Category: Relationships

When Rumours Are About You

Anyone who has worked in an office or gone to school knows how much damage a rumour can do. You cannot always stop one, but you can handle it well....

Six Keys To Healthy Self-Love

Healthy self-love sits between low self-esteem and false grandeur. Six keys help you build it, and with it a life that feels fully your own....

Turning Dislike Into Friendship

Not everyone has to love you. But when someone who matters seems set against you, a few calm steps can often turn things around....

Celebrate The Life You Have

The flowers have bloomed, the birds are singing and you are alive and aware. That is already enough reason to celebrate. Here is how to make celebration a daily habit....

The Art Of Praising Well

Praise is one of the most powerful things one person can give another. Given badly, it falls flat or even hurts. Here is how to do it well....

Helping Children Learn To Share

'This is mine!' may be the phrase young children use most. Sharing does not come naturally to them, but with patience it can be taught....

The Trouble With Always Being Right

Nobody has every answer. Yet some people behave as though they do. Here are three habits of the always-right, and why they usually get it wrong....

Children Copy What You Do

Children need love, limits and someone to look up to. The most powerful lessons they learn come from watching how the adults around them live....

How To Ask For A Favour Gracefully

Asking for help makes many of us squirm. It need not. Three simple steps make a favour easier to ask, easier to grant and kinder to refuse....

Four People Skills Worth Mastering

Whether at work or at home, the people you deal with shape your days. Persuasion, empathy, warm gestures and a real network make every one of those encounters count....