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10 Steps to Keep Your Relationship from Slipping into Dysfunction

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If your relationship has gone through its ups and downs but is now on a good path to prosper, you’ll probably want to keep it that way.

Here are ten steps you can take to make sure your relationship stays healthy and continues to blossom. For more of an in-depth look at each step, listen to the episode attached to this post. 

Important: If you believe that you may be doing emotionally abusive behavior and would like to change that about yourself, sign up for the life-changing Healed Being program over at healedbeing.com).

If you are currently in a relationship with someone whose dysfunctions are hurtful to you, listen to my podcast Love and Abuse to help you navigate through the difficulties.

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Filed Under: abuse, anger, Codependency, Control, Divorce, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Withdrawal, enabling, Forgiveness, Manipulation, Marriage, Rejection, Relationships, Values Tagged With: Keeping Your Relationship in Top Shape

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

Handling a Rejection – Combining logic and emotion – Leaving doesn’t mean not loving

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Handling a Rejection – Combining logic and emotion – Leaving doesn’t mean not loving
Handling a Rejection – Combining logic and emotion – Leaving doesn’t mean not loving
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Handling a Rejection – Combining logic and emotion – Leaving doesn’t mean not loving
January 28, 2018
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Segment 1: How do you handle “no”?

Do you suffer hoping the other person would follow you to the ends of the earth, or do you welcome the opportunity to be free of someone that didn’t want to be with you? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Abandonment, anxiety, Communication, Divorce, Human Potential, Marriage, Rejection, Relationships, Thinking Tagged With: Combining logic and emotion, Handling a Rejection, Leaving doesn't mean not loving

Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence

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Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence
Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence
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Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence
January 21, 2018
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Segment 1: Asking yourself stupid questions may be the path to healing and moving through the hard stuff in your life.

We often have choices when it appears we don’t – stupid questions may lead to more choices (full article here).

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Filed Under: Codependency, Communication, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Triggers, enabling, Family, Human Potential, Manipulation, Marriage, Narcissism, Negative Emotions, Thinking, Toxic People Tagged With: Dealing with the Sociopath, Endless codependence, Stupid questions that heal

Getting along with everyone – Stuck in the marriage – Get offline to stretch your mind

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Getting along with everyone – Stuck in the marriage – Get offline to stretch your mind
Getting along with everyone – Stuck in the marriage – Get offline to stretch your mind
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Getting along with everyone – Stuck in the marriage – Get offline to stretch your mind
January 14, 2018
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Segment 1: Race, culture and background can dictate personality and behavior. A listener writes in and asks how to get along with almost everyone.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Communication, Divorce, Human Potential, Marriage, Presence, Relationships, Spirituality Tagged With: Get offline to stretch your mind, Getting along with everyone, Stuck in the marriage

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