Mental Illness Conversation Pitfalls- 6 Things to Avoid Saying

Mar 13, 2025 | Compassion, connection, disappointment, empathy, friend, friends, friendship, grief, grieving, mental illness, narcissism, Relationships

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How to Enjoin My Non-joiners to Join Something (?)

Jul 11, 2024 | adult friendships, attachment, communication, connection, empathy, friend, friends, friendship, intimacy, Motherhood, Parenthood, parenting, Relationships

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Six Ways to Know You are Suffering from Money Poison

Jun 4, 2024 | Compassion, empathy, materialism, mental illness, Relationships

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The Magic That Happens When You Uncreate

May 14, 2024 | communication, connection, empathy, family, friendship, intimacy, materialism, quality time, Relationships

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Sequelae and the Big Try

Apr 24, 2024 | Compassion, connection, empathy, Forgiveness, friendship, intimacy, Reconciliation, Redemption, Relationships

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Which of These 26 Maladaptive Ways Are You?

Apr 9, 2024 | adult friendships, attachment, communication, Compassion, connection, empathy, faith, friendship, intimacy, materialism, Relationships

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The Three Simple Words We All Need

Dec 13, 2023 | Christmas, Compassion, connection, death, empathy, family

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A Feast of Tender Hearts

Nov 22, 2023 | Compassion, connection, dinner guest, empathy, family, grief, grief during holidays, grieving, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving guest, Thanksgiving host

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Notes from an Advice Collector

Nov 1, 2023 | Compassion, connection, death, empathy

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I Cried at Golf Camp This Week

Jul 16, 2023 | dysfunctional family, empathy, family, narcissism, narcissistic extension, Shame

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Reno & The Submersible

Jun 27, 2023 | Compassion, connection, death, empathy

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Different Conversations

May 23, 2023 | empathy, friend, friends, friendship

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My problem with Brené Brown and the Power of Two Magic Words

Nov 10, 2022 | active listening, empathy

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Hey White Churches!

Jun 4, 2020 | church, discrimination, empathy, faith, racism, Redemption

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The Role of Exclusion

Feb 18, 2018 | Adoption, Bullying, Compassion, empathy, friend, friends, friendship, Parenthood, parenting, Relationships

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The good old days are real

Jan 10, 2017 | active listening, adult friendships, Compassion, empathy, friendship

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From whom does my help come?

Nov 21, 2016 | active listening, being a good guest, Compassion, dinner guest, discrimination, Election, empathy, family, holidays, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving guest

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