One of my clients asked me the following question after his ex-girlfriend broke up with him.
"I still feel like I love her, but I don't know if it's love or just emotional dependence. I often wonder if falling in love is the result of a...
Behavior, whether it's from a child or an adult worker, is always driven by a goal or purpose. The behaviour starts with a thought, and then triggers of the emotions and senses keep it going. When we act in a "good" way, we get rewards and...
"Organisms don't live in their environments, they make them," says the saying.
— From Margaret Wheatley's book A Simpler Way
As I walk down Lincoln Avenue in Portsmouth, I am struck by the beauty of the day—the...
One of the things I find most interesting about conflict is how people tend to resist it and how this makes me miss important moments when I could respond with purpose but don't. Resistance is a habitual way of acting. When I resist,...
People put so much emphasis on emotional intelligence these days that it seems like they hide their feelings and problems in order to "fit in" and keep their jobs, and they use "positive self-talk" to get through tough times.
Recently, I...
Carole came to see me for counselling because she was sad. She had chronic fatigue syndrome and had been sick for a long time. She thought this was the cause of her depression. During the time we worked together, she realised that Carole's...
When legendary US TV reporter Barbara Walters interviewed Oprah Winfrey, she asked her, "Why do you put yourself on the line week after week, year after year, on the cutting edge of human emotion?" Oprah replied "Teaching people how to behave...