Tag: insecurity
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How to Tell What a Stranger (or First Date) Is Insecure About
A night-time walk by the marsh…full moon…fireflies…cat-tails. Photo by Lorna Tedder With most strangers, you can nod and be polite and never have to find out anything more about them, let alone where their insecurities lie. If you have to work with a stranger for an extended period of time or endure a first date…
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Mean People and Their Motives
Photo credit by Digital Explorer; creative commons license The quickest way to shut down or shut out trash talk is to know precisely who you are and have confidence in your own vision. If your confidence is the least bit shaky, someone else’s negativity or just plain mean behavior can send you scrambling for solid…
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How to Kill a Relationship
There are times when you would never doubt your relationship with someone, yet it’s doubt that injures it …sometimes kills it. Not your own doubt, but doubt that is induced by the other person. Sometimes the relationship can be salvaged, and sometimes the doubt is too strong for too long. I have seen this in…