Your mind races anxiously to the future. It basks in the comfort of the past. How will we cope? What does this mean for everyone involved? How will I feel when they no longer know me? It would be unusual to not have a reaction like that to news that indicates your beloved parent/spouse/sibling/friend is [...]
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Physics
As we get older and the patterns of communication we have with our parents might feel like a law of physics: An irresistible force meeting an immovable object. If your relationship with your elder parent continues to bring frustration and you’d prefer it didn’t, what can you do to change the pattern? I’ve been giving [...]
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This time of year we hear a lot about resolutions, what’s ahead for us, how to move forward. Today I had a conversation with a dear friend and colleague, founder of Lead Your Life, LLC, Diane Krause-Stetson. She informed me that her plan for the new year was to look backward. Instead of going for [...]
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There’s a huge distinction between choosing positive and denying negative. One empowers, the other, at the very least, confuses. Here’s an example of difference in the case of an elder relative’s changing needs. In fact, that statement is an example. Choosing the phrase “changing needs” is choosing a positive view of the situation, as opposed [...]
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