How to Jump Out of the River of Shame
Floating in the River of Shame gets comfortable. People get used to explaining why they are there. After a while, they stop looking for an exit to jump through.
Doomsday Clock
Everyone has an internal clock measuring the minutes of your life. When you are calm and in neutral, your clock ticks evenly. Stress makes your clock tick faster. When you disconnect and attempt to force people to accept your point of view, your clock ticks faster. You use up your minutes faster than necessary.
Introducing Harut and Marut, Record Keepers for the Clock Maker
Maybe you made a mistake. But, as long as you’re trapped in this place, you block new doors from opening. Guardian Harut keeps track of how many times you refuse to take the exit marked “Grace This Way”.
DramaGuru Relationship Cards (68)
The “Relationships” deck of cards goes deeper into sorting things out with people who really get under your skin. Don’t get overwhelmed by the number of cards. Just pick out a few and see how they apply to the people and conversations in your life.
Loyal to a Fault: When someone in authority demands that you keep their secrets.
As an insider, Jackson Raffitt knows more about his father’s behavior and motivations than those of us watching from the outside.
Join a Mob and Ruin Your Life
I’ve added Jake Angeli’s dilemma to the growing list of “Hoist by your own Petard” DramaGuru cases. When your plan to upset another backfires on you, life gets complicated.
Creepy Wally Attack: Sexting Ruins Jared Porter, Hoist By His Own Petard
Jared’s behavior perfectly illustrates the Creepy Wally Attack. When someone is all over you like a cheap suit, taking up too much space, invading your privacy and putting his needs before yours, Creepy Wally is in play.
Balancing Christmas 2020
Christmas is a perfect day to let your guard down with friends and family. If you feel safe, call a truce on long-standing arguments. Find some balance within yourself, especially when you find it hard to balance with certain other people around.
Trapped by a Rabbit
Everyone knows someone who gets through life by running in the opposite direction whenever it’s time to take responsibility for something. In my game called, “DramaGuru Revelation”, this style of behavior is assigned to the Rabbit position.
Agree to Disagree and Live Longer
What looks like dumb moves to you, reflect a different choice that might, eventually, lead to the right place for that person. Not the right place for you, of course. Each person is given a life path and a Doomsday clock.
Joyce Meyer, Survivor #MeToo
Evangelist Joyce Meyer says that her father raped her more than 200 times when she was a teenager. In the spirit of using bad experiences to help people sort out what happened to them, I’ve used Joyce’s story to illustrate how people get stuck in traps using what I call a “DramaGuru Analysis”.