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How family drama can teach you a lot about personal boundaries

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How family drama can teach you a lot about personal boundaries
How family drama can teach you a lot about personal boundaries
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How family drama can teach you a lot about personal boundaries
February 10, 2019

When your family has dysfunction, family gatherings can be quite a challenge. What do you do in the midst of family drama?

Do you recoil and transform into the old, pre-personally-developed you? Or do you stand firm in who you are today and love them with your healthy boundaries intact?

Family is the final frontier of personal growth. You don’t want to miss this episode.

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Filed Under: Dysfunction, Family, Personal Boundaries, Toxic People, Values Tagged With: Do you stand firm with family?, Family drama can teach you a lot about personal boundaries, When the family gathering turns into the Jerry Springer show

Giving up your power to toxic people

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Giving up your power to toxic people
Giving up your power to toxic people
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Giving up your power to toxic people
December 2, 2018

In any gathering or social situation, you are bound to run into a toxic person or two. You know, those people that don’t look forward to seeing again next year?

Toxic family members especially can create a nightmare scenario. But dealing with them doesn’t have to be the ordeal it is. This episode helps you learn the tools you need to make it through the evening or week.

Filed Under: Emotional Abuse, Family, Personal Boundaries, Toxic Behavior, Toxic People, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: How do I stop my family from getting me angry?, My parents are so awful, Toxic people are driving me crazy

Stop believing what hurtful people say to you: Transforming negative self-talk to empowerment

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Stop believing what hurtful people say to you: Transforming negative self-talk to empowerment
Stop believing what hurtful people say to you: Transforming negative self-talk to empowerment
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Stop believing what hurtful people say to you: Transforming negative self-talk to empowerment
September 30, 2018

Hurtful people do a really good job of causing us to feel bad about ourselves.

Not only that, we end up repeating what they said or did to us in our mind over and over again. The emotional trauma can last for months or years.

In this episode I help transform the hurtful messages from others into empowering declarations that help us move on see them for who they really are.

Filed Under: Healthy Thinking, Identity, Insecurity, Judgment, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Toxic People, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: stop believing hurtful people, transforming negative self-talk into empowerment

Signs that you are a difficult person for others

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Signs that you are a difficult person for others
Signs that you are a difficult person for others
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Signs that you are a difficult person for others
August 19, 2018

How do you know if you are the difficult one in any relationship? Whether it’s at home, with friends, or family, when everyone seems a bit unhappier than you think they should be, perhaps the common denominator is you.

Filed Under: Emotional Abuse, Marriage, Relationships, Toxic Behavior, Toxic People Tagged With: getting along with difficult people, Signs that you are a difficult person for others

Controlling upset toward others – Feeding dysfunctional people – Full commitment then re-evaluation

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Controlling upset toward others – Feeding dysfunctional people – Full commitment then re-evaluation
Controlling upset toward others – Feeding dysfunctional people – Full commitment then re-evaluation
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Controlling upset toward others – Feeding dysfunctional people – Full commitment then re-evaluation
February 18, 2018

When you get angry, frustrated or upset toward someone else, how quickly do you recover? Would you like to recover faster and get into a better space?

In segment one, I go over the five questions you can ask yourself that might just bring you out of the bad feeling you’re in. For segment two, I share how you might be feeding the dysfunctions of others in your life. If you feed someone else’s dysfunction, they’ll continue to show up in a way you don’t like over and over again.

In segment three, I talk about commitment and how just because you signed up for life, doesn’t mean you have to see it through – especially if the person you’re with has changed the rules and isn’t keeping up with their end of the bargain.

Filed Under: anger, Behavior, Codependency, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Withdrawal, enabling, Family, Human Potential, Judgment, Marriage, Negative Emotions, Relationships, Toxic People Tagged With: Commitment to commitment, Enabling Abusive People, enabling dysfunctional people, Enabling Toxic Behavior, Turning anger and upset around

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