4 Reasons People are Toxic
I’ve been reflecting a lot on toxic people. I am sure I was toxic at some point to others too. Being toxic means a person […]
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Emotional Baggage Across Schools and other Communities
I suppose it follows naturally that if communities have discrimination or emotional differences within them, then across communities we will probably see more differences and […]
Continue reading »How Betrayal Trauma Shows up in Relationships
Lately I’ve been observing behavior patterns, as usual, of people around me. In particular, romantic betrayal (cheating on your romantic partner) has been coming up. […]
Continue reading »4 Examples of Emotional Baggage Within Communities
To continue our Baggage Claim series, we looked at emotional baggage that people carry within communities, such as, religious, professional, housing and volunteer groups. One […]
Continue reading »Unpacking Emotional Baggage in Families
In our Beyond Medicine series on Baggage Claim we look at different types of emotional baggage that families carry. It could be intergenerational families, extended […]
Continue reading »Overcoming a Phobia: Swimming through Limiting Beliefs
I was ten years old. I had been attending a two-week swimming class with my brother and some neighborhood friends. After the two weeks, my […]
Continue reading »3 Signs of Chronic Lack of Accountability
Sadly, what I am about to share is from my own painful experience. One of the qualities I now look for in everyone I meet […]
Continue reading »6 Types of Emotional Baggage Between Siblings
Last week we shared some thoughts on the emotional baggage parents create in their children; this week our focus in on shared baggage between siblings. […]
Continue reading »5 Ways Parents Create Emotional Baggage for Children
We recently started a new video series called Baggage Claim, focused on shared baggage in relationships. In this post, I will focus on the very […]
Continue reading »2 Examples of Self-Abandonment and how to Change Behavior
As a person who thinks about and works on behavior change daily, I am sometimes flabbergasted by what people choose to do and not do, […]
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