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Tag: Emotional Regulation

  • Attachment Styles in the Workplace

    Attachment Styles in the Workplace

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    Harper Leigh
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    Why Behaviour Under Pressure Is Not About Attitude In workplaces, we often interpret behaviour through the lens of motivation, professionalism, or commitment. Someone disengages, overreacts, avoids decisions, or becomes inconsistent, and we assume a lack of effort or suitability. But many of these patterns are not character flaws.They are stress responses. Attachment styles do not…

  • Calm, Clear, Kind: Personal Boundaries Without Conflict

    Calm, Clear, Kind: Personal Boundaries Without Conflict

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    Harper Leigh
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    For a long time, I thought boundaries had to be sharp to be effective.Clear meant firm.Firm meant hard.And hard often meant cold. What I have learned, slowly and sometimes painfully, is that personal boundaries do not need emotional intensity to be real. They need clarity. Calm boundaries are not weak.They are regulated. When we are…