EXCERPT: In general, it is healthier and more honest to break up with your significant other before the holidays rather than after them if you have already decided to end the relationship, Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D., a Los Angeles-based psychologist who specializes in relationships, tells Bustle. To spend the holidays together and then break up can seem […]
EXCERPT: Yvonne Thomas, a Los Angeles-based psychologist whose specialties include career-building and work relationships, notes that, I have worked with my clients to increase their EQ by improving their skills in communication, listening, rapport and collaboration. In turn, their direct reports are responding with more cooperation, enthusiasm and confidence. Typically, the best business leader has
EXCERPT: You’re Having a Baby & Your Friend’s Not. Set the precedent NOW — before your little one arrives — to send out one text or email a week (at least!) to see how your BFF is doing. Paying attention and inquiring about your friend’s welfare helps the friendship stay on track where it’s still about
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EXCERPT: Let’s say you can’t make it to your friend’s baby shower and host 10 friends for dinner and squeeze in a power yoga class and finish your taxes this weekend. Is your reaction, Oh well, that’s too much for any sane person to accomplish anyway. Whatevs. Or is it: What the hell is wrong with
EXCERPT: You know that saying, You’re your own worst enemy? Unfortunately, most of us take it to heart far more than that other well-worn cliché, Be your own best friend. Women tend to be more in touch with their emotions than men, and that cuts across the whole array — happy, sad, angry, and feeling
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