Pushing people away may feel like a protective shield, but it often leaves you feeling isolated and disconnected. Whether it's due to fear of rejection, past trauma, or low self-esteem, distancing yourself can prevent you from forming meaningful relationships.
Understanding why you push others away and learning how to stop can help you open up to deeper, more fulfilling connections. Here are nine ways to break the cycle and embrace vulnerability.
We’ve all been there—someone says something that cuts a little too deep, and you’re left feeling rattled. Whether it's a snide remark or an outright critique, knowing how to respond can make all the difference. You don’t need to get defensive or engage in an argument. Instead, having a few go-to phrases can help you shut down criticism with grace and confidence. Here are 15 slam-dunk responses to keep in your back pocket.
Thanks to social media, the boundary between public and private information is blurred. Sharing your confidential information and problems has become more socially acceptable. Almost everyone has overshared at a point in their lives.
But oversharing is more than just being friendly. It is an attempt to reach out to others, looking for a sympathetic ear or words of advice. Rather than making friends, oversharing can negatively affect our reputations and relationships.
To manage chronic oversharing, you must first understand what it is and why you overshare so that it does not wreak havoc in your life.
Talking about toxic adult children is uncomfortable.
By the time you've gotten to this article, you've likely faced years of contempt, rage, entitlement, and fights.
Mothers tend to see their daughters through the lens of unconditional love instead of owning up to the clear signs of a bad mother-daughter relationship.
Having a toxic daughter isn't about assigning blame.
It's about building a better relationship with her moving forward by addressing bad behavior and trigger points.
“His conscience was the strongest element of his nature. His affections were tender and warm. His whole nature was simple and sincere – he was pure, and then was himself.”
“Such a nature was admirably constituted to direct an heroic struggle on the part of a people proud enough to prefer a guide to a leader, a man commissioned to execute the popular will but, as in his case, strong enough to enforce his own.”
If you haven't guessed yet, these good attributes were written about the character of the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
President Lincoln was a role model for integrity and honesty.
He offers us so many examples of good character traits.
These good qualities stayed with him throughout the trials and tribulations of leading a country during one of the worst periods of its history.
Of course, Lincoln was president during the 19th century when the character of a person was a highly-regarded quality.