I used to be scared of aggressive people, but now I love them. I better considering my wife is aggressive. Actually, she’s an interesting mix. She only appears aggressive with a select lucky few (yea, for special treatment). I used to be scared of aggressive people because I grew up scared of … [Read more...]
Why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are Scary
Last week when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did a public interview with Oprah, they proved that they’re scary because they’re wolves in sheep’s clothing. You can disagree with me, but I hope you will continue reading as the main purpose of this article is to help you better recognize the wolves … [Read more...]
Why I’m Scared to be Canadian
Canada used to be known for being friendly and kind; now (at least in the GTA) it seems the meanest people win. Traditionally, Canadians have been held as passive. We do peacekeeping and avoid conflict as much as possible even if that means taking a hit. As comedian Danny Boy joked, Canada is the … [Read more...]
12 Things that Make Someone a Jerk
Because I have been on the receiving end of some very unfair assumptions and accusations, I find my heart often goes to the accused. It wants to assume these people have good hearts and they acted in a way that was misinterpreted or they simply had a bad moment. I don’t like to assume people are … [Read more...]
Eye Rolling Destroys Relationships
I’m going to assume you know what I mean when I write “eye rolling.” To be safe, let me point out I’m not referencing a new-age eye exercise where you move your eyes around in circles to improve your chakras or a strange zombie game where you roll eyeballs down a lane like bowling. (Did you just … [Read more...]
Why Don Cherry Being Fired Makes Me Afraid to be Canadian
After being with Coach’s Corner for 32 years Don Cherry was fired this week, and that makes me scared to be Canadian. Whatever your stance is on his comments, I want to look below the surface to see the real problems this situation represents especially to this country’s rising anxiety problems. … [Read more...]
When is the Past the Past? (Considering Trudeau)
This week Prime Minister Trudeau learned that the adage “There is no such thing as bad publicity,” is not 100% true. I think Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein would agree with that. As you likely know, this past week the Prime Minister had to apologize for having worn brown-face eighteen years ago. … [Read more...]
Dealing with Victim Mentalities (which sucks)
Here’s the question I keep being faced with the last couple weeks: Are they being the victim or playing the victim? In my book Emotional Sex: Making good relationships great, I point out that we want to be the victor and not the victim, we want to do what we can to help ourselves and not just act … [Read more...]