Articles by Jodi Aman on relationships between romantic couples, parents-kids, work colleague and more. How self worth is created in relationship with others.
Have you ever been giving advice from your heart and–to your total bafflement–upset the very person you were trying to help? In today’s short video, I am going to tell you why you ought only to give advice if someone asks you three times. And tell you what to do when they don’t ask for […]
You are probably thinking that the answer is “patience”, right? Well, that too, but patience and is there to help you take a step back, and take a moment to think about your response. (And your response might be to have more patience.) Patience is hugely important, but the response that you decide to take is what
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This is why women need women In the 1.3 billion year history since Homo Erectus walked the earth, we have only lived predominantly in single family homes for less than 100 years. That’s a drop in the ocean. For millions and millions of years our brains, cells, emotions and souls have been living, cooking, child
Time to prioritize your relationships. “Relationships are hard work.” We hear this over and over. But what does it mean besides conjuring fear and dread? Or worse, hopelessness for someone who feels she is not good enough. When fear is involved your relationships are VERY hard work. Fear is exhausting, unpredictable and can get in
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Do you judge yourself as too generous? I think this can make a person who already feels unappreciated feel even worse. I’d rather celebrate my generosity and then I feel appreciated! I recently had a dream that an old friend, who lives far away, was visiting us in Rochester. For the first day she was
Are you feeling lonely this holiday? Feeling lonely is one of the worst feelings in the world. So many people feel alone, and holidays–since it seems as if everyone besides you is happy and warm–enhance these feelings. I am aware this season of so many people feeling lonely for all kinds of reasons. I know many of
Last week, someone I just met asked me, “Why did you become a therapist?” The words, “I don’t know” flew out of my mouth. “You don’t know?” he said indignant. But I paused to think. I thought about all the volunteering I had done in high school that led me from wanting a career in
In supervision today, I was telling my supervisee about how people who are hurting sometimes isolate themselves. A man described it to me last week as standing outside looking in the window of a house where a party is going on. People have described it to me in this way before. It’s usually raining outside