The ASSertive Podcast Jess & Erica

We continue looking at the thought error of entitlement, this time in regards to a friendship. We discuss the benefits of direct communication and normalize outgrowing friendships. 

We have an open conversation about entitlement when a spouse gets big-headed after a promotion. A little less psychoeducation but still plenty to learn and plenty of laughs.

We break down a post regarding conflict avoidance within a romantic relationship and discuss personality traits vs. learned behaviors, appropriate expectations, core beliefs around conflict, how to have difficult conversations and skills for getting to a win-win.

We break down a post regarding miscommunication within the family dynamic and discuss triangulation, active listening, empathy building, conflict avoidance tactics, and shifting perspectives. 

We look at the connection between shame and confidence, coping with excess shame, and managing narcissism. We also tackle buzz word concepts of self-compassion, self-love, and self-care.

We explore the data shame provides and how it is important to us and the systems we are apart of. We define Narcissist Personality Disorder gaslighting, and cognitive dissonance. We also differentiate between tactful and tactless honesty.