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How to Deal With Passive-Aggressive People (Without Losing Your Mind)

How to Deal With Passive-Aggressive People (Without Losing Your Mind)

by NATALIE | Boundaries

Many moons ago, a friend and colleague was clearly annoyed with me but wasn’t coming out straight and saying so. Instead, I kept receiving clipped, curt emails, and it felt like they were being obstructive and elusive. I asked several times whether there was an...

The Trouble with Pretending You’re Okay with Something When You’re Not

by NATALIE | Relationships

Often, when clients, readers and listeners share stories with me, there’s an element of emphasising that they’re okay with something. ‘I’m okay with [their partner] being friends with [person who’s bothering them].’; ‘I don’t mind that he has female friends.’; ‘I...

Problematic and Non-Apologies: Why We’re Still Upset Despite Receiving An Apology

by NATALIE | Self

When someone harms or upsets us and they then apologise, it’s easy to assume that’s the end of it. Problem solved. Let’s move on. We’ve learned that getting an apology is what matters. So when we sometimes feel more hurt and upset after...

Airing our dirty laundry? Or being more open about gaslighting and mistreatment?

by NATALIE | Self

For over seventeen years, I’ve written about relationships and seen a hell of a lot of stuff online. It’s always fascinated me how men can talk about their painful breakups and receive empathy, sympathy and new romantic prospects. Their DMs fill up, fast. Empathy for...

Love isn’t making you ‘crazy’; reality-check the relationship

by NATALIE | Relationships

An easy trap to fall into is reasoning that the dramatic shift in your behaviour, being consumed by someone, and feeling the acute turmoil of the relationship, is a measure of and response to your love for this person. But it’s not love making you feel, think...
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