Self-distancing is a way to better self-differentiate in anxious situations. This episode explains what that is and how to do it. Show Notes: Distanced self-talk...
I have a friend who was a crisis manager. She says that a fundamental crisis communication principle is to express, “I’m aware and I care.”...
Relationship systems, like people, only have so much energy. This episode will help you understand how this works and what you can do about it....
You may have the authority to order other people around. That doesn’t mean they will like it or that they will give their best...
When we make our well-being dependent on someone else’s functioning we set up a conflict of wills. “Soaring” from Friedman’s Fables can help us understand...
This episode looks at the pseudo-self vs. the basic self, as well as the three-legged stool of self-differentiation. Show Notes: Differentiation of Self: To Be...
They say the average overnight success takes about ten years. Sometimes it takes nearly three times that. In 1993, Katalin Kariko, a University of...
This look at self-differentiation comes from the Bowen school of family systems theory. I give my take on how it can help you grow as...
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” Brené Brown If you haven’t seen Brené Brown’s TEDxHouston talk on the power of vulnerability,...