Blog | Patricia Morgan

Fed Up With the Kids? How to Manage Parental Anger

Most parents want to be joyful, encouraging and wise with their children

How to Prepare to Be Laid Off Work

Being let go from work can be a traumatic experience, an opportunity, or both. Women have written to me describing, in hindsight, what they learned after a layoff or firing. Here is a sample of what they shared about being prepared to be laid off work. Thoughts on Being Laid Off Work Be prepared with […]

How to Help Men and Women Build Resilience

In North America, Medscape reports, on average, women live 5.3 years longer than men. As a wife, mother to one son and grandmother to 3 grandsons, I hope there is a solution to this discouraging fact. I wonder, Are there reasons women appear to build resilience easier than men? Certainly, Pat O’Gorman, author of Dancing Backward in […]

People Boost with Acknowledgement, Appreciation and Encouragement

Boosting other people costs nothing, takes little energy and will help those at work and home feel and function better.

How to Strengthen Your Internal Locus of Control

Those with a strong internal locus of control believe that they are primarily in charge of their lives. Those with a strong external locus of control believe that they are primarily at the mercy of other people, fate or chance. They often perceive themselves as victims of their situations.

Preparation and 12 Lines to Help Resolve Conflict

Conversation can take a nasty turn of misunderstanding.

Are You REALLY in An Abusive Relationship?

Too often one adult declares that another adult is being abusive. Before you decide you are in a bullying or abusive relationship and call the Abuse Police, get a handle on what is really happening. OK? Abuse is mistreatment, by any other person or persons, that violates a person’s human and civil rights. Children […]

Gag Your Nagging: Ways to Communicate More Effectively

Rebecca Eckler, a reporter with the National Post, interviewed Patricia Morgan about her workshop, Gag Your Nagging. They discussed why, when and how women nag.

20 Tips, and More, to Effectively Care for the Caregiver

Caregiving can be rewarding and exhausting! I know! And I know the importance of caring for the caregiver to avoid burnout. I have done it for pay and for free. Primarily, my caregiving has been, and continues to be, family related. I have had the honor to care for our children, grandchildren, family members living […]

From Blowing a Fuse to Emotional Regulation

Most of us have done it. We have walked out on a loved one, slammed a door, said something we regretted or burst into rage or tears. I have been there screaming, “I will go crazy if you don’t do that!” I needed to learn emotional regulation skills. By the way, I did! We tend […]