Getting in the Last Word
In a conversation, “getting in the last word” means one person may badger, bully, coerce, and overwhelm the other person to be the last voice...
Parenting Of The Flower Children?
Flower Children Types Ideally, children in this country are raised in a reasonably healthy environment by parents who are doing the best they can to...
5 Important Relationship Stages, What Are They?
Relationships are like climbing a spiral staircase to the next level. Every relationship lives in stages. Some relationships remain in Stage One for the duration...
Simple Question, Who In Your Home Cleans The Bathroom?
Who In Your Home Cleans The Bathroom? A few years back I had a co-worker I will call Mike. He had just moved into a...
Subtle Relationship Shifts: How To Identify It Is Over
Relationships Not every relationship is successful; not every relationship will or should make it to “the finish line”. And what is the finish line, anyway?...
Why Equality And Equity Are Confusing Terms
Recently the words equality and equity have been used in the news as two almost interchangeable words. While I thought I understood the distinction, I...
GIGO = Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIGO In the 1950s theorists in the computer science field coined a term, GIGO, or “garbage in, garbage out”. Early scientists understood that the quality...
Title IX And Its Importance
I oppose transgender women playing in women’s sports. There, I have said it. Vilify me, hate me, cancel me, but that is my belief. You...
Being Called Bitch Can Be Empowering!
Many years ago, I had a contract with a county jail to provide mental health services to inmates. When I was offered the contract, I...
What Is The Breakfast Pig and Chicken Analogy?
The Breakfast Pig and Chicken Recently I heard a saying that made me stop and think: For breakfast, the pig is committed while the chicken...