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Criticism Is the Toxic Habit that Can Slowly Ruin Your Relationship

By Kelsey Borresen — 2019

Experts say this common communication issue can push couples apart.

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The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

Effective communication is a critical skill that influences your professional success, the stability of your family life, and your personal happiness. Your ability to communicate effectively is seriously hampered if you can’t assert yourself constructively.

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Randy J. Paterson
2025
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Empowerment Coach Reveals How to Stop Self-Rejection and Develop Self-Confidence—Roxy Saffaie

Is your greatest enemy, or bully, in life actually yourself? Do you put yourself down, tell yourself, “You can’t do it,” or shut down your own dreams before even giving them a try? On this episode of Women of Impact, empowerment coach, podcast host, writer, and athlete Roxy Saffaie joins Lisa...

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2020
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Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success

In Resilience, Mark McGuinness explains why your reactions to rejection and criticism are completely understandable—and how to deal with them effectively.

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Mark McGuinness
2013
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04:30

Marisa Peer: How to Deal with Criticism

Marisa Peer teaches us how to deal with constructive criticism in the best, healthiest way possible. Criticism—a word that often induces feelings of angst.

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2017
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When we take rejection as proof of our inadequacies, it’s hard to allow ourselves to risk being truly seen again. . . . The problem arises when shame kicks in and we aren’t able to view our flaws, limitations, and vulnerabilities in a patient, self-loving way.

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Harriet Lerner
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Tara Mohr: “Playing Big” Keynote—The 2014 3% Conference

In this keynote, Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big, talks about how about women can unhook from praise and criticism and play big on their own terms.

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Tara Mohr
2014
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Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead

A groundbreaking women’s leadership expert and popular conference speaker gives women the practical skills to voice and implement the changes they want to see—in themselves and in the world In her coaching and programs for women, Tara Mohr saw how women were “playing small” in their lives...

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Tara Mohr
2015
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

We attempt or avoid difficult conversations and conflicts every day—whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client.

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Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
2010
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don Miguel Ruiz: How to Not Take Things Personally | Super Soul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

The second of don Miguel Ruiz’s four agreements is about not taking everything personally. Watch as Oprah says she thinks it’s one of the hardest to follow, and get the advice don Miguel gives a customer service representative about dealing with challenging customers.

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don Miguel Ruiz
2013
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The Rejection Myth: How to Overcome Fear of Rejection

In this episode of The Charged Life, high performance coach and #1 New York Times bestselling self-help author Brendon Burchard shares how to overcome fear of rejection.

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Brendon Burchard
2014
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Criticism and Rejection