Too Nice? Take This

If you've ever been one of those people who think you suffer from having been brought up to put others before yourself to an inordinate degree, you'll want to know about this workshop. It may not be the cure, but it could provide some medicine, at least if it lives up to the promises in its promotional package, that I, nice girl extraordinaire, just received in my inbox.

I was just about to delete it, thinking, oh, not another forward, when I read the come on:

"Extraordinary Passion: Relationships for the Chronically Nice" with former nice guys Craig English and James Rapson is coming to Vancouver in the form of a workshop offered by Hollyhock Retreat Centre's urban programming.

Experiencing the full throttle of resonance, I kept reading.

"Nice people would seem to be the ideal partners, cooperative, caring and eager to please. Yet often they find themselves unable to get the love that they are longing for and their intimate relationships are far from ideal," the promo package says.

"Tell me about it," I thought, and "tell me more."

"This workshop presents seven practices for transforming the anxiety that permeates the emotions and relationships of chronically nice people to extraordinary passion and intimacy. Learn how to be bold, authentic and direct while still being kind and compassionate."

Cool, I thought. Teach me.

James is a veteren therapist and Craig is a leccturer and workshop leader, their literature explains. "Together they draw from the wisdom traditions of both East and West to deliver a message that is warm tough funny and poignant."

So, if you're like me, then contact these guys through their website by the name of, get this: www.anxioustoplease.com

Or contact Hollyhock at 800-933-6339 x232 to register. Or email to registration@hollyhock.ca

Toughen up and get what you want out of life. Pretty please?