Whether you are working with your partner, your teen age children or a work colleague the principle is the same. What you say and the way in which it is said, the tone of voice, the words you use and the timing of when things are said all have the capacity to widen the gap between you and the other person to let them off the hook as they can rationalize your nagging as unreasonable, or to make them think.
You Partners of workaholics find yourselves in a very difficult place.
For much of the time you are expected to manage on your own whilst your partners are busy with work. As a childless partner it leaves you with great tracts of time waiting for your partner to be available to talk to or to do things with. Having them physically present is no actual indicator of your partner being available to you.
You may need some help to identify the beliefs and fears which hold you back from being your truly wonderful, magnificent self and some strategies to help you to deal with them effectively.
Firstly lets set out some principles.
Do you have a tendency to agree to things even when you know it’s not what you want to do, or that it may even be detrimental to your own happiness?
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Why is it that so many of us find silence hard to deal with?
My parents would often go to stay with the boys whilst my sister and her husband had a much needed break. My Mum was great at noticing when to offer practical help with housework or washing and when to give them space.
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