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Self-help variety – Pushy people, jealousy, body image, self-worth, self-esteem, intrusive thoughts, and more!

Self-help variety – Pushy people, jealousy, body image, self-worth, self-esteem, intrusive thoughts and more!
Self-help variety – Pushy people, jealousy, body image, self-worth, self-esteem, intrusive thoughts and more!
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Self-help variety – Pushy people, jealousy, body image, self-worth, self-esteem, intrusive thoughts and more!
December 23, 2018

In this episode of The Overwhelmed Brain podcast, I  answer several questions ranging from overcoming jealousy, people that impose their values on you, what affects your self-worth and self-esteem, getting over insecurities about body comments, letting go of intrusive, distressing thoughts, expressing yourself and more!

It’s the variety episode on emotional intelligence. I hope you get a lot of value from it. 

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Insecurity, Jealousy, Judgment, Rejection, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Toxic Thinking, Values Tagged With: distressing thoughts, Getting over insecurity about body comments, intrusive thoughts, Overcoming Jealousy, self help

I’m right you’re wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress

I'm right you're wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress
I'm right you're wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress
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I'm right you're wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress
October 14, 2018

If they’re not like you, you don’t like them. If you’re not like them, they don’t like you.

You have opinions, so do they, but should your differences separate you and cause you so much stress that you would rather lose relationships than accept people for their differences?

This is a full episode with many angles, including social awkwardness and social anxiety.

Filed Under: anger, anxiety, Ask Paul, Communication, Judgment Tagged With: social anxiety, taking sides with people, what to do about social awkwardness

Stop believing what hurtful people say to you: Transforming negative self-talk to empowerment

Stop believing what hurtful people say to you: Transforming negative self-talk to empowerment
Stop believing what hurtful people say to you: Transforming negative self-talk to empowerment
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Stop believing what hurtful people say to you: Transforming negative self-talk to empowerment
September 30, 2018

Hurtful people do a really good job of causing us to feel bad about ourselves.

Not only that, we end up repeating what they said or did to us in our mind over and over again. The emotional trauma can last for months or years.

In this episode I help transform the hurtful messages from others into empowering declarations that help us move on see them for who they really are.

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Healthy Thinking, Identity, Insecurity, Judgment, Podcast Episode, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Thinking, Toxic People, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: stop believing hurtful people, transforming negative self-talk into empowerment

Controlling upset toward others – Feeding dysfunctional people – Full commitment then re-evaluation

Controlling upset toward others – Feeding dysfunctional people – Full commitment then re-evaluation
Controlling upset toward others – Feeding dysfunctional people – Full commitment then re-evaluation
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Controlling upset toward others – Feeding dysfunctional people – Full commitment then re-evaluation
February 18, 2018

When you get angry, frustrated or upset toward someone else, how quickly do you recover? Would you like to recover faster and get into a better space?

In segment one, I go over the five questions you can ask yourself that might just bring you out of the bad feeling you’re in. For segment two, I share how you might be feeding the dysfunctions of others in your life. If you feed someone else’s dysfunction, they’ll continue to show up in a way you don’t like over and over again.

In segment three, I talk about commitment and how just because you signed up for life, doesn’t mean you have to see it through – especially if the person you’re with has changed the rules and isn’t keeping up with their end of the bargain.

Filed Under: anger, Ask Paul, Behavior, Codependency, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Withdrawal, enabling, Family, Human Potential, Judgment, Marriage, Negative Emotions, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic People Tagged With: Commitment to commitment, Enabling Abusive People, enabling dysfunctional people, Enabling Toxic Behavior, Turning anger and upset around

An Addict’s Mind – Is Suffering Optional – Avoid Healing by Judging Others

An Addict's Mind – Is Suffering Optional – Avoid Healing by Judging Others
An Addict's Mind – Is Suffering Optional – Avoid Healing by Judging Others
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An Addict's Mind – Is Suffering Optional – Avoid Healing by Judging Others
January 7, 2018

Segment 1: The addict has a different perspective of the world according to a recovering addict that sent me a message that I read on this episode. Segment 2: We’re told that suffering is optional. I make an argument against, and for it.

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Filed Under: Addiction, Codependency, Divorce, Emotional Healing, enabling, Healing, Judgment, Marriage, Relationships, Suffering, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: How does an addict's mind work?, Is Suffering Optional? Avoid Healing by Judging Others

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