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Getting along with everyone – Stuck in the marriage – Get offline to stretch your mind

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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: Race, culture and background can dictate personality and behavior. A listener writes in and asks how to get along with almost everyone.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Communication, Divorce, Human Potential, Marriage, Presence, Relationships, Spirituality Tagged With: Get offline to stretch your mind, Getting along with everyone, Stuck in the marriage

Resolving Before New Years – Are You The Problem – Free Will or Destiny – Planning Your New Year

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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. Resolving issues before New Year’s resolutions is a better practice for some people.

If you have trouble keeping your resolutions, perhaps it’s time to change when you make them. [Read more…]

Filed Under: anger, Behavior, Communication, Control, Decisions, Depression, Divorce, Human Potential, Marriage, Negative Emotions, Relationships, Thinking, Toxic People, Values, Worry Tagged With: Are You The Problem?, Free Will or Destiny, Planning Your New Year, Resolving Before New Years

Stonewalling – Expectations of friends – Emotional abuse follows you – Get away to get closer to 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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Stonewalling is damaging to a relationship and can make it fail if whatever is shut down is never brought up to be resolved. If you give your partner the silent treatment, you need to hear this segment. In segment two, I talk about expectations in friendships. Should friendships be an equal, two-way street or can there be imbalance where one person does all the work and the other just lets them do it?

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Filed Under: Abandonment, abuse, Communication, Control, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Withdrawal, Friendships, Human Potential, Manipulation, Marriage, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth Tagged With: Emotional abuse follows you, Expectations of friends, Get away to get closer to people, How do I know if I'm being emotionally abused?, how to make friends, Stonewalling, What is emotional abuse?

Staying In The Rut with “Yeah, But…”

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I think about some of the friends I’ve had in my life and wonder what happened to my “Yeah, but…” friends.

They were goodhearted people that would do anything for me, but couldn’t shut off their excuse machine. No matter what I said to them, Yeah, But was their answer. And they couldn’t figure out why nothing ever worked out for them. 

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Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Communication, Negative Emotions Tagged With: I don't know how to succeed, I fail at everything, i'll try

Eliminating Negative Memories – The Yin Yang of Masculine and Feminine – Emotional Detachment

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Eliminating Negative Memories, the Yin Yang of Masculine and Feminine, and Emotional Detachment
Eliminating Negative Memories, the Yin Yang of Masculine and Feminine, and Emotional Detachment
Eliminating Negative Memories, the Yin Yang of Masculine and Feminine, and Emotional Detachment
November 8, 2015

Segment one: Our emotions are attached to our memories. Our memories are attached to people and stuff. It’s that stuff that we hold on to that sometimes makes us feel bad, so why do we still have it in our lives? Pictures are a great example of this. Why keep pictures that make you feel bad?

Segment two: In any relationship, the role of masculine is typically played by one person and the role of the feminine is played by the other. The problem occurs when one person likes the role they’re in and the other doesn’t. Knowing your role and what best works for the relationship will create a harmonious get-together as opposed to one of conflict.

Segment three: In this final segment, I talk a bit about detaching from your emotions. Being emotionally detached can make your partner think that you don’t love them which can be one of the worst feelings in the world.

Stop anxiety when it starts with The S.A.F.E. Empowerment System

Filed Under: anger, Communication, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Healing, Emotional Triggers, Emotional Withdrawal, Family, Femininity, Healthy Thinking, Marriage, Masculinity, Negative Emotions, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: Eliminating Negative Memories, Seems so emotionally detached, the Yin Yang of Masculine and Feminine

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