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Putting an end to your own passive aggressive behavior

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Putting an end to your own passive aggressive behavior
Putting an end to your own passive aggressive behavior
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Putting an end to your own passive aggressive behavior
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A listener shared with me that someone called her passive-aggressive. She had no clue that that’s what she was doing, but she asked me how to identify it in herself and how and why it comes about. I address this very important subject in this article.

The article below is an addendum to today’s episode. Also, in this episode, I bring up a very difficult situation where someone has a husband who is not only disabled, which can be challenging enough, but also abusive. The wife is stuck and doesn’t know what to do.

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Filed Under: anger, Dysfunction, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode Tagged With: Afraid to speak up, how to stop being passive-aggressive, say what you mean

Obsession and regret – when you just can’t stop thinking about what happened

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Obsession and regret – when you just can’t stop thinking about what happened
Obsession and regret – when you just can’t stop thinking about what happened
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Obsession and regret – when you just can’t stop thinking about what happened
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Why do obsessive thoughts take over our minds? What keeps them there? And why can’t we stop them after they start?

Obsessive thoughts are pervasive and invasive. If you’re struggling to let go of past events and find yourself caught in cycles of regret and anger, I want to help you get off the hamster wheel and back on steady ground again. 

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Filed Under: anger, anxiety, Obsession, Podcast Episode, Regret Tagged With: I can't stop thinking about my ex, I regret not doing something different, I'm obsessively thinking about them

Are you responsible for everything that happens to you?

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Have you ever looked back on a situation and thought, “I should have spoken up” or “I should have shared how I really felt”? I’ve been there too.

Over the years of doing my podcast and this blog, I’ve shared how I’ve taken risks and tried new approaches. There came a point when I decided to start taking risks because I was tired of the results I was getting. I figured if I was going to get outcomes I didn’t want anyway, I might as well be honest.

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Filed Under: anger, Beliefs, Happiness, Victim Mentality Tagged With: I have constant bad luck, Why do bad things keep happening to me?, Why is the world against me?

Valuing your partner’s values for relationship longevity

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Valuing Your Partner’s Values for Relationship Longevity
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Valuing Your Partner’s Values for Relationship Longevity
January 31, 2018
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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 it important to you since your relationship’s longevity may depend on it.

Transcript for this episode is here.

Filed Under: anger, Divorce, Fears, Marriage, Relationships, Values Tagged With: I always forget important anniversaries, I always forget my partner's birthday, My partner is upset I forgot

The inside the box thinking that keeps your emotional triggers alive

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The inside the box thinking that keeps your emotional triggers alive
The inside the box thinking that keeps your emotional triggers alive
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The inside the box thinking that keeps your emotional triggers alive
June 13, 2021
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Albert Einstein said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

When you aren’t getting the results you want today, or you find yourself easily triggered by certain events or people, you may be carrying around old baggage that perhaps requires a level of thinking just outside the box.

Many unresolved emotions sit outside the box of current thinking. If you don’t want to go outside that box, it could be why you’re stuck.

Filed Under: anger, anxiety, Emotional Triggers, Healthy Thinking, Podcast Episode, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: Difficulty making decisions, How to stop getting triggered, Working on reacting with anger

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