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Getting the Big Picture in Arguments – Honoring Personal Boundaries with Parents – Creating the Life You Want

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Getting the Big Picture in Arguments, Honoring Personal Boundaries with Parents, and Creating the Life You Want
Getting the Big Picture in Arguments, Honoring Personal Boundaries with Parents, and Creating the Life You Want
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Getting the Big Picture in Arguments, Honoring Personal Boundaries with Parents, and Creating the Life You Want
November 1, 2015
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Segment one: Stepping out of the details so that you can see a bigger picture is one of the best ways to end an argument. When you “chunk up” into a broader perspective instead of staying “chunked down” and embroiled in the details, you’re able to step out of all the negative emotional energy about the situation.

Segment two: A listener who just graduated college wrote and asked about honoring his personal boundaries with his parents and how to get along with a particular family member who doesn’t seem to like him.

Segment Three: I talk about what it really means to “create the life you want.” If you’ve had trouble doing that up to now, this is the segment for you.

Filed Under: Dysfunction, Emotional Triggers, Family, Marriage, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic People, Values Tagged With: Creating the Life You Want, Getting the Big Picture in Arguments, Honoring Personal Boundaries with Parents

Do You Control Fate – Recovering From The Lies You’ve Told – You Can Spot a Fake Laugh and inauthentic behavior

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Do You Control Fate – Recovering From The Lies You’ve Told – You Can Spot a Fake Laugh and inauthentic behavior
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Do You Control Fate – Recovering From The Lies You’ve Told – You Can Spot a Fake Laugh and inauthentic behavior
October 11, 2015
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Is fate what we make or what we create? In segment one, I talk about a quote from Carl Jung on this very topic.

Today’s listener email has to do with being caught in a lie with family and what to do in the aftermath. It’s an interesting listen in segment two.

For segment three, I talk about spotting fake or forced laughter. In the final segment, I share my thoughts about a very dysfunctional family member of mine who’s trying to worm his way back into my family’s lives but is having a heck of a time getting any cooperation (hint, it’s my stepfather).

Filed Under: Behavior, Deception, Dysfunction, Family, Human Potential, Lying, Manipulation, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries Tagged With: deception, fate, laughter, lies, lying

Adapting to Change and Accepting Death

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Adapting to Change and Accepting Death
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Adapting to Change and Accepting Death
September 20, 2015

adapting to change accepting death personal growth tony robbinsWhen change happens, do you grow with it or suffer and hope it goes away? Growing through change helps you move out of stagnation and stop repeating old behaviors.

In this episode of TOB, I talk about adapting to change. I also bring up the subject of death and acceptance, and how accepting that death is a part of life and letting the emotions come up, whatever they are, will help start the healing process.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Behavior, Depression, Family, Loneliness, Loss, Negative Emotions, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: change, death, Learning how to adapt and accept, progress, therapy, violent movies

The Family Curse: Do You Become Who You Were Around Family, or Who You Are Now?

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img-5When it comes to visiting family, who you are can sometimes regress into the child they remember you as instead of the fully capable adult that you are now.

How do you know this is happening? When you’re afraid to be yourself around them, it’s happening.

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Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, childhood, Family, Human Potential, Toxic People Tagged With: authenticity, family, inner child, old beliefs, parents

The 10 Components of a Satisfying, Loving Relationship – Part 2

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A satisfying, loving relationship doesn’t have to be hard, but there are components that need to be included in this type of relationship in order for things to work out well. This is part 2 of a 2-part episode where we talk about the last 5 components.

If you’re still not satisfied with your relationships after listening to part 1, then this episode should wrap things up quite nicely.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: abuse, Behavior, Control, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Family, Human Potential, Manipulation, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries, Relationships Tagged With: empathy, judgment, love, relationship, resentment

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