Are You Making Yourself Small to Get Along?
Are you wondering if your relationship with your partner is faltering? What about your friends or family? Are you grappling with what to do about it?
Maybe you don’t connect the way you used to. Maybe you feel like they can’t hear you anymore or perhaps you’ve realized that you’re simply two very different people with less and less in common.
Or maybe you’ve made yourself so small in the relationship in order to get along that you’ve begun to feel almost invisible.
This can happen for so many reasons.
When will life get easier?: An audio Message
When will life get easier? Do you know how many times I’ve thought that very thought? Do you know how many times I’ve said it out loud?
I wasn’t always comfortable in my own skin. I was always searching for a feeling of contentment, like I’d know it when I experienced it.
I created stories about who I was, and I believed them wholeheartedly. I’m not smart enough. I don’t matter. I’d be so much happier if I lost some weight.
And then there were the expectations of what I thought my life should be like. I should be making more money. I should own a home. I should be in a relationship…
Managing the holiday season AMID change and transition
The last two months of the year can be challenging. You already have a lot on your plate with all the NEW in your life - the new job, new home, new environment, new relationship status, new family member, new financial status, or new career - you get the picture. Then the holidays appear and that change takes on a whole new significance. The season can either be joyous or a big old mess or something in between.
Let’s face it. The holiday season comes with its own set of expectations. There is money to be spent, friends and relatives to see, events to attend, and food and drinks to consume. All of these things can be laden with stress and anxiety for starters, and then you throw in something new, and those emotions increase tenfold. You just moved and are feeling lonely, you just got divorced and miss the family you had, you recently lost a loved one and are grieving, you started a new job or career and are feeling the crunch of performing, or you just got laid off and are wondering how you can afford to buy gifts.
The holiday season is going to show up like clockwork every year whether we like it or not so here are a few recommendations to equip you with the goods to survive it all…