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Are you enabling the bad behavior of other people?

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When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
June 1, 2025
Is that really you inside your head?
May 25, 2025
Some people are a black hole of suck all your life then they’re gone
May 18, 2025
Those who never follow through what they say they’re going to do
May 11, 2025
When you want to be more than friends
May 4, 2025
When you should avoid making decisions with lasting consequences
April 27, 2025
Life isn’t exactly fulfilling when you are holding on to upset toward someone
April 20, 2025
Stay in control or let it go?
April 13, 2025
The games our loved ones play
April 6, 2025
What is love?
March 30, 2025
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Do you enable behavior that you don’t like? Is it possible that the people that cause you stress do so because you are allowing it in some way?

This episode covers a very important topic that may help you get your power back if you adopt and apply the message.

For more on enabling bad behavior, be sure to tune into the Love and Abuse podcast. 

Filed Under: abuse, anger, Behavior, Betrayal, Codependency, Communication, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, enabling, Family, Manipulation, Negative Emotions, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic Behavior Tagged With: Are you enabling bad behavior?, When people mistreat you

I’m right you’re wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress

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I’m right you’re wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress
I’m right you’re wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress
I’m right you’re wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress
October 14, 2018

If they’re not like you, you don’t like them. If you’re not like them, they don’t like you.

You have opinions, so do they, but should your differences separate you and cause you so much stress that you would rather lose relationships than accept people for their differences?

This is a full episode with many angles, including social awkwardness and social anxiety.

Filed Under: anger, anxiety, Ask Paul, Communication, Judgment Tagged With: social anxiety, taking sides with people, what to do about social awkwardness

The fear that you’ll never experience something ever again

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When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
June 1, 2025
Is that really you inside your head?
May 25, 2025
Some people are a black hole of suck all your life then they’re gone
May 18, 2025
Those who never follow through what they say they’re going to do
May 11, 2025
When you want to be more than friends
May 4, 2025
When you should avoid making decisions with lasting consequences
April 27, 2025
Life isn’t exactly fulfilling when you are holding on to upset toward someone
April 20, 2025
Stay in control or let it go?
April 13, 2025
The games our loved ones play
April 6, 2025
What is love?
March 30, 2025
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The best relationship, job, or event in your life flashes by, and now you are afraid that’s the best there ever was and it will never be that good again.

When you use the words, “never,” “ever,” and “always,” you set up your present and future for a daily misery that never ends. It’s time to examine the language we use and make sure we are not setting up our reality to be a nightmare.

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Communication, Divorce, Fears, Marriage, Negative Emotions, Obsession, Podcast Episode, Regret, Relationships, Toxic Thinking, Victim Mentality Tagged With: losing your one true love, never happy again

Can Your Relationship Heal After An Affair?

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If you’ve been the victim or the perpetrator of infidelity, or you suspect that there might be cheating in your relationship, this article will help you understand several important aspects of the cheater’s behavior, the cheating partner’s perspective, and what both partners need to focus on if they are planning on saving the relationship after the affair is discovered.

Whether you want to save your relationship or not, this article will be a good resource to help you understand the perspective of both partners.

A relationship can survive infidelity if both partners want to work on it, but there are some challenging steps ahead for the couple on this path.

This article is a path to understanding the basic components of the cheater, cheating in general, and what it takes to create a successful relationship during the rebuilding process. 

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Filed Under: Abandonment, Communication, Deception, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Fears, Guilt, Infidelity, Jealousy, Loneliness, Lying, Manipulation, Marriage, Regret, Relationships, Sex, Values Tagged With: cheated on me, cheating husband, cheating wife, healing after cheating, healing from the affair, surviving infidelity, why do people cheat

Signs that you are a difficult person for others

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When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
When your best intentions turn into their disappointment
June 1, 2025
Is that really you inside your head?
May 25, 2025
Some people are a black hole of suck all your life then they’re gone
May 18, 2025
Those who never follow through what they say they’re going to do
May 11, 2025
When you want to be more than friends
May 4, 2025
When you should avoid making decisions with lasting consequences
April 27, 2025
Life isn’t exactly fulfilling when you are holding on to upset toward someone
April 20, 2025
Stay in control or let it go?
April 13, 2025
The games our loved ones play
April 6, 2025
What is love?
March 30, 2025
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How do you know if you are the difficult one in any relationship? Whether it’s at home, with friends, or family, when everyone seems a bit unhappier than you think they should be, perhaps the common denominator is you.

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Communication, Emotional Abuse, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic Behavior, Toxic People Tagged With: getting along with difficult people, Signs that you are a difficult person for others

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