I give really good advice. Seriously I do. It isn't so much that I help people solve their immediate problems, it is that I help them think more clearly about their problems so that they can solve them in a way they are going to feel REALLY good about. The people I help tell me I have transformed their lives. The approach I teach is called Humanism and it has been around since, well, forever. The three main aspects of the philosophy I teach is how to make better decisions thru critical thinking. How to improve your relationships thru compassion and how to infuse your life with meaning and purpose by applying your ethics actively to all your decisions, not just the big ones.
I am the host of this website and the author of The Bully Vaccine which teaches an operant conditioning approach to the problem of bullying.
Last year – CA added a requirement to their sexual harassment training that employers provide training on gender identity and preference harassment. This year – they passed a law expanding …
If you found yourself tongue tied and afterwards, thought of all the cool “comebacks” you could have and should have said later, great. Make note of them. Choose the one that is the nicest and a compliment, and practice it. Say it out loud.
I get asked all the time, what does standing up to a bully actually look like? I also get push back against the whole – be kind to bullies message I share. But it really does work.