Tag Archives: assertive communication

De-Stress Your Self-Talk

“Oh my God, now I have to put up with this too. I can’t believe the nerve. What does he expect?! He never thinks of anyone else. It’s damned if you do or damned if you don’t.” Feeling better after reading this? Of course not. But each day many of us inflict barrages like thisContinue reading “De-Stress Your Self-Talk”

Eat or Spend? The High Cost of Insecurity

Almost anyone who struggles with an eating disorder or really any addiction is familiar with how we can switch obsessions. If we are not drinking, we are eating. If we are not eating, we are smoking. If we are not working, we are drinking. On and on. Spending is one of the favorite “go to”Continue reading “Eat or Spend? The High Cost of Insecurity”

Four Factors of Stress Management

Americans’ levels of stress are among the highest in the world. Our national ethic of incessant striving with no measureable way to say, “I’m at the peak”, strains our bodies, hearts and minds. Our media reinforces constant dissatisfaction, a necessity in a consumer based economy. While there are worlds written about it, here are the four majorContinue reading “Four Factors of Stress Management”