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Watching our language: Survival Skill #3

When we’re children, we learn how to speak by listening to the conversations around us.  At first, our brains struggle with the new learning, but then we become fluent, and we don’t spend much time thinking about it.  But when we’re dealing with...

Taking responsibility: Survival Skill #2

Unfortunately, taking responsibility too often gets confused with accepting blame.  The words, “Who did this!” have echoed in our ears from childhood, and the desire to have it be someone else’s crime is universal.  Shifting blame can look like a safe strategy,...