The Overwhelmed Brain

Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers

Are your feelings wrong?

Are your feelings wrong?
Are your feelings wrong?
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Are your feelings wrong?
April 23, 2023

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In Any Relationship, You’re Either Contributing to It or Taking Away From It.

When you take away from it, you are pulling out the main ingredients of what make a relationship healthy and enjoyable. When you are contributing to it, you are strengthening it you are giving it the life and vibrancy, it needs to stay healthy and last long.

One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that the more you show up as your true self with mostly everyone in your life, life becomes a lot easier.

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How to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again

How to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again
How to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again
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How to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again
November 22, 2020

If you make bad decisions or keep getting results you don’t want, it’s time to tackle that problem once and for all. If you aren’t making decisions based on what’s most important to you at the deepest level, you may drive off the cliff one too many times.

The risk you take by being your authentic self

The risk you take by being your authentic self
The risk you take by being your authentic self
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The risk you take by being your authentic self
January 31, 2021

Do you form authentic relationships by being the real you, or do you only show people what you believe they want to see?

What are the risks of showing up as the real you? It may be worth taking a risk to find that out.

When you don’t know who you are

When you don’t know who you are
When you don’t know who you are
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When you don’t know who you are
September 13, 2020

Have you ever really learned who you are at a deeper level? Sometimes we walk around doing the things we’re supposed to do, but rarely stop to figure out who is doing those things.

In this episode, I read an email from a woman who never got a chance to learn who she is because of narcissistic parents telling her who she is all her life. Now that she’s a wife and mom, she feels lost.

If you’re lost, it’s time to find yourself. 

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When loved ones resist the decisions you need to make for yourself

When loved ones resist the decisions you need to make for yourself
When loved ones resist the decisions you need to make for yourself
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When loved ones resist the decisions you need to make for yourself
July 26, 2020

Sometimes you have to make hard decisions for yourself. Your decisions may affect how people perceive you, causing them to resist what you’re doing.

Unfortunately, those that don’t support the decisions we make for ourselves are often stuck in how it’s going to affect them instead of benefit you.

In this episode, I read a message from a transgender man who experienced many challenges growing up and thinks he’s finally over the toughest parts. I give him my thoughts and also talk about how you can make life’s bigger decisions as well.

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