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How to avoid destroying yourself with guilt

How to avoid destroying yourself with guilt
How to avoid destroying yourself with guilt
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How to avoid destroying yourself with guilt
December 8, 2019

So you did something you regret and now you walk around feeling guilty… that has to end.

Guilt isn’t something you keep, it’s supposed to be a message that disappears after you’ve learned the lesson. If you carry guilt, it’s time once and for all to let it go.

Filed Under: Guilt, Podcast Episode Tagged With: How do I get rid of this guilt?, I am destroying myself with guilt, I feel so guilty

Friends and family that try to be helpful but really aren’t

Friends and family that try to be helpful but really aren't
Friends and family that try to be helpful but really aren't
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Friends and family that try to be helpful but really aren't
October 4, 2020

Some loved ones really want to help you through your challenges. There are those that listen and support you and meet you where you are. Then there are those that have good intentions but fail miserably. It’s not that they’re incompetent, but it could be that they simply have no clue what they’re talking about. 

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Filed Under: Depression, Family, Guilt, Lying, People Pleaser, Podcast Episode, Regret, Relationships, Toxic People Tagged With: My mom is always overly helpful, overly helpful people, They're sometimes too helpful

Practicing non-confrontational ways to honor yourself

Practicing non-confrontational ways to honor yourself
Practicing non-confrontational ways to honor yourself
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Practicing non-confrontational ways to honor yourself
August 30, 2020

Sometimes showing up authentically around certain people feels confrontational. One reason for that may be that you’ve never honored yourself in front of them before, so they may not have ever been exposed to you practicing self-respect or self-compassion.

If you’re ready to start being more authentic and letting other people know what’s acceptable and what’s not, you may have to ease them into the new you instead of dropping it on them like a brick. Some people need time to adapt. 

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Filed Under: Communication, Decisions, Guilt, People Pleaser, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Shame, Values Tagged With: Honoring your boundaries without conflict, How do I honor myself without being confrontational?, Is there a way to honor my boundaries without being a jerk?

The regrets and leftover emotions after someone dies

The regrets and leftover emotions after someone dies
The regrets and leftover emotions after someone dies
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The regrets and leftover emotions after someone dies
August 16, 2020

When someone we love passes, it leaves a hole in our heart and sometimes a lack of closure. It’s that lack of closure that keeps us in feelings of guilt, regret, and other emotions that we just can’t shake.

If you’d like to heal and move past those feelings and start living life again, this episode may help you achieve that.

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Filed Under: Abandonment, Death, Depression, Guilt, Loneliness, Loss, Mourning, Podcast Episode, Regret, Suicide Tagged With: How do I heal from the pain of death?, How to get over the pain of death?, I still hurt because they died

Judgment – The Ultimate Relationship Destroyer

Judgment can be one of the most damaging weapons in a relationship. It tells your partner that it’s not okay to be themselves.

This builds resentment in them and will eventually corrode even the most intimate relationships. Even if your relationship survives the corrosive effect of judgment, it still suffers.

This article explains how your emotional triggers form your judgments and how judging those closest to you can make you and everyone else around you miserable.

Judgment truly is the ultimate relationship destroyer. [Read more…]

Filed Under: abuse, Behavior, Beliefs, childhood, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Triggers, Emotional Withdrawal, Guilt, Judgment, Manipulation, Marriage, Negative Emotions, Relationships Tagged With: how to stop judging, Husband is so critical of me, judging in marriage, judging in relationship, judging my wife, Partner is always criticizing me

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