“Emotional fragility makes connection and intimacy difficult at best. Work your emotional resiliency muscles every day with everyone in your life.” ~LMB Emotional fragility is a pattern of negatively reacting to issues, feedback, and experiences in a way that shuts down communication, blocks growth, and breaks the connection. Often, these reactions are extreme in some […]
Stop Blaming Yourself: How Oppressors Manipulate the Minds of the Oppressed
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” ~Steve Biko Too often, those treated poorly by others blame themselves for the poor treatment. They blame themselves when their boss rages, their spouse has an affair, their significant other goes silent for days, or (fill in the blank). […]
Stop Doing This if You Want to Save Your Relationship
“Avoiding a hard conversation today may keep things calm for now, but over time it will only escalate the problem. Dare to have the conversation.” ~LMB Many people engage in this harmful practice without realizing how detrimental it is to relationships. They do it under the guise of being nice and not wanting to rock […]