Many people feel that they should not be assertive at the work place. More often than not, it is women who has a man for a boss, that feels like they should do whatever the boss says and often compromise themselves in the process. It is okay to express how you feel and you should. Here are assertiveness techniques that you can try to make you feel more assertive.

It’s Ok To Say No!

A workable compromise should be the first thing that you do. If someone asks you to do something and you can’t, you should let them know that your not comfortable doing it, and work out something that is feasible. For example if someone as you to work an extra shift and you have to pick the kids up from the babysitter a few hours after work. You say “I can’t work the entire shift, but I can work a few hours until you can get someone else to come in” This way you are helping solve the problem. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people have many different phobias that have developed in their lives. Most of the time, a phobia develops because of a bad experience they have had in life and sometimes they even develop a phobia, because of something that happened in a close friends or relatives life. People have fear of many different things like flying, snakes, spiders, height and the list can go on and on. Did you ever think that meditating can help you get rid of your phobias?

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You may have noticed, that when you get out of bed in the morning that you are not stressed. The more you go through the day, the more stressed you get. We get stress from many things, our job, our spouse, our children, traffic, gas prices, bills, money, the list could go on and on. How do you manage your stress? Do you go out and punch a wall or do you control your stress with meditation?

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