Should you be completely honest when breaking up?
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Toni Coleman, MSW is a licensed psychotherapist, relationship coach and founder of http://www.consum-mate.com. As a recognized expert, Toni has been quoted in many local and national publications including; The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel, New York Daily News, Indianapolis Star and Newsweek newspapers and Family Circle, Woman's Day, Cosmo Style, Tango, Men's Health, Star (regularly quoted body language expert), People, and Nirvana magazines. She has been featured on abcnews.com, discovery.health.com, aolnews.com, MSN.com, Match.com and planetearthradio.com. Toni is also the featured relationship coach in “The Business And Practice Of Coaching,” (published by Norton, September 2005); and is the author of the forward for,” Winning Points With The Woman In Your Life, One Touchdown At A Time” ( published by Simon and Schuster, November 2005). Toni offers dating and relationship help and advice through her syndicated column, "Dear Dating Coach," and her popular monthly newsletter, "The Art of Intimacy." From March 2005 until December 2005, she was a weekly contributing commentator (love and dating coach) on the KTRS Radio Morning Show, (St. Louis, MO). Toni is a member of The International Coach Federation, The International Association of Coaches and The National Association of Social Workers.
Should you be completely honest when breaking up?
Host: Should you be honest when breaking-up?
Toni Coleman:I think when people talk about letting people down easily, they are really thinking in terms of letting themselves down easily. If we are not honest on some level with somebody we are going to leave them with hope, we are going to leave them with the sense perhaps that it was their fault, or that there was something that they did or they didn't do or something that they could have changed. So I think this is very important to let them down easily but in an honest way.
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Host: Should you be honest when breaking-up?
Toni Coleman:I think when people talk about letting people down easily, they are really thinking in terms of letting themselves down easily. If we are not honest on some level with somebody we are going to leave them with hope, we are going to leave them with the sense perhaps that it was their fault, or that there was something that they did or they didn't do or something that they could have changed. So I think this is very important to let them down easily but in an honest way. Again, it's that offering enough information, answering some questions, letting them know through the way you treat them, through respect that they were important to you. That they are somebody that you are trying to say goodbye to in a way that will help them to get closer and beyond that, there really isn't thing that you can do to change how difficult this for them.
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