Dating Again: What Does Healthy Look Like? Part One discusses the importance of taking time to heal from abusive relationship(s). It also explains the necessity of identifying and resolving the issues that lead one to choose toxic relationship partners. Dating Again: How Do You Benefit by Not Having Healthy Relationships? Part Two examines the secondary […]
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Are You Confusing Being a Kind Person with Being a “Nice” Person?
Nice guys finish last. No good deed goes unpunished. Virtue is its own reward. That all depends upon how one defines “nice” and one’s motivation for performing good deeds. “Being nice” in response to someone who consistently mistreats, exploits and abuses you is you putting yourself in last place. Doing good deeds hoping a partner […]
Don’t Let the Narcissist Determine your Sense of Worth
Remember the childhood adage that was supposed to make us feel better when we were bullied? Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. Our parents tell us that when we’re kids, but it’s cold comfort at the time. Name-calling hurts when you’re a kid. It can also hurt as […]