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Articles by Carrie Ashfield
The Last Time I Left You
I left you. Again. Like you’ve been left so many times. I did exactly what you expected. What you directed silently, with CEO-like strategy. You said you didn’t expect this — you started talking about how you were fine. You were not strong enough last week to fight me, but this week you’re fine. I said OK, I think we should break up. Our realities are not aligned. You want to Get Along. That’s your bar for a good relationship — People Who Get Along. Who cares if we go entire evenings without talking?
What Derails a Conversation: Being Preachy, Pushy, or Presumptuous
I’ve learned the hard way as a helping professional that we can try too hard to help—and our words can backfire. Communicating our point of view with the goal of influencing, persuading, or convincing someone can add to the tension when opinions differ. Most of us have awkwardly realized (the hard way) that being preachy, pushy, or presumptuous just doesn’t work, especially regarding highly charged topics such as vaccinations, racial relations, climate change, cancel culture, and much more.
I ended my marriage after 20 years. It should have ended years earlier.
couples Marriages don’t end the day you hear it’s over. In my marriage, the end had been arguing for its existence for years, even decades. If you are like me, you refuse to listen. There is a myriad of reasons to stay — children, guilt, finances, fear, pride, or stubborn inertia a.k.a. conflict avoidance. Or maybe it’s choosing to end the perpetual conflict by letting the things that bug you go, kind of like Frozen but less fun. But those things that irk you don’t go away do they?
If You Want Your Teens Trust — Apologize When You Mess Up - The Good Men Project
Home / Featured Content / If You Want Your Teens Trust — Apologize When You Mess Up Raising kids is one of life’s purest privileges. As parents, we have the power to influence how our kids see both themselves and the world. It’s the words we use, our attitude, how we touch them, which takes the malleable life in front of us and alters it. If we do things often enough one way, it will, over time, mold their personalities that way.
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