Strategy #1: Give Up Hope
The hope that our families will act perfectly—or even reasonably well—sets us up to whack the tar baby, to be incapacitated by the dysfunctions we'll almost certainly encounter.
Strategy #2: Set Secure Boundaries
Strategy #3: Lose Control
Remember this: Any attempt you make to control other people actually puts you under their control.
Strategy #4: Become a Participant Observer
Strategy #5: Debrief
The hope that our families will act perfectly—or even reasonably well—sets us up to whack the tar baby, to be incapacitated by the dysfunctions we'll almost certainly encounter.
Strategy #2: Set Secure Boundaries
Strategy #3: Lose Control
Remember this: Any attempt you make to control other people actually puts you under their control.
Strategy #4: Become a Participant Observer
Strategy #5: Debrief
1 comment:
Haha...funny article. Great Tips. Thanks for sharing!)
XO,
Yelena
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