Wanting to know someone’s intentions

by | Relationships

There comes a point in situations where we want some indication of what the future holds. At the very least, we want to know that we’re either on a similar page or not wasting our time, energy, effort, emotions or even money. We want to know a person’s...

You’re seeking the feeling, not the thing

by | Self

Every last thing that humans do is about our attempts to meet our needs. Because how well our needs are being met is communicated via our feelings, they’re emotional needs. There is this tendency for us to attach ourselves to fixed outcomes, goals, markers of...

Giving To Get Along

by | Boundaries

People pleasing means that sometimes, possibly often, we confuse compromising ourselves and avoiding conflict with ‘giving’. In fact, much of what we regard as ‘keeping the peace’ equates to destroying our inner peace. Giving is the free...