Bone-Chilling Chores
There’s a reason the idiom “working your fingers to the bone�� is so widely understood! Sometimes, especially with today’s levels of stress on the job, in society, and on the … Read More
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Mummy’s Side of the Family
As if Halloween wasn’t scary enough, we’ve been talking this month about some of the frightening aspects of relationships, like the Money Monster and the Ghosts of Intimacy. Now, from the crypt of … Read More
The Ghosts of Intimacy
While the Money Monster we encountered in our last message appeared as an obnoxious gremlin that pops up around the specific issue of money, our next spooky character is a bit more … Read More
The Money Monster
Of all the scary relationship gremlins that pop up unexpectedly to attack our happiness, the most frequent restless spirit seems to be the Money Monster. According to numerous research studies … Read More
What’s Scary About Your Relationship?
Spooky season is upon us! While our social media newsfeeds are probably riddled with the fun of spooky costumes, haunted houses, and corn mazes, one thing that probably isn’t being … Read More
Seven Tips For Talking About The COVID-19 Vaccine With Loved Ones
Things have felt pretty polarized lately. Ironically, that’s the one thing we all seem to agree on. But few things have stirred as much controversy, anxiety, and outright vitriol as … Read More
The Path To Disconnection: The Good News
In the last five messages, we’ve explored the not-so-good news about the Path to Disconnection. Anxiety Self-Absorption Objection to Difference Loss of Empathy Objectify Others In this final installment, we’ll … Read More
The Path To Disconnection: Objectification of Others
OBJECTIFICATION OF OTHERS – Once we have lost our ability to empathize, we begin to see others as merely a means to an end. In this mindset, the Other becomes … Read More
The Path To Disconnection: Loss of Empathy
LOSS OF EMPATHY – Empathy is when we feel with another person, even if we haven’t experienced the event that caused their feeling; we can imagine how they might feel in … Read More
The Path To Disconnection: Objection to Difference
OBJECTION TO DIFFERENCE – Self-absorption leads to polarization – two people lacking attunement to one another. Being convinced by our own self-absorption that our way of seeing the world is the … Read More
The Path To Disconnection: Self-Absorption
SELF-ABSORPTION – In this stage we lose the sense of otherness. The anxiety resulting from our sense of disconnection is so profound that we become unconsciously obsessed with reconnecting. We become … Read More
The Path To Disconnection: Anxiety
ANXIETY – Upon sensing that we are somehow disconnected or separate, we become anxious that the disconnection could lead to danger, or even to our ceasing to BE. It is the sense of connectedness that … Read More