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When you just can’t figure out why you’re unhappy

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When you just can’t figure out why you’re unhappy
When you just can’t figure out why you’re unhappy
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When you just can’t figure out why you’re unhappy
July 15, 2018
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What do you do when you’ve done a lot of work on yourself and feel like you’ve addressed the toughest issues in your life but still feel as if there is something missing?

What’s the secret to figuring out what’s keeping you from feeling fulfilled? By asking yourself the right questions, you’ll get the answers you need.

There’s a unique mind-mapping technique in this episode to help you figure out why you’re unhappy. 

Filed Under: anxiety, Ask Paul, Depression, Fears, Loneliness, Loss, Podcast Episode, Thinking, Victim Mentality Tagged With: Why am I always sad?

Stupid Questions to That Lead to Healing

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Asking yourself stupid questions can help you heal from old emotional wounds.

I use a “drill-down” technique to get to the root of fear, shame, guilt, and other emotions I don’t like feeling. When you’re drilling down into an issue you’re having, and you get to the point where you say, “Well, that’s a stupid question,” don’t stop, you’re on to something!

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Filed Under: Abandonment, Fears, Guilt, Human Potential, Humiliation, Loneliness, Negative Emotions, Rejection, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth Tagged With: How can I stop being triggered?, I can't stop thinking negatively all the time

Breaking up for newbies – Enabling your own terrible relationship – Dating the emotional abuser

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Breaking up for newbies – Enabling your own terrible relationship – Dating the emotional abuser
Breaking up for newbies – Enabling your own terrible relationship – Dating the emotional abuser
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Breaking up for newbies – Enabling your own terrible relationship – Dating the emotional abuser
February 4, 2018
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Segment 1: Without a history of breakups, your first major one can seem devastating and life-ending.

In this segment, I help the newbie get through all the symptoms of the first major heartbreak.

Segment 2: When you think your relationship is horrible and you find yourself taking up all the slack for your deadbeat other half, are you creating your own misery?

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Filed Under: abuse, Codependency, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Withdrawal, enabling, Human Potential, Loneliness, Loss, Lying, Manipulation, Marriage, Narcissism, Relationships Tagged With: Breaking up for newbies, Dating the emotional abuser, Enabling your own terrible relationship

They love you but don’t like to say it – Getting over the guilt of how you treated your ex – You can manipulate but should you

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They love you but don’t like to say it – Getting over the guilt of how you treated your ex – You can manipulate but should you
They love you but don’t like to say it – Getting over the guilt of how you treated your ex – You can manipulate but should you
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They love you but don’t like to say it – Getting over the guilt of how you treated your ex – You can manipulate but should you
December 24, 2017
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Segment 1: Is it hard for you or your partner to say I love you?

Sometimes the past can play an important role to prevent or encourage those words to come out of someone’s mouth. If the love is there but the words aren’t, it doesn’t always mean there is no love. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guilt, Human Potential, Loneliness, Manipulation, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Rejection, Relationships Tagged With: Getting over the guilt of how you treated your ex, They love you but don't like to say it, You can manipulate but should you?

The cheater who went from kind to cold when caught – Ex won’t return even after I improve – Your intuition needs closure

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The cheater who went from kind to cold when caught – Ex won’t return even after I improve – Your intuition needs closure
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The cheater who went from kind to cold when caught – Ex won’t return even after I improve – Your intuition needs closure
December 10, 2017
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Segment 1: She caught her husband cheating, he blamed her and her family for the affair.

He used to be loving and supportive. Now that he can’t get his way, he is cold and manipulative. Segment 2: She wants her ex back, but all he wants is sex. She complies but feels empty and lonely without him.

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Filed Under: Betrayal, Decisions, Divorce, Infidelity, Intuition, Loneliness, Loss, Obsession, Relationships, Thinking, Toxic People Tagged With: Ex won't return even after I improve, The cheater who went from kind to cold when caught, Your intuition needs closure

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