Show of hands, where are the Friends or Seinfeld junkies? You know every re-run. You can quote all the best lines. (“Pivot!”) But do you know what made those shows work? Of course, there was brilliant writing and comedic timing. And the characters helped us recognize our own personality traits and mental health struggles in…
This is the final part of a four-part series on how to root out the pattern called “learned helplessness” from our life and relationships. In part 1and part 2, we explored what learned helplessness is, and what it might look like in our lives. In part 3, we shared the first two (of six) steps…
This is part 3 of a four-part series on how to root out the pattern called “learned helplessness” from our life and relationships. In part 1 we explored what learned helplessness is, and in part 2 we used a marriage example to examine what it might look like in our lives. This week and next,…
This is part 2 of a four-part series on how to root out a sneaky pattern called “learned helplessness” from our life and relationships. In part 1 , we described what this dynamic is and is not. In this part 2, we will look at how it tends to work in real life. In parts…
This is part 1 of a four-part series on how to root out a sneaky pattern called “learned helplessness” from our life and relationships, and create resilience instead. We have never done a four-part series before, but are doing it this time because this concept has many practical applications across all of life. In the…
Readers frequently write in to request help and tips for stepfamilies, and so I am honored to bring you a guest blog this week from author and speaker Debbie Alsdorf. Author of Beyond the Brady Bunch, Debbie carefully and honestly leads us into this topic — and I hope the lessons she learned will benefit…
