Toxic Relationships
What is a toxic relationship? Any relationship that makes one or both individuals involved feel unsupported, misunderstood, demeaned or attacked. A toxic relationship can threaten one’s emotional, psychological and/or physical well-being. Toxic relationships don’t only appear in the romantic context. Relationships in families, friendships, or even at the workplace can be toxic. How do you know […]
Friends and Making Friends
For a few seconds go back to your childhood and think about your first days in school. Those days of dread when you were ripped off from your summer freedom and made to sit down for hours on end in a hot, stuffy classroom. Now think of the fun part of those days. It’s quite […]
Assertiveness
It’s not easy to say ‘no’ to something especially when everyone else is saying ‘yes’. Sometimes, it’s not easy to stand up for what you believe in. We are all afraid of being unpopular and of ending up with no friends because we want different things from others, or because we have different ideas or […]