The Overwhelmed Brain

Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers

Releasing Emotional Triggers in Relationships

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Emotional triggers are the surprises that we get when someone we love or a situation causes us to have a reaction that we haven’t processed yet.

For example, if you were yelled at as a child and you attached being yelled at to fear, you might get triggered as an adult when you are near someone yelling.

Triggers are typically childhood beliefs that aren’t necessarily true anymore and need to be addressed to save your relationships. Once you release your old triggers, you can view the world from an entirely different place instead of through the eyes of a fearful child.

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Practicing Presence in a World of Past Hurts and Future Worries

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Presence is that state where the past doesn’t exist, and the future hasn’t been written. It’s what’s in the now.

Eckhart Tolle and many other spiritual teachers talk about it. It’s that place where past hurts and future worries seem to dissolve, so that you can experience what’s really happening instead of the picture your mind is painting of reality.

It’s clarity. And it’s what we’re here to talk about today.
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How to Deal With Irrational People

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Irrational behavior is one of the most difficult behaviors to deal with. When someone is being irrational, they don’t listen to reason, logic, or even common sense.

They are laser-focused on fulfilling a need.

And until that need is fulfilled, or they snap out of it, the irrational person can be unpredictable and sometimes even dangerous.

In this article, I’ll share with you ways to communicate and even “reel in” irrational people to bring them back to a calmer, more rational state of mind.

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 who becomes irrational and is hurtful to you, listen to my podcast Love and Abuse to help you navigate through the difficulties.

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Building Self-Esteem and Self-Worth, While Avoiding the Ego Trap

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Self-worth is how you perceive yourself through other people’s eyes. Self-esteem is how confident and worthy you feel about yourself.

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Your self-esteem can be crushed if you are around people that do not recognize your worth. And after years of low self-worth, you may feel like a loser who doesn’t deserve good things in life.

On top of that, if you work hard at developing your worth and esteem, your ego can come in and try to spoil things even more.

There are ways to build and nurture all three of these so that you can tackle life a lot easier when the challenges present themselves.

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Letting Go of Attachments Part 2

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We talk about letting go of the deeper, emotional attachments we have in our life in this second part of a two-part episode.

From sentimental attachments to people. The main focus of this episode is about the romantic relationships we can have trouble letting go of.

This is a deep and complex episode, and there are so many ways to approach this sensitive topic. But if you can get beyond the attachments that are holding you back and keeping you down, you will have a deeply fulfilling and happy life.

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