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8 myths about life and relationships

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8 myths about life and relationships
8 myths about life and relationships
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8 myths about life and relationships

Are the beliefs and values that guide your life and relationships truly serving you? There are many myths that, if we don’t question them, might be holding us back from happiness and fulfillment.

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Filed Under: Beliefs, Family, Forgiveness, Healthy Thinking, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic People Tagged With: I feel stuck in the same patterns, I keep believing things that make me unhappy, I think I have to forgive everyone to move on, My family expects me to explain all my decisions

Where do you look when you believe “this” is all there is?

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Where do you look when you believe “this” is all there is?
Where do you look when you believe “this” is all there is?
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Where do you look when you believe “this” is all there is?

How deep do you have to dig in order to figure out who you are? What does it take to respond to the world from that deeper, authentic place inside of you?

It can be a spiritual journey for some, but there are practical methods to understand yourself at the deepest level, too. 

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Filed Under: Beliefs, Depression, Emotional Healing, Finding peace, Loneliness, Mindfulness, Overwhelm, Podcast Episode, Suffering, Thinking

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?

Will you ever be good enough?

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Will you ever be good enough?
Will you ever be good enough?
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Will you ever be good enough?

When you are mistreated in some way and made to feel less than dirt, do you accept that you are as you are treated or that you are as you choose to be?

Don’t let other people’s perceptions of you define you. Hold yourself to a certain standard and watch everyone else change or leave. It’s not easy, of course. But it is very useful.

Filed Under: Beliefs, Depression, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Finding peace, Podcast Episode, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth

Keep your power by giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible

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Keep your power by giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible
Keep your power by giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible
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Keep your power by giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible
December 22, 2019

It’s important to bounce back from the setbacks and always move forward so that you aren’t drowning in the anger, sadness, or upset from the past.

Sometimes even present circumstances can be enough to stall your forward momentum. This is why it’s vital to make sure you recharge your personal power so that you are no longer a victim to the world and can start taking charge of your life.

Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Control, Decisions, Emotional Abuse, Empathy, Healthy Thinking, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Therapy, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: compromising yourself for the relationship, Take responsibility for your own life, The greatest gift you can give yourself

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