Fight or Flight
Before responding to an outburst, here’s how to maintain your composure and speak truth to power.
Welcome to Part III of this month’s F You February blog series! We’re discussing how to air out tension and set CLEAR boundaries without making things worse or pushing people away. Last week in Part II we covered: ✔️The most effective way to deal with indecision ✔️The #1 principle behind which “to-do” to tackle first…
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Ever feel defensive when someone tells you you’re not doing something correctly? Especially when you’re new to the game or to a particular challenge and you’re trying really hard to figure it out? Or how about when you’re making an argument, and someone starts poking all sorts of holes in it? Is your impulse to…
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My mother-in-law does this hilarious and very HER thing whenever she hosts a big meal at her house. She’ll make an amazing spread with enough food to feed the whole town, and she’ll put everything out on the table in the kitchen. Before she invites you to grab your plate and “go enjoy the buffet,” she…
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True Story. It was about five minutes into my favorite yoga class (taught by the beautiful Emma Poole). We had chanted our “ohms” and Emma’s zen voice began guiding us through our flow, when all of a sudden, the FIRE ALARM WENT OFF AT FULL BLAST. I instantly fell out of my downward dog and…
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