It was sometime in 2009 or thereabouts when I realized I might not be a very good listener. I was on the phone with my parents and once again felt myself getting sucked into the vortex of my mother’s histrionics around money. She and my dad, like millions of others, suffered significant financial losses when the behemoth financial firm Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. While my retirement savings had taken a big hit, I had plenty of time left to recoup those loses. My parents – not so much.
When Does Positivity Become Toxic?
When Does Positivity Become Toxic?
When Does Positivity Become Toxic?
It was sometime in 2009 or thereabouts when I realized I might not be a very good listener. I was on the phone with my parents and once again felt myself getting sucked into the vortex of my mother’s histrionics around money. She and my dad, like millions of others, suffered significant financial losses when the behemoth financial firm Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. While my retirement savings had taken a big hit, I had plenty of time left to recoup those loses. My parents – not so much.