Do you keep adding items to your work “plate” that have no business being there? Do you struggle to find time to reflect, strategize, and plan? You’re probably overfunctioning. The great news is that ...

Overfunctioning is a term used to describe a dynamic in which one partner carries the bulk of daily responsibilities, initiates difficult conversations, and tries to resolve problems that arise in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the same time, it’s important to note that busyness can also point to something more subtle and less beneficial: ...

Relationship patterns keep us safe. And in order to break them gently, we need more discernment and less self-criticism. Relationship research has made it distinctively clear that most relationships ...

This dense guide to ""breaking away from impossible expectations, impossible jobs and impossible people"" claims, on the back cover, that ""If you don't have time to read this book, you need this book ...

There are two kinds of people in any relationship — an overfunctioner (OF) and an underfunctioner (UF). A basic understanding of this difference and how it plays in your relationships with other ...

The following is an excerpt from organizational consultant Jeffrey A. Miller’s recent book, The Anxious Organization: Why Smart Companies Do Dumb Things (Facts on Demand Press, 2002): So how do you ...

It’s fair to say that many of us would describe our adult lives as “busy.” I mean, how could they not be? We may work, go to the gym, spend time with family, engage in hobbies and much more. For some ...