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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
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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Filed Under: abuse, Addiction, anxiety, Ask Paul, Blog article, Compassion, Decisions, Depression, Femininity, Finding peace, Humiliation, Identity, Masculinity, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Presence, Rejection Tagged With: How to make a big decision for yourself even when people resist, The challenges of telling people you want to be transgender, There are many more challenges in your life as a LGBQIT person

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

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

Committing to a Decision – Chronic Pain and Suffering – Trouble Receiving – Expanding Beyond You

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Committing to a Decision – Chronic Pain and Suffering – Trouble Receiving – Expanding Beyond You
Committing to a Decision – Chronic Pain and Suffering – Trouble Receiving – Expanding Beyond You
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Committing to a Decision – Chronic Pain and Suffering – Trouble Receiving – Expanding Beyond You
March 19, 2017

Can you commit to a decision? How do you know if you’re making the right decision?

Follow your heart is great advice… if you even know what’s in your heart.

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Filed Under: Ask Paul, Decisions, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Overwhelm, Physical Health, Podcast Episode, Presence, Spirituality Tagged With: Always having bad luck, Chronic Pain and Suffering, Committing to Decisions, Expanding Beyond You, How to make decisions, Trouble Receiving

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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Filed Under: Ask Paul, Divorce, Family, Infidelity, Loneliness, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Presence, Relationships Tagged With: Not Honoring Yourself In The Relationship, The Partner Who Is Everywhere But Home, The Present Moment

A Practice in Mindfulness

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mindful present moment eckhart tolle

Practicing mindfulness has a lot of advantages that will help you become more alert, more focused, and more likely to finish what you started.

I focus a lot on “focus” in this particular episode because we are simply an oversaturated, overstimulated society and might need a refresher on what it takes to be truly mindful. The more mindful you are, the more successful you’ll be with almost anything you start – mainly because you’ll finish! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Finding peace, Human Potential, Meditation, Mindfulness, Podcast Episode, Presence Tagged With: connecting to the now, Finding peace in the present moment, how to be fully present, practicing mindfulness

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