Life Path Healings with Dr Marie Feuer

This is the golden age of lawsuits, liability, victimhood and ultimate political correctness. Say the wrong thing, the wrong tone, the wrong words, etc. you are a predator, an abuser, or at the very least mean and lawsuit material. Sigh.   How do people get feedback? How can they learn when teachers, supervisors, mentors etc. are walking on eggshells? In this respect I consider myself quite lucky. Feedback for growth, healthy arguing (discussions with passion), having people around me that cared enough to speak up were always part of my life. In my childhood the culture of my ethnicity is one that expects people to speak up, hold opinions,   care about what you are talking about, research your point of view, present it,   learn from others, teach others, be willing to disagree, agree to disagree and still love, hug and stay with each other in life. As an activist in the peace and social justice movement we had “criticism/self-criticism” groups on a regular basis to help each ot

“Mean” People Very often people call another person “mean” and use such words as “tear me a new one”,   “brutal”, “attacking me’, “cold”, “critical”. First off let’s distinguish what is meant in this article by the word “mean”.   I do not mean malignant narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths and passive aggressive people who like to deliberately try to “hurt” you emotionally and get a reaction.   I also do not define mean as the KKK, pedophiles, spouse beaters etc. Those are violent people. By mean people, in this article I am referring to people who are simply being themselves, not trying to watch every word they say in order to not offend. In this article I am more specifically referring to Teachers, doctors, therapists, 12-Step sponsors, colleagues, all who with the best intentions of helping you (because you asked them too) either piss you off or “make” you feel attacked or threatened emotionally.   If indeed you feel this kind of person, a helper person you are working with,