Do you Say “Yes” When You Mean “No”?

by Marilyn Sutherland | Oct 10, 2019 | Communication Skills, Dating, Partnership, Practice/Habits, Whopping Mistake

Do you say “yes” when you want to say “no”? Do you take care of others’ needs and ignore your own. Do you avoid setting boundaries or don’t hold boundaries and then you don’t get what you need? “The Pleaser” is one of the Whopping...

Whopper 0: Ignoring Gender Differences

by Marilyn Sutherland | Jul 6, 2019 | Being Present / Self-Aware, Communication Skills

Underlying many of the 9 Whopping Mistakes is this one.   It’s like a mega-whopper!  It’s called “Ignoring Gender Differences” and it underlies many of the unfulfilled expectations we have. Why is she so emotional?  Why doesn’t he answer...

What’s Your Juice?

by Marilyn Sutherland | Jun 28, 2019 | Being Present / Self-Aware, Beliefs, Practice/Habits, Understand Yourself

If you want to grow and change to be more effective in your personal or business life, you must self-observe with kindness.  Self-awareness requires you to be kind to yourself.  Often we want to blame others for how we react – “You were mean,...

The Best, Most Creative Ways to Propose to Someone

by Marilyn Sutherland | Feb 10, 2019 | Communication Skills, Dating, Lasting Love, Love, Practice/Habits

With Valentine’s Day a week away, I wanted to address some of the questions people ask me about marriage proposals. This is written from the perspective of a man proposing to a woman but it applies to either sex asking or receiving. (This was first published on...

Create a Fresh Restart (if you are willing to let go of the familiar)

by Marilyn Sutherland | Jan 2, 2019 | Uncategorized

The power of New Years is because it is a community/society conversation that the beginning of the year is the opportunity and experience to create. By January 2 we think we know how our future will unfold. Guess what? We don’t – your future is actually...