Your children's disappointment is greater than yours; don't conflate your feelings with theirs. Accept their right to make their own choices, even if you think they're the wrong ones. Taking sides is inevitable, but being as neutral as possible in front of the grandchildren is necessary....
Worse, misinterpreting the Y word causes feelings of betrayal. Cultural clashes affect the heart of your Asian business. CROSS-CULTURAL DILEMMA Context is important, because when an Asian says "yes," it can mean any number of things. Sometimes it means ma...
However, the person who’s been cheated upon, often frequently, the majority of time has a tremendous need here to deal with the intensity of the pain, the feelings and the whole issue of trust. So it just doesn’t go away. I’d say it takes six to eighteen months to rebuild a mar...
Dealing with lying is frustrating and confusing for many parents. Unfortunately, teens and pre-teens often lie or tell only part of the truth. James Lehman explains that kids lie for many reasons: to cover their tracks, to get out of something they don’t want to do, and to fit in wit...
Dealing with Anger in Others Angry people must be given the space to vent their frustrations and concerns; the bone of their contention doesn’t matter. Let them express their feelings without rebuke so they can move energy that might otherwise get repressed. For most people, a single eruptio...
With an unwanted divorce, your recovery process is not the same as another woman who chose to leave her husband. She might be feeling excited and empowered, finally free, which bears no resemblance to your great sense of loss, disappointment, betrayal, and rejection. Your experiences are differ...
My family celebrates the Fourth of July now, and it feels like a betrayal. They can be over it, but I don’t have that privilege. On the days when I’m feeling down, fashion helps. When I dress up and honor my own sense of style, I don’t feel like a crippled girl, I feel ...
This script was written to help someone who had been raped after her drink had been spiked, resulting in them having no memory of the event. It includes feelings of betrayal by friends who were aware of what happened but did nothing to protect her. The
“bad connection” while speaking to a relative on the phone, rather than simply telling them, “I don’t want to talk right now.” When asked, he says he doesn’t want to hurt that person’s feelings by saying he wanted to get off the phone. Simply put, it was just easier to ...
dissimulation,deception,dissembling,deceit- the act of deceiving Adj.1. double-dealing- marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double ...