Don’t Compromise on your VALUES to please others. Keep your SELF-RESPECT intact and walk away. Welcome to Authentic Living with LindaI’m Linda Codlin Welcome, My Friends. The end of the year is upon us.So much has been happening in my private life that I have been working my way through.Okay, for some context.We moved intoContinue reading “Embracing Self-Respect: Key Lessons Learned”
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Creating Boundaries with Respect
Do you have difficulty in setting authentic boundaries?The red velvet rope policy empowers you to define what you really want.How you want to be treated.This week I give you a few pointers on setting boundaries for yourself. You get to decide who is invited behind your RED VELVET ROPE. You decide… Who, for how longContinue reading “Creating Boundaries with Respect”
Self Doubt and Insecurity to Confidence in YOU
Do you feel like doubt is your best friend?It could be. Do you listen to your body when it is feeling doubtful?Stop running from your doubt, Listen to it, learn from it.You have what it takes to be confident. Doubt is trying to tell you something. Stop running and listen. Confidence is listening to yourContinue reading “Self Doubt and Insecurity to Confidence in YOU”
How to Feel Better.
How to feel better. Hello, My Friends Three ways to feel better quickly. 1) Appreciate what you have.This sounds pretty basic, but when we get into a funk it can be quite difficult to see what we already have, when we are focusing on what we don’t have, or on what isn’t working well.Three thingsContinue reading “How to Feel Better.”
Respect: Identifying Respect In YOU!
Respect: Identifying Respect within You! Hello, My Friends High regard.Admirable.Approved of.Recognised.Valued.Honoured.Polite.HeardOpen communicationCommitmentDedicationLovedMentoredCourteousAttentiveness.Self-BeliefEnergeticClarityWell ManneredWhich of these terms would you use to describe respect? Which of these terms do identify with? I hope you have discovered a few new things about yourself this month and how you can give and receive respect.It is my intention that eachContinue reading “Respect: Identifying Respect In YOU!”
Respect: February Recap
Respect: February Recap Hello, My Friends We are winding down the month of February, and the month of respect.We have talked about the respect of yourself.Which I believe is the foundation for respecting anything and anyone. To the degree we respect ourselves is to the degree we can respect others. We have talked about respectingContinue reading “Respect: February Recap”
Respect: Open minded conversations
Hello, My Friends Silencing treatments come in such a vast array of disguises. The final way we shut down other people is when we have our minds made up on what we believe to be true and are not willing to hear the opinions of anyone else. We come into a meeting with the opinionContinue reading “Respect: Open minded conversations”
Respect: Conversational Redirection
Respect: Hello, My Friends Today I want to talk about re-directing as a form of shutting down a conversation that isn’t going the way you want. A re-direction is an interjection, it may be a joke, or a side line. This tactic may be used intentionally to steer a conversation. Most often a re-direction appearsContinue reading “Respect: Conversational Redirection”
Respect: Minimize Emotional Harm
Respect: Hello, My Friends What does minimization look like to you? This is one powerful way that we silence people, we make them feel like what they have achieved is less important than it really is.For instance, a parent may use minimizing to soothe fears, by saying that there is nothing to be afraid of,Continue reading “Respect: Minimize Emotional Harm”
Respect: Dismissive Silences
Respect: Hello, My Friends Continuing on with the ways we can shut other people down, when they share an opinion we don’t agree with or a belief that we don’t like. Do you wave your hand and swipe the words away?Often our body will show what we are actually thinking. This movement could be aContinue reading “Respect: Dismissive Silences”