Life coaching

Are we the same with everyone? The way we talk, react or respond. This is something I never really thought about until recently. And I asked myself that question. The answer is, no I am not. I admit I have mixed feelings about it. I don't know if it’s a good or bad thing but it's a fact. We are not the same with different groups of people. With our family we are different, with friends, colleagues or neighbours, we are different and same goes for strangers. We might be gentle loving souls with, or totally detached from, family. With friends a different and wild side of us emerges. Now the funny thing here is, we are also different with different groups of friends. With some, we are totally comfortable and outspoken and discuss dirty little secrets and with some others we just have fun, joke around and entertain each other. Then there is a group we keep at a distance. The friends we are not really close with but you have known them for ages.   We are constan...

Are we suppressing our emotions?  We do this regularly starting consciously not wanting to hurt another person and later on it becomes an unconscious habit. We keep consoling ourselves "It's ok, they don't mean to hurt me and they are just venting." or "They are just angry and they will realise what they said was wrong." Are we convincing ourselves and giving reasons for why someone can treat us badly? Sometimes we think that we are protecting them. Are we protecting them or enabling them to continue to do what they do to us? If someone else is important, aren't you as important too? The moment someone says something hurting, our minds register it. However, we don't want to believe that they would hurt us. We don't want to believe that they are pushing us away. We don't want to believe they are self-preserving.  Shouldn't we preserve ourselves more? Shouldn't we treat ourselves better? Are we not worth it? Are ...