Empowering people to make strengthening choices
It’s a new year. Although I’m not one to promote the value of making New Year’s resolutions, I do want to talk about a related and relevant concept—the power of commitment. I hope to share my understanding of this word in a way that will help you realize your desires and aspirations. My Definition of […]
I recently received a question from a student in my course “Become a Master at Conflict Management at Home or Work.” She asked, “How can I prevent my ego from getting in the way when my husband attacks me at the start of our conversation?” She went on to tell me that he snapped at […]
What makes life easy or difficult, or any other way we judge it for that matter, is perspective. What matters most, about your life and mine, are not the objective facts or reality but rather the perspective from which we view those facts. View reality from one perspective and arrive at one conclusion. View it […]
In my last post, I talked about the importance of setting boundaries to be clear about what you are and are not responsible for in your relationships. Awareness of boundaries is critical to protecting and taking care of yourself as well as respecting another’s agency and sense of self. In this article, I want to […]
I’ve been writing a lot about building relationships in these last several articles. Today I want to explore the practice of setting healthy boundaries. Not only do good relationships require empathy and caring for others but also taking care of ourselves or even sometimes protecting ourselves from others. I don’t mean protecting ourselves because others […]
Someone recently asked me what I lessons I have learned as I look back on my career. I thought about his question and realized that I would have asked for more mentoring and even emotional support. Many of us think that we have to go it on our own. Even during adversity, we think we […]
Empathy is awareness of others, what they are feeling or what life may be like for them. I like to think about two dimensions of empathy. One is perspective taking which is your ability to see something from another’s point of view. A second form of empathy is called empathic concern which is to feel […]
There is something powerful about recognizing our common humanity. By this I mean acknowledging that we, as human beings, share similar experiences. We are all imperfect and make mistakes. There is not a person alive who has not experienced suffering, stress, loss and pain. And we hold similar aspirations. We want to be loved, achieve […]
“In my career as a specialist providing treatment to adolescents and their families, I have seen many parenting theories, models, manuals, and books. I have seen nothing which rises to the stature of this book by Dr. Allen. It has depth, breadth, easy to understand models, timeless and true principles, stories, examples, and specific steps to take to get to where you want to go. In my opinion, among all the many good books on parenting, this book has more depth, and more breadth, and has no equal.”
Ph.D.Psychologist, CEO and Co-founder, Center for Change; nationally known clinical teacher and co-author of the APA book Spiritual Approaches in the Treatment of Women with Eating Disorders
“This course is great, Dr Roger Allen has a very engaging voice which makes the program easy to listen to. He shares his knowledge with compassion for the difficult yet rewarding job parenting can be. No matter what age our children are (mine range from 11-27 years), every aspect can be applied to help become better parents and more understanding people. Every topic discussed has the fundamental emotions required to be open minded, fair and connected with not only our children but ourselves too.”
“Dr. Allen presented very useful techniques and suggestions that help enormously with parenting bringing understanding and maturity of not only children, but also parents. Thank You!”
“Excellent course! My husband and I were looking for a course to fulfill our requirements to becoming foster parents. This course puts great perspective for new and experienced parents alike. As a special education teacher I can connect the many principals and sections that Dr. Allen discusses to the collective research known in the field. This program is not only founded on his experience and opinions but time and tested principles. This program provided our family with the ability to pause and discuss each portion and determine the values we have has a collective couple. I recommend this audio program as a family, single parent or for parents raising challenging children as each approach provides the flex ability to learn and understand your individual child and to meet them at their developmental level. 5 stars for sure!”
