Co-worker Relationships
Do you have a partner, boss or co-worker who you would often–operant word, often–describe as crazy-making?  Does s/he frequently seem to give with one hand and grab it back with the other? This can be a description of the emotional and verbal behavior of a passive-aggressive person. My friend, Brenda, was telling me about her friend, [...]
Some people have been carefully trained to be faultfinders. They look for the problems, the inadequacies, the not-quite-good-enoughs, and the less-than-perfects…and pounce! Fault is often the first thing out of their mouths. You might know one or two such folks. Maybe, you’re related to one? Or, married to one? Or, do you have faultfinding down [...]
I got a call from a potential client the other day. She has a daughter who is in her twenties with a small child. No baby daddy on the scene. The issue is that the mother says the daughter is always angry with her and she wants to get to the bottom of it. Looking [...]
For a world that works, we have to learn to work together, jointly, to collaborate. These quotes provide some wisdom for improving collaboration and thereby resolving relationship problems. COLLABORATION QUOTES It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin [...]
One thing that certainly comes near to the top of the list of relationship problems that are uncovered in my sessions with clients is passive-aggressive behavior. Sometimes, it is hard to see it clearly, but it is never difficult to feel its effects. In this three part series, you will get insights about: How to Recognize a Passive-Aggressive Person; How to Respond to a Passive-Aggressive Person and finally, How to Recover from a Passive-Aggressive Person.
We all face relationship problems, even if we are hermits! Relationship problems can be within ourselves as well as with those we live, love and work with. Expecting that relationship problems will occur is simply acknowledging that we are all human. Knowing what to do when those issues come up makes all the difference! At [...]
