May, 2010

Compliments to You

Many people who put great effort into improving their life and relationships are not recognized for their honest efforts. Reading books, taking seminars, seeking counselling, etc. give evidence of the great amount of energy expended to get healthy. I share my thoughts in this video for the ones who are truly trying to improve. It’s...

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Should You Avoid Hurting Someone’s Feelings?

You maybe don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. But is that best? I talk in this video blog about how little you have control over whether someone’s feelings are hurt or not. It has a lot to do with the different ways of thinking between you and that other person. What is important is for you to pursue healthiness and as you do...

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Crazy Making from Conflicted Thinking

Have you felt that “he’s driving me crazy?” I address that issue showing how you may be trying to weave very thin threads of truth that the controller gives you and you’re attempting to make a tapestry out of such meagre points. It doesn’t work. Victims try to believe their controller, but conflicted thinking isn’t true...

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Wasn’t That A Party!

Thank you to all who attended my party last weekend! Close to 50 family, friends, and colleagues came from all over Alberta to the Sundre Golf and Country Clubhouse to celebrate the publication of my first book. The effort you made in coming and the encouragement you shared will be remembered for as long as I have memory. I am taking to heart the ideas you gave for the next book. You were...

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Straw Thinking

Clients have often asked me to explain why their spouse, the controller, gets so focused on such trivial issues. It is because of what I call “Straw Thinking”. When the controller is so focused on such a narrow issue as though they have to make it their own “Custard’s Last Stand”, they lose track of what is important. They...

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