Communication Archives - The Overwhelmed Brain

When bad things keep happening to you

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Changing how you respond to and cope with challenges can improve your relationships and life overall. When you’re getting the same bad results over and over again, it might be time for a new perspective to help you create better outcomes.

When times are tough, things will change. When times are tough, they sometimes get tougher and sometimes get better. And when they don’t get better, they might stay pretty bad for a while.

These aren’t happy truths. They’re real truths. They are reality.

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Disarming people that disempower you

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Disarming people that disempower you

November 1, 2020

In this article, I explore the essential mental tools for effectively dealing with snarky or hurtful individuals. These tools aim to disarm those who seek to emotionally manipulate you, leaving them puzzled when you don’t react as they expect.

Inspired by an email from a listener, I’ll dive into my own ‘communications toolbox,’ a set of strategies designed to facilitate empowering and non-confrontational conversations with negative people.

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Boring, self-absorbed people or maybe you

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Boring, self-absorbed people or maybe you

A boring conversation can make you fall asleep. Some people seem not to be concerned if you care about what they’re saying. They’ll just talk and tell stories while you sit there, hoping that the fire alarm goes off to save you.

Or, is it you I’m talking about?

What did you sign up for in the relationship?

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What did you sign up for in the relationship?

September 12, 2021

When you sign up for a relationship, you sign up for who they are now. But are you signing up for who you hope they’ll be as well?

Are there expectations that should be met when it comes to a relationship? And if they aren’t met, do you have every right to demand they be met, “or else?”

Sometimes we need to revisit the contract we signed getting into a relationship and what it means for us if who we thought they were isn’t really who they are.

People can change but what about when they don’t or won’t?

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People can change but what about when they don’t or wont?

October 31, 2021

Sometimes we’re stuck with someone that doesn’t have our best interest in mind. Not only that, they may even have a not-so-pleasant plan to make us miserable.

What do you do with the toxic person that doesn’t want to, or can’t change? Is there hope when you’re in what seems like a no-win situation?

I try to answer that question in today’s episode.

Important: If you are in an emotionally abusive relationship, I created the podcast Love and Abuse to help you navigate through the difficulties.

If you’ve discovered that you are an emotionally abusive person and would like to change that about yourself, sign up for the life-changing Healed Being program over at healedbeing.com).