Assertive Communication: Expressing Yourself With Confidence
Communication is a skill. The ability to respectfully articulate our thoughts and emotions in a clear and effective manner without degrading or humiliating others is assertive communication. However, even when we try our best to be mindful of others and convey our thoughts and feelings with respect, others can take offence or become aggressive towards
A Fix Or A Crutch?
Children require unconditional emotional, spiritual, physical, and financial support, especially in their formative years. When we show preferences amongst our children based on certain criteria like academic performances, physical appearances, athletic skills, or creativity, we start to create a void and a complex in our children’s minds. The children who are given more suffer gravely
Understanding Strength
Intentions speak louder than actions but if actions continue to take us away from our values then the well-meaning intentions will turn into suppressed emotions creating a different type of trauma response in us. A gentle mother who wants to help her child toughen up against children who tease him stops herself when the boy’s
Perception Perception On The Wall
‘It happened to me and I was fine, surely it can’t be that bad for them. They just need to toughen up, get on with it.’ ‘My father always went out if my mother started to talk about something. He wasn’t the talking sort, you see, so my mum stopped trying too. I don’t get
The Parts Within
We all are human. During the formative years of our childhoods, we start learning which parts of us work better in most situations. For example, in class while answering a tough question and putting up with classmates teasing, the tough and brave part would show up more. When feeling sad and confused, the sensitive part
Emotional Displacement
Feelings can be misplaced or displaced when we direct or project them inappropriately at someone or something that is not the source of those feelings. Consider the following hypothetical scenario – Jo is driving back from work after a really long day where he was yelled at by his manager for not submitting a report
