by Ginger Sullivan | Sep 21, 2018 | Emotional Health, Relational Intimacy
It’s largely about the set-up. Do not go into a difficult conversation with your partner without establishing a solid frame. This gives you the best chance to be heard and for the exchange to go well. 1. Ask if this is a good time. You don’t want to attempt an...
by Ginger Sullivan | Sep 14, 2018 | Emotional Health
Are you busy trying to prove your worth to someone? Are you anxiously working to try to make someone love you? Are you calculating all the reasons why someone should see you as a good person? I hate to rain on your parade (not really), but you are putting your...
by Ginger Sullivan | Aug 21, 2018 | Emotional Health
Psychoanalysis makes a happy marriage with Buddhism in that both encourage the practice of mindfulness. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness (noun): the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something. a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on...
by Ginger Sullivan | Aug 14, 2018 | Emotional Health
Turn on the air conditioning. Are we done yet? I can’t go there today. This work is exhausting. Sounds like comments overheard at the gym. Sweat dripping, tormented faces, exhausted bodies. Yet, it’s the same scene in my office – I am running an emotional gym....
by Ginger Sullivan | Jul 20, 2018 | Emotional Health
We lost another yesterday. To suicide, that is. Her stores and handbags have now outlived her. Because, for some hidden and unknown reason, she decided to no longer play. Sometimes, we hear tragedy in the news, and it stings temporarily and then quickly fades. And...
by Ginger Sullivan | Jun 18, 2018 | Emotional Health
“You can’t win if you don’t play!” So goes the well-known commercial jingle for the lottery system. Now, I’m not suggesting that you go buy a lottery ticket. The odds of winning are stacked against you. But, they are right. You can’t win if you don’t enter. I think...
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