Families|Judith and Jim

How Is Your Original Family Culture Holding You Back?

Judith Sherven PhD — Sat, 12 May 2018 18:46:50 +0000

Whenever I ask a group of tech company leaders this question: “How many of you laugh or giggle or in some way play it down when you are given acknowledgment, praise, or compliments?” Everyone raises their hands and laughs. Why do they do play themselves down? The answers range from: – “I don’t want to appear arrogant.” – “I was raised to be humble and modest.” – “It might give the wrong impression if I […]

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Your Family: For Better And Worse

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:29:11 +0000

When I began to think about this post I thought the title would be Your Family: For Better or Worse. But it became clear that the conjunction “or” connects alternatives, better or worse in this case, but in my experience as a psychologist families do not offer a choice between these two. Every family has its own specific intellectual and emotional atmosphere, or family culture within which it exists and teaches the children who enter […]

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