What are the most effective ways to make a narcissist miserable without putting your own well-being at risk? After all, when a narcissist feels defeated, their first line of defense is to punish you. Your misery is their gain if they can get you to back down and give them what they want. On the…
You’re in bed, trying to settle in and fall asleep, but your mind won’t cooperate. Wakeful minutes turn to hours. And you’re no closer to slipping into oblivion. So, what are some fun things to do when you can’t sleep? Or are you allowed to have fun when you should be unconscious? And what if…
How do you deal with disrespect from other people? Is it something you work hard to prevent? Or do you see it as something we all face and simply refuse to be bothered by it? After all, why waste energy trying to prevent something inevitable? Whatever your personal philosophy, the disrespect quotes in this post…
How did it come to this? You’re doing actual research (albeit informal) on daughters who disrespect their mothers, wondering if there’s something you can do to change your relationship for the better. Before you blame yourself for everything going on in your daughter’s world or for the apparent change in her attitude toward you, we…
Even without children, divorcing a narcissistic husband or wife is anything but simple, amicable, and low-stress. Add children, and the narcissist has another powerful weapon at their disposal. And you can count on them to make the divorce and its aftermath as painful as possible—for you. So, what can you do to protect yourself (and…
Here you are looking for tips on how to tell someone you’re not interested after a few dates—or shortly after meeting them. Because you’re just not feeling it. Yet you don’t want to hurt this person. It’s not that you don’t think anyone could be happy dating them. In fact, you want them to find…
Telling someone you miss them does not have to be hard, but you don’t want to come across as weirdly obsessive either. These days, people often send texts to their love interests and significant others as a way to build emotional connections. So how can you make a text seem authentic and appropriate? A basic…
I’m Always Hoping for More When we are expecting more or comparing what we have to what we could have, it is possible that we will not completely appreciate what we have. An experiment conducted by the University of California indicated that participants who were exposed to a subliminal recall of money spent less time…
If you’ve ever met someone with a bold personality, you probably couldn’t help admiring them, at least a little. You knew it wasn’t liquid courage, either. Boldness was their default setting. So, were they born that way? Or can you (or anyone) learn how to be bold and confident? It’s a bit of both. Some…
That’s it! You’ve had it with this kid. And you know, until you talk to your son about his behavior and present his options, he’s likely just to keep on taking advantage of you. You just hope he treats his boss better than he treats his parents. Writing a letter to a disrespectful teenage son…
