Personal Growth/Life Enhancement

Written By:  Hilary Katz MSW, LSW

Whoever said,” life is a bowl of cherries”, was not being entirely honest. While, we certainly experience all kinds of wonderful things in our lives, we also are challenged by feelings that can sometimes overshadow those positive events. Everybody deserves to own a set of tools that can be utilized when bad feelings become all consuming. Who would not want to have the ability to tackle the negative feeling in order to get back to those ripe, sweet cherries?

The development of appropriate assertiveness can be really important in living a healthy, well-balanced life.  Assertive behavior has been referred to as the “golden mean” between being either aggressive on the one hand, or passive on the other.  Individuals who function at either one or the other end of this spectrum often suffer significant negative health effects, including elevated blood pressure, incidence of coronary artery disease, stomach ulcers, and decreased feeling of well being.