by Marilyn Sutherland | Oct 10, 2019 | Communication Skills, Dating, Partnership, Practice/Habits, Whopping Mistake
When you are The Pleaser, you say “yes” when you want to say “no.” You take care of others’ needs and ignore your own. You don’t set boundaries or don’t hold boundaries and then you don’t get what you need. In my book “Why did you load the...
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...
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, that’s...
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...
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...