Archive for January 2022
Why You Lack Self-Awareness
If you find yourself having the same issues in your relationships – intimate or platonic – it’s not a coincidence: It’s a lack of self-awareness.
People with self-awareness know what their strengths and weaknesses are, and they know how those weaknesses affect others.
You have opportunities on a daily basis to learn about yourself, to gain valuable insights from the world so that you make new mistakes.
If you can’t rattle off 5 of your biggest weaknesses within 2 minutes (I just tried to confirm that’s a reasonable timeframe), it means there’s a way you’re moving through the world that’s keeping you from coming face to face with reality. Click below to read 7 things you’re doing to avoid the truth.
Read MoreIs my wife cheating?
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Dear Dr. Darcy, Over the last few weeks my wife’s behavior has changed. She has been hanging out with friends almost every night, not coming home until 6AM, having sleepovers (WTF?!), and even ditching our plans to do other things with other people. I’ve expressed to her that I’d like her to find a balance because every single day is excessive [and she says] she just has more energy now [and wants] to be out doing things, having fun.
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My gut’s saying there’s more to this story than you’re aware of or than you’re sharing…
Partners don’t make 180-degree changes like this. I’m in the business of change and even when people want to change with everything they’ve got, it’s a slow, arduous process that their bodies fight against.
Read MoreWhy Does My Fiancé Freeze Up When We Fight?
Me and my fiancé have arguments like any other couple but he freezes up and becomes sarcastic with what I’m trying to work through. I want to work on getting through the arguments the correct way by not having it blow up big time. But he says he doesn’t ever know what to say. He…
Read MoreBest of 2021 Podcast Roundup
Last week I wrote about some of the good and bad of 2021 — but there was one “good” I forgot to mention: I was on some amazing podcasts with some badass women in 2021. And because I’m guessing you’re like me and run from work, to Zoom meetings, to working out, to falling into…
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