by Karen Strang Allen | Apr 5, 2016 | Creating healthy relationships
It can be hard to know how to deal with your kids when they’re pushing your buttons. Or what to say to your ex when you disagree about something. Or how to tell a friend you don’t like something she did. You want to speak your truth and have the situation get better....
by Karen Strang Allen | Nov 17, 2015 | Becoming an empowered woman
My siblings used to call me Oscar the Grouch. Not because I really was a grouch. Rather, because I used to have spectacular temper tantrums when I was younger. Which my older sister affectionately dubbed “yoga fits.” My mother would deal with my tantrums by getting...
by Karen Strang Allen | Feb 15, 2011 | Creating healthy relationships
Everyone has emotions. We feel happy when our kids come home with a drawing, saying “I made it just for you.” We get angry when some jerk cuts us off in traffic (I admit I may have gestured rudely a time or two). We are sad when we lose a friend, parent or beloved...
