Don’t TRY to think positive. Just STOP thinking negative. By default, guess what’s left? Here are some ways to help you to stop focusing on the negative.

Does conflict disrupt your workplace environment? Read on! Judy Ringer answers some commonly asked questions on the subjects of workplace conflict, difficult people, and how to manage them more effectively. Q. What are some typical breakdowns in the workplace? JR: I wouldn’t call them breakdowns.

It is human nature that when things are not going well in our life we look for reasons that are outside of oneself. We point to the actions of others, we blame the environment around us or we just look at just having bad fortune as reasons. Certainly, external forces do happen and many times they impact people who in no way expected them to happen. However, more often than not, those items that are holding us back or keeping us at a pattern of unrest are internal to us.

Different ways to handle anger, so that it doesn’t hurt others and/or ourselves, and even improves our life!

The only way to control fear is to face it. Mark Twain once said, “Courage is resistance to fear, not absence of fear.”

Everyone is capable of using emotional blackmail to get what they want. Don’t let yourself become a victim. Apply the tips in this article and protect yourself.

Emotional dependency is a concept that covers two things people active in addiction or in early addiction recovery really aren’t very good at; emotions and relationships.

“The group you work with has a level of self-esteem based on the composite self-esteem levels of the individuals in the group. We each take to the workplace (works the same in families) our level of awareness,…and our ability to stay in present-time and not let past hurts be projected onto others….One of the most important things we do is model and reflect to others how we value ourselves….”

How many times have you found yourself saying yes when what you really wanted to say was no. If you find yourself doing this more often than not then you can learn to say no by applying the following tips…

There is all kinds of criticism and no doubt we have already run into all forms of it. It can come in a polite constructive manner, it can be harsh or sometimes just outright rude. However, it is the way in which you decide to use the criticism that is how it’s going to actually affect you. Any kind of criticism can be used to help better your career or even build your self-esteem, but the only way that will happen is if you don’t let yourself get bogged down by the negative parts of criticism.