Category Archives: Hitch Fix
Keeping Cool – Communication Tips For When You Heat Up
You know how it goes. You set out to have a calm conversation with your teenager or your partner and, before you know it, you’re both yelling like banshees or retreating in sullen, angry silence to your respective corners. You’re … Continue reading
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I Statements For Dummies
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all know we should try to use “I statements” when we are speaking with someone about a difficult topic. I statements provide clarity regarding our thinking and feeling about an event, and keep us calm and … Continue reading
The Importance Of Making Room
Living Alone I have been alone a lot lately . . . And I kind of like it. I like having the television and the remote all to myself. I like the kind of rockin’ good night’s sleep you get … Continue reading
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Tagged habits, loneliness, loss, Relationships
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Using An Upside-Down Relationship Map
Mapping the World Anyone with a fourth grade education knows that North is up and South is down, right? After all, when we travel from New York City to Rochester, NY, we go “upstate,” Alabama is in the “deep” South, … Continue reading
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Is Breaking Up Really Hard To Do?
Or Is Staying Together Perhaps the Harder Thing? On a recent morning run through a local park, I encountered a young man talking – yelling and sobbing, really – into a cell phone pressed tightly to his ear. He was … Continue reading
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