“TBOG…My new year’s resolution is to be a more patient manager. But when I told my team members, they reminded me that I had made the same resolution last year. It punctured my resolve and guilt set in. I feel like a failure, even though somewhere in my heart I know...
"Hello TBOG, in your last email, I noticed that you advocated that parents should not fight in front of their children because it makes the children anxious. But I read somewhere else that fighting is fine as long as you 'make up' afterwards and the children see...
"The other night, my husband and I argued at dinner in front of the children. My five-year-old son yelled at us to ‘Keep quiet!’ … My three-year-old had a tough time going to bed, which is unusual for her. Could this have had anything to do with mommy and daddy...
"I've tried really hard not to yell at my children. But sometimes I just can't avoid it. I yell so hard, and then I feel so guilty afterwards. I know it isn't really about what my children are doing, it's just me, having a hard day and transferring the frustrations....
"TBOG...My new year's resolution is to be a more patient mom. But when I told my thirteen-year-old, she [and my entire family] reminded me that I had made the same resolution last year. It punctured my resolve and guilt set in. I feel like a failure, even...
Picture Source: Freepik “I am close to quitting my career” “I feel as though motherhood is affecting my productivity at work” “I am terrified of getting pregnant because once I do, my chances of making partner will be taken from me” “I love my children but I...
For something as infinite as time, do you suppose it can be managed by finite humans? Are we not basically asking humans who are bound in time to step out of time to control time? I find this notion fascinating and could not resist writing about time management...
“What is the point of being responsible for the work if I am not allowed to take the shine?” “What does she even do? We seem to do all her work for her.” “He never lets us do what we want. How do we learn and grow?” “Why is he micromanaging me, checking on my...
Is there a particular thing we as parents must do to successfully engage our ever tantrum-spewing adolescent? Might there be anything in particular we might be doing wrong as parents that sets up teenage-hood to be a difficult time for us? From our wealth of research and experience, the answer is both yes and no. There are times in life where we can control certain outcomes. But in situations where outcomes cannot be controlled, being equipped with the requisite knowledge helps one to go through with minimal scarring. Such is the adolescence dilemma.
What if I told you that Work-Life Balance (WLB) is an impossibly unattainable feat, a myth, would you believe me? Have you attended seminars, listened to podcasts, and read articles on work-life balance yet you see no tangible shift in the imbalance you face? You...
Picture source: iStock After identifying a narcissistic colleague and putting measures in place to protect yourself from their bad energy, what do you do when the narcissism is not projected from a colleague but from your boss? This is an important conversation...
It's almost a given that almost every office has that one person who doesn't get along with the rest of the team.There are a variety of reasons why this may be the case. It could be that they just have different interests or in some cases, the situation is worse: the...