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Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers

When Love Isn’t Enough – Will Marriage Fix Dysfunction? – Untying Selfishness From Personal Boundaries – Tolerating Abuse

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When love isn’t enough – Will marriage fix dysfunction? – Untying selfishness from personal boundaries – Tolerating abuse
When love isn’t enough – Will marriage fix dysfunction? – Untying selfishness from personal boundaries – Tolerating abuse
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When love isn’t enough – Will marriage fix dysfunction? – Untying selfishness from personal boundaries – Tolerating abuse
January 29, 2017

Is love enough? Will it overcome anything that happens in your life?

Financial struggles, family problems, arguments, abuse, and more… will your faith in love be enough to get you through the tough times? I read a letter from a young man who wonders if love is enough to get through anything. To add a bit of challenge on top of that, what if that love is only one-sided?

 
Love is supporting the other person’s path and wanting them to be happy. When you start with that, it can blossom outward from there. If you start with anything less, you may not have room for anything more.

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A Journey into Jealousy – The Dysfunctional Family Holiday Season – Their Emotions are not Your Responsibility

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A Journey into Jealousy – The Dysfunctional Family Holiday Season – Their Emotions are not Your Responsibility
A Journey into Jealousy – The Dysfunctional Family Holiday Season – Their Emotions are not Your Responsibility
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A Journey into Jealousy – The Dysfunctional Family Holiday Season – Their Emotions are not Your Responsibility
December 25, 2016

Jealousy is a multi-faceted beast that can motivate you to say or do things that you may not normally say or do. It involves many emotions and can run (and ruin) your life if you don’t address the real reasons you get jealous.

Sometimes a fantasy is created in your head and you become jealous based on what may not even exist. Other times, there is hard data to prove that what you’re jealous about is real and should be investigated further (or acted upon). Is there a good reason to get jealous?

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The Partner Who Is Everywhere But Home – Not Honoring Yourself In The Relationship – The Present Moment

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The partner who’d rather be anywhere but home – Honoring myself everywhere but home – The present moment
The partner who’d rather be anywhere but home – Honoring myself everywhere but home – The present moment
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The partner who’d rather be anywhere but home – Honoring myself everywhere but home – The present moment
December 11, 2016

What do you do when your partner wants to spend more time away from home than with you? Is that a sign that there’s something wrong in the relationship? Is there a more serious issue? Is it perhaps they don’t feel safe with you?

In the first segment, I read a letter from a man who missed his fiance’. She would go out drinking with friends and family and he would be home alone, trying not to be offended or hurt.

As she spent less time at home, he got more concerned but also gave her the space she asked for. Soon, the wedding was called off and she was moving out.

What went wrong? What could he have done differently?

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The Toxic Episode – Toxic Relationships, Validating Toxic Friends, Enabling Toxic Behavior

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The Toxic Episode – The toxic relationship – Validating toxic friends – Enabling Toxic Behavior
The Toxic Episode – The toxic relationship – Validating toxic friends – Enabling Toxic Behavior
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The Toxic Episode – The toxic relationship – Validating toxic friends – Enabling Toxic Behavior
December 4, 2016

Toxic relationships: Friends, family, coworkers, and more – What can you do if you can’t get away from them? Do you even know how to get away from them? How can you continue a relationship when you have no choice but to be with a toxic person? This episode gets into how to deal with toxic people in your life.

Also, I read what a reviewer said about my show: Stay Away! 

What do you think, should you stay away? I’m not here to defend the show or tell you what to listen to, I’d rather you come to your own conclusion and make the decision from there. I’m honored when someone takes the time to provide reviews for the show, even bad ones, it tells me they actually care about their own personal growth and want the best for themselves. Plus, they are genuinely expressing themselves, something I promote and encourage everyone to do!

How Do Your Personal Values Affect Your Work?

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What you value in life overflows into your business, relationships and everything else. I’ve talked about values before, but I dive in a little deeper as a guest on Amber Hurdle’s excellent show “Bombshell Business Podcast” where I talk about getting in alignment with your personal values to create business success.

Join Amber and I as I walk her through my process of getting focused about what path to take with her business.

Once you know your values, decisions are a lot easier to make. If you’d like to go through my process of getting into alignment with your values, download the Stop Self-Sabotage workbook today!