One of my favorite therapy phrases is “Stop shoulding on yourself.” This is a humorous way to remind yourself that it is easy to create unrealistic and ungenuine personal expectations based on a sense ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to therapists, "shoulding" yourself — or saying that you should do this and should do that — can lead to guilt and shame ...

If you’ve ever uttered sentences like “I should really spend some time cleaning,” “I should just get over this already” or “I should work on my presentation,” you may be “shoulding” yourself, ...