Tag Archives: managing emotions

A time to heal

April 12, 2016  |   Posted by :   |   metaphors to help facilitate communication   |   Comments Off on A time to heal

In the movie Me and you and everyone we know (2005) [i], the character Richard is a recently divorced, shy shoe salesman and father of two boys. In the opening scene, Richard is moving out of his house, essentially being kicked out by his wife. Richard is a plain man, and it is clear this […]

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The emotion wave

January 25, 2016  |   Posted by :   |   metaphors to help facilitate communication   |   Comments Off on The emotion wave

In order to learn to tolerate emotions, I find that it helps to think of them as if you are standing in the ocean, facing out to sea, with the water at about your waistline, your back to the beach. Now imagine that a wave is coming towards you. You cannot stop it. You cannot […]

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