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Repressed emotions cause harm to the body

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The deepest recesses of our subconscious mind are where our repressed, negative thoughts and emotions linger, causing harm to both our daily thought processes and our body.

If you want to know why affirmations or positive thinking doesn’t seem to work for you, it’s probably because you’re holding on to some deeper stuff that needs to be released.

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Filed Under: anxiety, Beliefs, Depression, Fears, Human Potential, Humiliation, Negative Emotions, Physical Health, Regret, Shame Tagged With: Can negative emotions cause harm to the body?, Is positive thinking good for you?, Why can't I be happy?

What to do when you’re going nowhere

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What to do when you’re going nowhere
What to do when you’re going nowhere
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What to do when you’re going nowhere
August 23, 2020
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If you’re on a road that you believe is never going to end and never going to get better, what do you do? Should you just accept that’s your lot in life and you should just deal with it?

Or do you take a leap of faith in a direction that leads to the unknown in hopes that life will get better? There is always hope, but sometimes it has to be pursued.

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Filed Under: anxiety, Communication, Depression, Dysfunction, Fears, Finding peace, Loneliness, Loss, Marriage, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: How do I honor my boundaries when everyone is against me?, Why is change so scary?

Do people think you’re stubborn for honoring your boundaries?

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Do people think you’re stubborn for honoring your boundaries?
Do people think you’re stubborn for honoring your boundaries?
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Do people think you’re stubborn for honoring your boundaries?
August 9, 2020
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Honoring your boundaries isn’t always easy. Some people will think you’re being a jerk or stubborn. Some will even say that you’re changing in a bad way even though it’s good for you.

Get clear on what you will and won’t accept from others and your life will change for the better.

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Filed Under: anxiety, Career, Fears, Insecurity, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Therapy Tagged With: Honoring your boundaries with toxic people, How to honor your personal boundaries

Working through those old emotional triggers so that you can stop the PTSD and start living life again

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Working through those old emotional triggers so that you can stop the PTSD and start living life again
Working through those old emotional triggers so that you can stop the PTSD and start living life again
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Working through those old emotional triggers so that you can stop the PTSD and start living life again
August 2, 2020
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Emotional triggers are what develop when you go through a traumatic event in your past, then the memory of that trauma stays with you and comes up at different times causing you to feel upset, hurt, or angry, which can affect your relationships and your life. Experiencing an emotional trigger is like PTSD and it needs to be healed if you want a higher quality of life.

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Filed Under: anger, anxiety, Dysfunction, Emotional Triggers, Fears, Insecurity, Negative Emotions, Podcast Episode Tagged With: Trauma creates your emotional triggers

Making difficult or impossible decisions

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Making impossible decisions
Making impossible decisions
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Making impossible decisions
January 26, 2020
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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.

Filed Under: abuse, Decisions, Divorce, Fears, Identity, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: Facing transgender issue in marriage, How to make difficult decisions

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