Caution: Manipulative maneuvers ahead! Consider the following interpersonal verbal and/or nonverbal scenarios between two individuals: Now, consider the following scenarios within a group (for example, among friends, co-workers, or ward members). Again, these can be verbal or nonverbal messages: In my last post, I discussed the Double Bind theory, and how we consciously or unconsciously engage in it. Sometimes we play the role of ... VIEW POST
Don’t Be Blind to the Double Bind!
What Makes a “Good Mom?”
Feeling "mom guilt?" A few weeks ago, I gave a Relief Society lesson in another ward. As a counselor in my stake Relief Society presidency, a lot of my calling involves speaking (and listening) to the sisters. After my lesson, a woman took me aside and voiced her pain (no…her anguish) regarding the unrighteous choices her teenage and adult children were making. As active Church members, she and her husband tried to do all the “right things” in raising their kids. But they ... VIEW POST
Got Keys?
Living a life in chains? Imagine existing in a prison cell that measures only 4 ft. in height and 4 ft. in width. You cannot fully stand up, nor can you lie down; you can only exist in a perpetual squat. You hear no sound, you see no light, you breathe no circulated air. Such was the terrible fate of medieval England’s most notorious political prisoners in the Tower of London. Aptly named “The Little Ease” (because of the body’s limited ease), this dismal dungeon was made out ... VIEW POST