Tag Archives: boundaries

Free Drink ?

How do I respond to someone down the bar buying a drink for me, but I’m not interested? Bars shouldn’t let people buy drinks for strangers and shouldn’t facilitate this very outdated—and quite frankly predatory—practice. This might be extreme, but … Continue reading

Posted in Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Friend

“YOU are responsible for YOUR OWN happiness. It’s no one else’s job to make you happy or to have too much influence or control over you.”  “Be your own best friend. People WILL let you down, even people you think never … Continue reading

Posted in Reflections | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Relationships

I tell my folks who cross my path if you do it 1 time it’s an accident, 2 times its careless, but 3 times is on purpose and then we have a problem to deal with Positively Purging-I welcome your … Continue reading

Posted in Reflections | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Wisdom of Mentorship

you should be trained well enough so when you leave you can flourish and apply skills elsewhere., and you should be treated so well you don’t want to leave that is the energy I bring to my mentees on this … Continue reading

Posted in Clinical Supervision | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Blame shifting

Examples:

Posted in Reflections | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment