by Heather Elliott | Dec 4, 2018 | Relationships
Any relationship can go off the rails sometimes. If you’re with someone long enough, there will be ups and downs, times you disagree, times you are closer than you ever imagined, and times of experiencing growing pains. If your relationship isn’t currently in a...
by Heather Elliott | Dec 26, 2016 | Mindfulness, Mindset
Bob Dylan received the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature, and his current reply to the honour is silence. Many can’t figure out why he doesn’t comment about the award, but I think he IS commenting. I can only guess at what his silence says: Maybe it’s that his lyrics...
by Heather Elliott | Jul 4, 2016 | Mindfulness, Self-Awareness
Blame is something that starts very early in life. We quickly learn that taking credit for things that result in reward feels good while being blamed results in punishment and feels bad. The problem is that blame doesn’t fix anything. It may temporarily and in a...
by Heather Elliott | Jun 27, 2016 | Mindfulness, Relationships
If you’ve read many of my blogs or emails, I’m sure you’ve noticed that they primarily talk about personal work and how that resolves conflicts in relationships. If you’re like most people, at some point you’ve wondered why I don’t talk about what to do if your boss...
by Heather Elliott | Jun 6, 2016 | Mindfulness, Relationships, Self-Awareness
Without realizing it, our connections to people often come through participation in each other’s stories or scripts. If you have a fix-it personality, you tend to connect with individuals who create drama or take part in a victim approach to life – and vice versa. If...
