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The end of the year is approaching and the holiday season is here. Whether it is called the Christmas Season, the Holiday Season, or just the Holidays, it is an annually recurring period recognized by most countries that generally runs from November to early January. It is the time of the year that you either look forward to and anticipate or totally dread. For most, it is a season of celebration, family, parties, gratitude, reflection, melancholy, joy, presents, food, drinks, music, hugs and smiles. For some, it is a time of stress, full of obligations and responsibilities. And for a few, it is a time of reflection and introspection. For Americans and Canadians, the season starts with Thanksgiving Day and ends with New Year’s Day. For other countries, it starts with Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa (Africa) and ends with New Year’s Day or the Three Kings’ Day (January 6). For those that look forward to these holidays, it is a special period of the year regardless of age, where most of...

You may not realize this, or may have not thought about this often or ever, but most of us have been in all kinds of relationships all of our lives. Depending on your age, you may have had relationships with your parents or caregivers, siblings, relatives, loved ones, friends, teammates, mentors, bosses, coworkers, etc. As social creatures, human beings need relationships. In fact, we could easily state that the quality of our relationships will determine the quality of our lives . So, if relationships are so important and we have so many, why is that we struggle so much with them? Why are they so difficult? To answer this question, we will need to dig deep into our own nature, the complex human nature. Let’s start by defining a relationship. According to the Oxford dictionary, a relationship can be defined as the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected; the way in which two or more people or groups regard and behave towa...