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When it’s always your fault

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When it’s always your fault
When it’s always your fault
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When it’s always your fault

If you find yourself constantly being blamed for everything going wrong, it’s time to question whether you’re being manipulated into believing what may be a deflection. In this episode, I tackle the sometimes tricky dynamics of responsibility and blame.

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Filed Under: Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Lying, Manipulation, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Self-Worth Tagged With: I can’t stop feeling guilty even when I haven’t done anything wrong, I feel like everything is my fault in this relationship, I try to fix things but nothing ever changes, My partner blames me for everything and I don’t know why

When friends and family think you’re making a bad decision

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When friends and family think you’re making a bad decision
When friends and family think you’re making a bad decision
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When friends and family think you’re making a bad decision

Your friends and family really want the best for you. But what are they going to say when they see you make a decision they believe is just crazy?

A woman wrote to me and told me she decided to take a break from her husband after telling her friends and family how awful he was. Now she is considering taking him back, and she has no idea how to face them and tell them the news.

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Filed Under: Decisions, Emotional Abuse, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Self-Worth Tagged With: Decisions without family and friends' support, My friends think I'm making a bad decision

Are your feelings wrong?

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In Any Relationship, You’re Either Contributing to It or Taking Away From It.

When you take away from it, you are pulling out the main ingredients of what makes a relationship healthy and enjoyable. When you are contributing to it, you are strengthening it you are giving it the life and vibrancy, it needs to stay healthy and last long.

One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that the more you show up as your true self with almost everyone in your life, life becomes a lot easier.

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Filed Under: Emotional Healing, Emotional Triggers, Empathy, Identity, Personal Boundaries, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Toxic Behavior, Vulnerability Tagged With: Invalidation in relationships

The ‘take care of you’ episode: Showing up as the best version of yourself

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What does it take to become the best version of you? What do you need to do for yourself so that you become happier and more fulfilled?

This episode is all about you and what it takes to become the most supportive, compassionate person to yourself.

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Betrayal, Divorce, Emotional Healing, Healing, Healthy Thinking, Insecurity, Marriage, Mourning, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth Tagged With: How can I be the best version of me?, How can I heal from someone who hurt me?, How to heal from betrayal

Will you ever be good enough?

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Will you ever be good enough?
Will you ever be good enough?
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Will you ever be good enough?

When you are mistreated in some way and made to feel less than dirt, do you accept that you are as you are treated or that you are as you choose to be?

Don’t let other people’s perceptions of you define you. Hold yourself to a certain standard and watch everyone else change or leave. It’s not easy, of course. But it is very useful.

Filed Under: Beliefs, Depression, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Finding peace, Podcast Episode, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth

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