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When Boundaries Get Mislabeled as Control

I have noticed a pattern lately in conversations with friends, family, and clients. Someone finally says what they need. They explain what they are comfortable with. They express a limit. They draw a line around their time, their energy, or how they want to be treated. And the response they get is something like this.Continue reading “When Boundaries Get Mislabeled as Control”

“How You Doin?”

“How you doin?” Joey, circa Friends 1998, made this funny, popular, and for most of us not a pickup line, part of our day-to-day interaction. But has it become our standard check in phrase that we have actually lost the meaning of asking “how are you?”? I was reflecting how often I ask people “howContinue reading ““How You Doin?””