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Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing To Do

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Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing – Getting Resistance While Honoring Your Boundaries – A Listener Stops Listening and Calls Me Out
Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing – Getting Resistance While Honoring Your Boundaries – A Listener Stops Listening and Calls Me Out
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Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing – Getting Resistance While Honoring Your Boundaries – A Listener Stops Listening and Calls Me Out
January 3, 2016

Brene Brown said, “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”

I remember making a business deal with a friend of mine. We went into it together knowing that we’d each have to play a part in developing, running, and sustaining the business. The business idea sounded very lucrative, and we were both excited to start going with it.

However, about a month into it, I got reservations. I almost felt sick every time we talked about it, to the point where I hoped it wouldn’t be brought up. But, this was a business arrangement that I agreed to – how could it possibly not be brought up?

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Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries Tagged With: Boundaries, decisions, direction, fear, momentum, stand up

Gain Empowerment and inner strength by accepting that death could be the outcome

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Gain Empowerment and Inner Strength by Accepting that Death Could Be The Outcome
Gain Empowerment and Inner Strength by Accepting that Death Could Be The Outcome
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Gain Empowerment and Inner Strength by Accepting that Death Could Be The Outcome
December 1, 2015

Self-empowerment means you have no fear in making the decisions that are right for you.

It is having options when there appear to be none because you accept the consequences for decisions you wouldn’t normally make.

After all, if you can accept almost any consequence, even when it is unpleasant, you have more options.   [Read more…]

Filed Under: anxiety, Behavior, Beliefs, Death, Human Potential, Podcast Episode Tagged With: anxiety, inner strength, Learning acceptance, Self-Empowerment, Worst Case Scenario

Do You Forgive? And a Little Bit on Shame

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Forgiveness is not about other people. It’s about you. When you can learn to forgive yourself, even when you aren’t the one to blame, you let go of the negative emotions so that you can take the learnings into your future.

Also, I talk about John Gibson, the pastor who committed suicide after hackers revealed millions of user names and detailed information about the users from the Ashley Madison infidelity and cheating site.

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Filed Under: Ask Paul, Behavior, Beliefs, Forgiveness, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Shame, Toxic People Tagged With: divorce, embarrassment, forgive, Forgiveness, healing, shame

Your Beliefs Determine Your Behavior and Results – 100th Episode Special!

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100 episodesToday I talk about how your beliefs determine your behavior, and how far we’re willing to go when we believe in something. I also answer an email about someone who can’t find work and is worried about falling back into depression. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Finances, Human Potential, Passion Tagged With: beliefs, depression, gay marriage, opinions, passion, patience, tolerance

The Family Curse: Do You Become Who You Were Around Family, or Who You Are Now?

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When it comes to visiting family, who you are can sometimes regress into the child they remember you as instead of the fully capable adult that you are now.

How do you know this is happening? When you’re afraid to be yourself around them, it’s happening.

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Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, childhood, Family, Human Potential, Toxic People Tagged With: authenticity, family, inner child, old beliefs, parents

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