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Keeping your power in conversations with controlling, dominating and overpowering people

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If you can’t ever seem to win an argument with a certain person in your life, or you feel like you can never get closure on an issue because that person keeps turning it back on you, this article will give you some tools to use next time you feel like you’re losing your power.

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Filed Under: Communication, Control, Emotional Triggers, Manipulation, Personal Boundaries, Relationships Tagged With: Conversational Resilience, Emotional Intelligence, Empowerment Tactics

Jealousy in the relationship

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Jealousy in the relationship
Jealousy in the relationship
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Jealousy in the relationship
September 15, 2019
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Several major components need to exist in a relationship in order for jealousy to take control. When there’s jealousy between you and your partner, there is almost always a decrease in love and connection, and an increase in unhappiness and anxiety.

It’s time to put jealousy to rest once and for all.

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Divorce, Insecurity, Jealousy, Marriage, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth Tagged With: How do I stop being so jealous?, I am so jealous of my partner, They're so jealous about everyone I talk to

Making difficult and sometimes painful decisions that almost always improve your life

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Making difficult and sometimes painful decisions that almost always improve your life
Making difficult and sometimes painful decisions that almost always improve your life
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Making difficult and sometimes painful decisions that almost always improve your life
September 1, 2019
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The key to long-lasting happiness and fulfillment is about ten percent luck and ninety percent of what I talk about in today’s episode.

If you struggle in your relationships, your job, or life in general, you may be sabotaging your own path to success. Start making decisions based on what’s most important to you instead of from a fear of the consequences and you’ll end up with a vastly different reality.

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Decisions, Desires, Healthy Thinking, Podcast Episode, Values Tagged With: How do I make better decisions?, I sabotage my own happiness, Why doesn't anything work out for me?

The big, scary steps that lead to positive change

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The big, scary steps that lead to positive change
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The big, scary steps that lead to positive change
August 11, 2019
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How big a leap do you have to take to create real change in your life? Is every step a leap of faith that causes you to carry around fear and stress all the time?

Can you take baby steps to heal and grow into the person you want to be, creating the life you want?

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Filed Under: Ask Paul, Decisions, Fears, Healing, Healthy Thinking

How to Make Your Relationship Last Almost Forever

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Do you value what your partner values? If not, you may be in for a rude awakening when they suddenly get upset with you for seemingly no reason.

What’s important to you may not be important to them, and vice versa, but it might be a good idea to make what they value important to you since your relationship’s longevity may depend on it.

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Filed Under: anger, Ask Paul, Divorce, Fears, Marriage, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Values, Vulnerability Tagged With: Valuing your partner's values, what's important to your partner?

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