Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers
Getting that job, buying that house, moving in with that person, promising to repay a debt… all commitments that that most of us go into with good intentions, but is it required to keep them no matter what?
Some commitments that started off as a good idea may need to be re-evaluated if what you thought was going to be great isn’t. [Read more…]
The emotional challenges you experience after breaking up with a narcissist usually go way beyond grieving the end of a relationship.
You can be stripped of your ability to see life clearly from that point on unless you heal.
In this bonus episode, I cover a lot of ground when it comes to dealing with what happens to your mind and body as you transition out of one of the more toxic relationships that exist.
Emotional abuse is the ultimate brainwashing technique. It often hides in the form of feigned helplessness, generosity, compassion, and love. The perpetrator knows how to appear kind and caring while intertwining abusive behavior, causing the person on the receiving end to become powerless.
Emotional abuse is a method of controlling, manipulating, belittling, and invalidating a person over time. It is often hard to spot in the moment as it can be seen as benign or even “normal” to most observers.
But as this behavior is repeated time and time again, the insidious compound effect of this form of hidden abuse causes its victims to lose confidence in themselves, stop trusting in their own decisions, feel devalued and unimportant, and blame themselves for being the cause of, and sometimes even deserving, of the abusive behavior.
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If you’re always looking in the rearview mirror, it’s quite possible you’re not creating the life you want.
Sometimes you get to the tipping point where you just can’t stand it anymore and you take action. Segment one of this episode covers this and more.
In segment two, there’s a seriously difficult decision facing someone who wrote to me who is married but wants to explore being transgender, but his wife is upset and the marriage is in limbo. The impossible decision looms over him.
If you don’t mind, I’m going to be Captain Obvious for a moment and share something with you that you already know:
Life can throw you a curveball and turn your entire world upside down.
Let me give you an example of a curveball:
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