It’s All Your Fault! Understanding Blaming as a Response to Stress

Perspective rendering of a playing card with an illustration of two men pointing fingers at each other, blaming each other.

“This is all your fault.” “I can’t trust you to do anything right.” “If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t be in this situation!” Have you ever started an argument, run out of patience, or pointed at someone else when things went frustratingly wrong? We all respond differently to tense or challenging situations, and accusing […]

How Stress Makes Us Self-Centered (And 3 Fixes)

Perspective rendering of a playing card with an illustration of a king with yellow and pink clothes with his hands on his sides.

Nobody likes a show-off. And no one enjoys feeling patronized.   But we’ve all been there – when someone won’t stop talking about themselves, or what they’ve accomplished…and while it’s never mentioned specifically…how inferior you are in comparison.   They might do it on purpose or unconsciously, but either way, it’s hurtful.   If you’ve ever been cut […]

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