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Why Bother Growing Your Emotional Intelligence?
By Terese Luikens | | Communication, Listening, Mental Health, Relationships
Why Bother Growing Your Emotional Intelligence? My mother had a funny way of offering advice to me. Oftentimes, she would cautiously open my bedroom door where I sequestered myself during my teen years, and set a newspaper article on my dresser. Like “Thing” from Adam’s Family, her hand would slide through the crack in the…
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Why Bother Thinking of Birth Order?
By Terese Luikens | | Family, Humor, Relationships
Why Bother Thinking About Birth Order? If we were not born an only child, then we have an assigned birth order and some would say, a particular personality because of it. This idea may be true, or it may be a fallacy, depending upon whose research you read and believe. From my observational data, I…
Read More Why Bother To Tread Lightly?
By Terese Luikens | | Relationships
Why Bother To Tread Lightly? I am grateful that I live in a beautiful part of our country. So far, the lake I swim in is still a clean body of water, the skyline is filled with majestic mountains instead of smokestacks, and pine trees along with the deer population outnumber people. Most folks who…
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Why Bother Thinking About Gratitude?
By Terese Luikens | | Gratitude, Mental Health, Relationships
Why Bother Thinking About Gratitude? Is gratitude an emotion, a skill, a virtue, an attitude or a disposition? We feel grateful when someone is kind toward us, but we won’t notice someone’s kindness unless we have the ability to pay attention to other people. Some may say they were born with a good nature and…
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