by Phoenix – Guest Author
Nurses and crabs in a pot.
When I was describing my plight of nasty nursing peers and back stabbing by fellow nurses to a dear friend, she described it as being similar to “crabs in a pot”! Each crab will pull the others down to try to get out themselves, [...]

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I have closed the forum at keepingthedream.net. I’ll be redirecting that url to my personal website, so if you’re used to going there and wind up at www.keepingthedream.com, don’t be surprised!
It was a fabulous learning experience. I met some wonderful people, and I’m so proud that I actually put together a working forum that was [...]

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One thing that has impressed me throughout the whole journey of writing my book, “Where There’s Smoke“, is how much women care.
I’ve developed an attitude toward the stereotypes of women and girls as “cut throaty” and “backstabbing”. I don’t think it’s fair.
True, I have a song by that name, “Backstabber“. It was a [...]

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I received a newsletter from one of my favorite authors, Patricia Evans today. She focuses more often on the dynamics between men and women, but the principles I learned concerning what verbal abuse is applies to relational aggression, as well.
In June’s newsletter, she writes:
Unfortunately, when people don’t recognize verbal abuse for what it is, [...]

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Interesting read on relational aggression and the use of mediators: The School Mediator: How Girls Fight
A portion of the article from Richard Cohen reads:
I for one certainly hope that all this attention leads educators to:
*Attune themselves to notice this type of behavior
*State unequivocally that relational aggression is unacceptable
*Subject students who engage in it to appropriate [...]

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