Covert aggression is not the same as passive aggression

In George Simon Jnr's brilliant book Character Disturbance [Affiliate link], he talks a little about passive aggression and distinguishes it from covert aggression. On pages 74-75 he says: Passive-aggression is an often misunderstood and mislabeled personality type. The official psychiatric manual doesn't even recognize this as a personality pattern any more....Unfortunately, clinicians and lay people alike… Continue reading Covert aggression is not the same as passive aggression

The church thinks it’s being proactive but it isn’t

I wonder how long it will take the church to realize the approach of hammering commitment and forgiveness in marriage is not working to lower the divorce rate before the church realizes another approach is needed....being proactive instead of reactive. This comment was made by one of our readers, Healinginprocess, on Jeff S's post yesterday… Continue reading The church thinks it’s being proactive but it isn’t