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 that your thoughts, actions and feelings will help move others toward wholeness. If their feelings are hurt from that, it is their issue.

Remember, it is not popular to live healthy. So expect resistance along the way. Resistance to changing for the good often comes in that subtle “you hurt my feelings” response.

With You in Mind
Norm

A popular discussion among mental health professionals is about mental health and what does mental health look like? Clients have a variety of ideas about this topic and the age old question “what is normal?”

Some concepts that fit with a healthy mindset are things such as the freedom to express oneself and the freedom and confidence to share that information. With that comes a sense of clarity and understanding of who these people are as individuals.

What about in the case of an abuser who comes across as healthy? In this video I introduce the subject of how a client who presents with healthy characteristics actually might not be so healthy.

I would love to have some feedback about this concept and I am looking forward to your responses and to future blog posts on this topic.

With You in Mind,
Norm