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The mess of mixed messages

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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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In any relationship, mixed messages are the key to diminishing trust and certainty. When communication is based on deception to make others think one thing while you do or say another, you introduce confusion and sometimes even a bit of insanity.

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Communication, Deception, Emotional Abuse, Lying, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic Behavior Tagged With: husband keeps giving me mixed messages, says one thing means another

Want More Intimacy and Connection in Your Relationship?

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My girlfriend and I went on a road trip to Indiana for a music festival. It was a 10-hour trip that took about 12 hours to complete (you know, rest stops, gas, food, etc).

When we arrived we experienced the perfect storm of bad luck:

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Filed Under: Ask Paul, Communication, Connection, Intimacy, Marriage, Relationships Tagged With: bonding through challenges, Growing closer in your relationship, how to have more intimacy in my relationship

The Top 10 Components of a Satisfying, Healthy, and Happy Relationship

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A romantic relationship is supposed to bring you happiness. It’s supposed to be healthy, satisfying, and especially loving.

If your relationship is suffering in any of those areas, maybe it’s not the right relationship for you. Or maybe you just don’t know what to do to make it any better.

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Filed Under: Communication, Divorce, Healthy Thinking, Marriage, Passion, Personal Boundaries, Relationships, Sex Tagged With: How to be happier in your relationship, Steps to a Happy Relationship

Handling a Rejection – Combining logic and emotion – Leaving doesn’t mean not loving

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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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Segment 1: How do you handle “no”?

Do you suffer hoping the other person would follow you to the ends of the earth, or do you welcome the opportunity to be free of someone that didn’t want to be with you? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Abandonment, anxiety, Communication, Divorce, Human Potential, Marriage, Rejection, Relationships, Thinking Tagged With: Combining logic and emotion, Handling a Rejection, Leaving doesn't mean not loving

Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence

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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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Segment 1: Asking yourself stupid questions may be the path to healing and moving through the hard stuff in your life.

We often have choices when it appears we don’t – stupid questions may lead to more choices (full article here).

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Filed Under: Codependency, Communication, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Triggers, enabling, Family, Human Potential, Manipulation, Marriage, Narcissism, Negative Emotions, Thinking, Toxic People Tagged With: Dealing with the Sociopath, Endless codependence, Stupid questions that heal

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