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What Does it Really Mean to Take Responsibility?

December 12, 2019 by James Robbins, M.A., LPC

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People tend to confuse taking responsibility with accepting shame and guilt. What’s the difference? Recognizing Consequences Taking responsibility is about self-awareness. You admit to yourself that some action you’ve taken has led to pain and suffering for you or someone else. When you realize fire burns your hand, and when you can admit you keep putting your hand… CONTINUE

Filed Under: About Us, Articles, Blog, Inspiration, Inspiration, Newsletter Tagged With: guilt, James Robbins, resentment, shame

Are You Selfless or Selfish?

November 22, 2018 by James Robbins, M.A., LPC

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From a certain perspective, everything you do is selfish. Why do you do something “nice” for someone? Maybe you expect something in return. Maybe you’d feel guilty or socially awkward if you didn’t do it. Or maybe it just makes you feel good to do something nice. Whatever the case, you’re doing something because it somehow… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Blog, Inspiration, Mindfulness, Relationship Tagged With: judgement, mindful, resentment, selfish

Who’s Winning Your Relationship?

January 22, 2018 by James Robbins, M.A., LPC

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Romantic relationships tend to revolve around power struggles. Even when you manage to resolve a longstanding issue–sex, money, parenting, in-laws, quality time, whatever–another one tends to pop up to take its place. This is because power struggles aren’t really about particular content so much as the need to be right, the need to win. Ultimately, no… CONTINUE

Filed Under: About Us, Articles, Blog, Inspiration, Newsletter, Relationship Tagged With: couples, power, power struggle, relationship, resentment

Overcoming Guilt

August 31, 2017 by James Robbins, M.A., LPC

Your mother guilts you into attending a family function. Your boss guilts you into working late. What does it mean to be guilted into something? When you do something out of guilt, you’re not doing anyone any favors. Anything done out of guilt leads to resentment. Period. So when you loan your best friend money… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, Education, Newsletter, Relationship Tagged With: anger, conflict, family, guilt, resentment

Who Wins the Power Struggle?

May 17, 2017 by James Robbins, M.A., LPC

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Most close relationships are sabotaged to one degree or another by power struggles. This is especially true when it comes to family and romantic partners. A power struggle is focused on winning–even when “winning” requires self-defeating behaviors. You prefer Tex-Mex food, your partner prefers Italian. But the two of you rarely go out for Tex-Mex, because… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, Education, Inspiration, Newsletter, Relationship Tagged With: James Robbins, power, power struggle, relationship, resentment

Letting Go of Guilt

April 1, 2017 by James Robbins, M.A., LPC

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 by James Robbins, M.A., LPC When you blame yourself, you experience it as guilt. When you blame someone else, you experience it as resentment. Guilt and resentment are equally exhausting and self-defeating. Both arise from the human tendency to oversimplify events, to assume suffering is caused by some identifiable human mistake or poor decision. You only feel guilty to… CONTINUE

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Letting Go of Anger

January 15, 2017 by Ruth Okeefe

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by James Robbins, M.A., LPC In and of itself, anger is neither good nor bad. It’s just an energy. Anger toward an employer or romantic partner can lend you the courage to leave an unhealthy situation. Anger regarding some social injustice may motivate you to write a check or lend a hand. When you point… CONTINUE

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