by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Oct 26, 2021 | Truth
“You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.” Steve Case My client and her husband are very different people, which means that their...
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Oct 26, 2021 | Truth
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.” -Dalai Lama I did not grow-up in a family that showed affection easily or consistently. There weren’t a lot of hugs, kisses and snuggles. That didn’t mean I wasn’t loved. I...
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Oct 26, 2021 | Truth
“If boys don’t learn, men won’t know.” Douglas Wilson His grandparents slept in separate twin beds in the same room. His grandfather was a funny, endearing man. He was not the Alpha in that relationship, though. His grandmother was clearly in charge. His father wasn’t...
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Nov 8, 2021 | Truth
People with Avoidant attachment styles: “…you connect with romantic partners but always maintain some mental distance and an escape route. Feeling close and complete with someone else – the emotional equivalent of finding a home – is a...
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Nov 8, 2021 | Truth
“…Your boundaries are both necessary for you and helpful for them. If you have been enabling them to be irresponsible, your limit setting may nudge them toward responsibility.” Henry Cloud My client, B., had created a codependent relationship with her husband....
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Jan 11, 2022 | Truth
“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws?” Elizabeth...
