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Answer These 15 Yes-or-No Questions to Help Evaluate the State of Your Relationship
It’s really easy to judge other people’s relationships. In fact, we may not even realise when we’re doing it. But when you spend time with a couple, their dynamic usually becomes apparent relatively quickly, to the point where you may think you can identify their specific problems.
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How to Let Go of Parental Guilt and Forgive Yourself
There is a moment (or several moments) in every parent’s life they wish they could take back. It could be as simple as the first time you ever raised your voice and caused your child to cry, the thoughtless thing you said that hurt their feelings, or the preventable accident that resulted in a trip…
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How to Ease Your Guilt About ‘Failing Upwards’
There’s a certain type of person in the workplace who often carries a loathsome reputation: the colleague who succeeds in big ways despite not being good at their job. These people have “failed upwards,” meaning they’ve attained undue success, sometimes from sheer luck, or maybe thanks to a savvy networking ability or certain workplace alliances.
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How to Understand Your Child’s Temperament
As parents, we have a tendency to view our child’s moods and behaviour as a reflection of our parenting. When you see someone’s easy, outgoing child who is able to adapt to a sudden change in plans and you think, “Man, those parents are doing a great job.” Meanwhile, your child is quick to anger…