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Valuing your partner’s values for relationship longevity

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Valuing Your Partner’s Values for Relationship Longevity
Valuing Your Partner’s Values for Relationship Longevity
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Valuing Your Partner’s Values for Relationship Longevity
January 31, 2018

Do you value what your partner values? If not, you may be in for a rude awakening when they suddenly get upset with you for seemingly no reason.

What’s important to you may not be important to them, and vice versa, but it might be a good idea to make it important to you since your relationship’s longevity may depend on it.

Transcript for this episode is here.

Filed Under: anger, Divorce, Fears, Marriage, Relationships, Values Tagged With: I always forget important anniversaries, I always forget my partner's birthday, My partner is upset I forgot

Following the path that serves you best even if it feels the worst

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Following the path that serves you best even if it feels the worst
Following the path that serves you best even if it feels the worst
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Following the path that serves you best even if it feels the worst
January 9, 2022

Sometimes you have to let things go and take a new road in order to find a sense of peace and comfort inside yourself. The new road may come with a high price that has an even higher reward.

Are you going to pay the high price for the reward, or take a longer path that involves a bit more mental labor? They are both challenging but they both lead to an outcome that is worth the journey.

Filed Under: anxiety, Control, Decisions, Fears, Overwhelm Tagged With: How do I make a hard decision?, What if I can't make a difficult decision?, What path do I take when they're all hard?

Taking the big leap into self-worth and self-esteem

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Taking the big leap into self-worth and self-esteem
Taking the big leap into self-worth and self-esteem
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Taking the big leap into self-worth and self-esteem
November 21, 2021

Sometimes becoming happier in life involves taking huge steps that seem so scary when you’re going through them, but come with the reward of increased self-worth and self-esteem. And when you take that leap of faith, a whole lot more good stuff usually comes with it.

Filed Under: Fears, Insecurity, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth Tagged With: How do I get more confidence in myself?, How do I raise my self-esteem?, I feel so worthless

When the fear of abandonment keeps you from happiness

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When the fear of abandonment keeps you from happiness
When the fear of abandonment keeps you from happiness
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When the fear of abandonment keeps you from happiness
February 16, 2020

When you’re needy and fearful of someone leaving you, or something ending, you tend to miss all the best moments of life.

Fear of abandonment can dominate your thoughts causing you to miss out on happiness and fulfillment. When you grow beyond that fear, you might actually start enjoying life again.

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Filed Under: Abandonment, anxiety, Divorce, Fears, Relationships Tagged With: How do I stop being afraid of rejection?, I'm afraid to be alone, What do I do about my fear of abandonment?

Is it always necessary to dive into the past to heal old traumas?

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Is it always necessary to dive into the past to heal old traumas?
Is it always necessary to dive into the past to heal old traumas?
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Is it always necessary to dive into the past to heal old traumas?
May 30, 2021
How to heal old trauma without diving into the past

Where should you start when it comes to healing old stuff from the past? Should you do a deep dive into your childhood, bringing up all kinds of memories and traumas that you may or may not have repeated to therapists over and over again?

Or should you talk about how it bothers you today and see if someone can help you gain a new perspective? What about skipping over the trauma and just looking at what behavior came out of it?

There’s a path you can take to reverse old emotional triggers just by doing something different to get a different result. If it sounds too easy, then you definitely need to listen to this episode.

Filed Under: anger, Emotional Healing, Emotional Triggers, Fears, Healing Tagged With: Do I have to talk about my past to heal?, How can I heal from the past?, I am sick of diving into the past to heal my trauma

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