Kim and Steve on Internet Radio, 24th October 2014
A big thank you to Tiffany Williams-Jallow and the team from the Relationships360 program for having us on the air. The plan was for Steve and I to have a small cameo appearance on the show, but we ended…
What You Want
Am I Sane? Continued from: Is My Family Dysfunctional? Today I want to share three simple questions that will test your emotional health: 1. Are you clear about what you want in life? 2. Is what you want good for…
Your Goal and Strategy
Continued from: What You Want I will add a few more questions below each point before I open this up for your comments and questions . . . 1. Are you clear about what you want in life? - Are…
Negotiating With Your Family
The Best Ways of Negotiating Within Family Hierarchies A research paper on Tactics of hierarchy negotiation (from The University of Texas at Austin and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway) Opens by stating that . . . "Since resources flow to…
Is my Family Dysfunctional?
It's all about sharing . . . What determines if a family is functional or dysfunctional?; How successful members are at school or in their careers? How politely they speak to each other? How often they all fight and argue? Saying "shut up"…
Making Supportive Connections
When I was a child you would always find me sitting and watching the other kids play from the sidelines. I didn't feel left out, but instead very happy to sit watching. When eventually the teachers forced me to join in,…
The Smart Way to Forgive
Continued from Julius Caesar: A Hero for Our Times We can see that Julius Caesar was well loved from the cult of Divus Julius which sprung up after his death. Likewise, by the fresh flowers that still litter his funeral pyre, we see…
Julius Caesar: a Hero for Our Troubled Times
Even Great Men Have Trouble at Home Sitting in hospital recently, waiting for my son's arm to be mended (to restore a profile of one elbow rather than two) after him being injured playing football, I began reading about the life of Julius…
Taming a Bully You Love
Cleaning up after a big family gathering we had in our home recently, and feeling very tired and worn out, I couldn’t help but recall all the research I have read, demonstrating that humans are terrible at predicting how, what we plan,…