What Is Workplace Bullying? Workplace bullying is scapegoating on the job. Many people who are bullied at work suffer alone due to the silencing effects of being blamed, shamed, humiliated and fearful of losing employment. Next to the threat of losing income, the deepest harm from workplace bullying stems from the emotional, social and spiritual […]
Socially Unrecognized Grief – It’s in the Eye of the Beholder
We grieve in direct proportion to the meaning of our loss What is legitimate grief? Who decides what losses we may rightly mourn, for what length of time and how? It is my belief that grief is in the eye of the beholder, meaning that as human beings we grieve in direct proportion to what […]
Vegan Vitality – Health and Fitness for the 21st Century
Vegan Vitality – Health and Fitness for the 21st Century Posted by Glynis Sherwood on Sunday, May 10, 2015 Karina has done it again! Want to improve your health? Did you know that diet and exercise profoundly impact your mood and overall psychological well being? It’s true, the daily food choices we make and activities […]
Give Her Wings – Helping Abused Women Take Back Their Lives
Until May 31st you can help an abused woman get on her feet and receive a gorgeous, limited edition handmade bracelet! I’m pleased to run this post in support of the work of Megan Cox who heads up Give Her Wings – an organization that raises money for single mothers who have left abusive relationships. Frequently, when a […]
What Is Good Therapy? Some Reflections on Good Will Hunting
“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to“ ~ The late, great Robin Williams as psychotherapist Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting In the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, therapist Sean counsels reluctant fellow under-achiever Will. Young Will is a prodigy […]
Going No Contact: The Scapegoat’s Last Resort
‘No Contact’ is not a welcome choice that family scapegoats make to push family away, but rather a decision of last resorts they are driven to in order to protect themselves from ongoing abuse by family members who refuse to respect healthy relationships, limits or behavior. What is the No Contact rule? Simply speaking, ‘No […]
Grief & Belief – Transforming the Assumptive World
Grief is a house where the chairs have forgotten how to hold us the mirrors how to reflect us the walls how to contain us ~Jandy Nelson – The Sky is Everywhere by Glynis Sherwood Death – and other forms of serious loss – are shocks to the heart and mind. At […]
Emotional Affairs – Is It Cheating?
photo credit: panayotis via photopin cc What is an affair? The Webster’s Dictionary definition of ‘affair’ is any amorous relationship or episode between two people who are not married or committed to each other. ‘Infidelity’ is the betrayal of trust where there’s reason to expect loyalty, as in a committed primary relationship. If an […]
8 Ways To Stand Up to the Scapegoat Inside You
Families who scapegoat use blame and criticism to deflect family problems onto individual members. In this way, scapegoaters avoid taking responsibility for dealing with their problems in general, and maintain the illusion that they are a normal, healthy family. For example, mother drinks, but daughter is accused of being ‘bad’ and therefore blamed […]
Anxiety & Loss – What’s the Connection? What’s the Solution?
photo credit: Shandi-lee via photopin cc No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear ~ C.S. Lewis – A Grief Observed Loss Challenges Our Beliefs & Our Identity When we lose someone or something that we love and gives our life meaning, we feel anxious. Serious losses – such as death […]
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