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6 Signs to Know if Someone is Gaslighting You
By
Linda Mintle
A 1938 stage play involved a husband who tried to drive his wife to insanity. His method? Make her think reality wasn’t real by telling her the dimming lights in their home were not dimming at all. Now, during the 1930s, lights were powered by gas. So when the husband turned down the gas lamps…
Stop This One Behavior for a Better Relationship
By
Linda Mintle
A young Navy wife comes to therapy: Wife: All my husband does is leave for deployments. I am tired of this and I don’t like it! Me: Did you know this was part of the job when you married him? Wife: Yes but I don’t like it. He doesn’t meet my needs. He’s never around. …
Is it OK to Be a Highly Sensitive Person?
By
Linda Mintle
I cry during movies! Toy Story 3 is a double whammy. The tears begin when Andy leaves the toys for college. Then we see all the toys holding hands when they are about to be incinerated. The scene is a tear jerker! Or how about when Mufasa dies in Lion King and his young cub…
7 Ways to Build More Empathy
By
Linda Mintle
“I can’t imagine what it must have been like to go through what you just did. It sounds awful and I am here to listen.” Do you have someone in your life who offers this type of support and listening ear? If you do, consider yourself blessed. You know someone with empathy. Unfortunately, those people seem…
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