Friends and Peers

Low self esteem, or the inability to see worth in ones self can slaughter a relationship. As consumers, we look and purchase things that we see as worthwhile or that have some form of value to us. As human beings…
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Every aspect of a relationship is affected in some part by both trust and respect. This holds true for all the relationships we participate in; intimate, family, neighbors, business associates, and so on. It is how we personally define and…
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Friendships are a form of a relationship that is often taken for granted. These relationships are one of the greatest treasures we can ever encounter and one of the most valuable relationships to have. Many times our friends are the…
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Getting people to like you boils down to a few fundamentals: genuinely wanting to get to know them, truly listening to what they have to say and being open to their thoughts. It may seem simple but these three things…
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There are situation in every friendship when you must decide what is best for the people involved. I would say the situation where it is time to end it would be when every time the people got together there was…
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You only get one chance to make that all-important first impression, so when you meet someone for the first time, make sure they want to get to know you better. The first thing they should see from you is a…
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While meeting new people and hanging out with them often is easy, finding true friends to share our deepest feelings and thoughts with is not. The fast pace of life, different career paths, countless obligations and different priorities make profound…
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Ending a friendship is never an easy choice to make. Obviously, a friend is someone you enjoyed, at least, at first. But sometimes, our first impressions are not always correct and we end up in a position where we need…
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Tips for helping those in need during a recession…helping those in need during a recession can benefit our souls and put smiles on our faces. No-one knows what it is to be hungry until they open the cupboard and find…
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If you are going to move into an apartment with a friend, there are definitely things that you need to discuss before moving in. If you have everything straightened out before you move in, you know what the expectations are….
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We are certainly still feeling the effects of the recession even if some say that the worst is over. Layoffs are still occurring, and unemployment rates are still sky high. Chances are that a lot of people are still going…
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There are plenty of cases in which you would want to replace family warmth with friendships. My case is one of those many cases to be exact. It does bring me to this one question that need to be asked:…
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Getting people to like you is easy if you are yourself and do not put on airs and graces. You do not have to be the life and soul of the party, forever chatting, telling jokes, laughing and fooling around….
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Be truthful, now. You want people to like you. In fact, everyone wants to be liked. Being likable is a crucial quality that will help a person socially, professionally, and emotionally. Likable people have more friends, get jobs easier, and…
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Taking a look around you, it is fairly obvious that those people who are happy in their lives have a great sense of worth. Low self-esteem makes them shine out as heroes, though everyone is capable of having great relationships…
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The text read, “Morning Beautiful!” I stared at it, wondering if he’d truly meant that for me. It did occur to me that he could have been in a hurry and while thinking about how to get rid of me,…
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How can you tell the true value of your friendship? Go ahead and lend your friend some money, and then see what happens afterward. If your friend is still there, and you get your money back, you know that you…
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Ask yourself a question. Do you like yourself? Chances are that if you answered ‘yes’ without too much thought then you already have lots of people who like you and are happy to be your friend. It’s a general rule…
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It’s an indisputable fact that almost everybody desires love. Beyond that, most of us want people to like us, whether it’s the person taking our tickets at the movie theater to co-workers that we encounter on a daily basis for…
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While we all may want to be liked, it is not always possible to have everyone like you. When I was younger, I was surprised when I took an immediate dislike to someone, so I sat down and gave it…
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Of primary importance: release your need to be liked. People who project their need to be liked end up with the exact opposite result. Living your truth and being who you honestly are in each moment is of far more…
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When we become truly authentic and learn to love who we are, people will automatically be drawn to us. Trying to get people to like us is not a viable goal. A nobler goal is liking ourselves, despite what others…
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The family is very much like that bar in the old TV show “Cheers”; its where everyone knows your name. Family is where you are who you are, warts and all, and someone still loves you. It’s that cozy refuge…
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Good friends are an important aspect of our lives. They are there when we need them. Just the joy of being with them brings happiness to our lives. But to sustain that relationship we need to be a good friend….
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Being yourself is probably the cardinal rule when meeting others as anything else will come off fake and forced. Not everyone is going to like you as the world simply isn’t wired that way. There are so many different individuals…
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Fair-weather friends are the type of friends most of us don’t look for, need and usually realize it all after a pattern appears in the behaviour of this person who is genuinely considered your friend. The friendship (or what you…
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There is no rocket science to being liked. The secret is in giving more than we take in life, For example, when was the last time someone gave you a compliment? Better still, when did you pay someone a compliment?…
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“Why don’t I have friends?” asked Isabella in one of our phone counseling sessions. Isabella, 25 and very attractive, was having a problem that many people have. Sometimes, if people don’t keep their high school friends or meet friends in…
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Have you ever had the experience where you perceive a smell and suddenly remember an event that you’d forgotten for years? Perhaps it is a certain perfume that remind you of people in your life or the smell of a…
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Friends are important, but friends may come, and grow, especially as we grow up to be more individualistic, and more engrossed in the ‘me first’ mentality. It is easy to forget about the importance of sharing, and lending a helping…
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