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Learn what JADEing is, and how to avoid Justifying, Arguing, Defending, or Explaining

Understand what King (or Queen) Baby is and how to address it when communicating with people with narcissistic traits.

Over the years, I’ve worked with many clients who wanted learn new communication skills. Sometimes they want to learn what assertive...

When you were a kid, did your parents tell you “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”? This is such an unfortunate...

When my clients start dating after being in a relationship with a person with narcissistic traits, they’re usually puzzled by the idea of...

If you know you’re a people-pleaser, I have good news – you can find balance between caring about others, and caring about yourself. The...

Avoid getting into a relationship with a person with narcissistic traits by understanding rushing the relationship.

Are you thinking about dating, or are you back in the dating pool after a relationship with a partner with narcissistic traits? If so,...

what do you see when you look in the mirror? You’ve probably heard the terms self-concept and self-esteem. But what do you think they...

Last week we talked about how to create SMART goals, and why creating Time-limited goals that are based on days, rather than weeks or months, are more likely to be successful. An example of a day-based Time-limited goal might sound like “I’m going to start my bedtime routine between 10 PM and 10:15 PM, and be in bed by 10:30 PM, for 14 days.” It may not seem like it, but this is significantly different from saying "I'm going to start my bedtime routine between 10 PM and 10:15

It's that time of year when many people develop resolutions for the new year. For decades, I've been encouraging clients to ditch new...