Tag: psychology
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Perpetuating Wrong Perspectives

By Lisa S. Tarno So there is a lot of hype to forgive and forget, to be family, force reconciliation because you’re family after all….”Family is family and the only family you’ve got,” and so forth! There’s a lot of unhealthy expectations and wrong theology in the views that have shaped my family life passed…
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To Compartmentalize Or Not To?

To Compartmentalize Or Not To Compartmentalize? That Is The Question… By Lisa S. Tarno To compartmentalize is the ability to mentally separate or set aside one’s negative emotions. It’s a strategy that I currently am employing. If you have read my other blog articles, there is a reoccurring theme of family discord that elicits sadness and…
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Changing The Narrative…

By Lisa S. Tarno Do you ever hear how you are answering someone’s question and think even as you are speaking, “I’m depressing myself over this answer!” ? How do we script our lives better to answer questions about things we’d rather not talk about? I mean, we do want to be honest, but honestly,…
