does, and she's tired of it...
Do the words "I'm sorry" get stuck in your throat?
It's more than saying sorry..