Being passive-aggressive. Not a great descriptor we want to have applied to our behavior, but if we aren’t being assertive, I believe we must be doing that. One of the basic premises we need to understand is that this is what I call a “binary issue”, meaning if we don’t do one, we will then […]
What is gaslighting? It’s from an old movie where the husband tried to trick his wife into doubting herself by making the lights flicker then denying it. It is considered to be a form of emotional abuse that uses manipulation and minimization to make you question your own thinking and therefore your reality. Gaslighting yourself comes from […]
You know the feeling. That awful anxiety that kicks in immediately when you have to meet someone new, have a difficult conversation, or worse are verbally attacked or manipulated in the moment. If you struggle with social anxiety in general, it can be doubly hard for you to hold to your truth and remain present. […]
