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Does vulnerability increase love and connection?

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Does vulnerability increase love and connection?
Does vulnerability increase love and connection?
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Does vulnerability increase love and connection?

What does it take to feel love and connection?
What does it take to show love and connection?
Is vulnerability the path?

Can you have a strong, loving relationship without the need to be so exposed emotionally? I do my best to answer these questions in this article.

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Filed Under: Marriage, Negative Emotions, Relationships, Vulnerability Tagged With: How to be vulnerable, Vulnerability is a strength

The hidden emotions that may be inside you and you don't know it

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The hidden emotions that may be inside you and you don't know it
The hidden emotions that may be inside you and you don't know it
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The hidden emotions that may be inside you and you don't know it

Most people aren’t taught emotional intelligence in their upbringing. Because of that, there are often lingering negative emotions hanging around in us that might need to be addressed if we’re going to experience a life without the burden of anxiety, depression, and emotional triggers.

Getting out of anxiety and depression is often not an easy task. But I hope to help give you some extra tools for your emotional toolbelt in this article to give you a good start.

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Filed Under: anxiety, Depression, Emotional Healing, Emotional Triggers, Negative Emotions

Friends and family that try to be helpful but really aren’t

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Friends and family that try to be helpful but really aren’t
Friends and family that try to be helpful but really aren’t
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Friends and family that try to be helpful but really aren’t
October 4, 2020

Some loved ones really want to help you through your challenges. There are those that listen and support you and meet you where you are. Then there are those that have good intentions but fail miserably. It’s not that they’re incompetent, but it could be that they simply have no clue what they’re talking about. 

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Filed Under: Depression, Family, Guilt, Lying, People Pleaser, Regret, Relationships, Toxic People Tagged With: My mom is always overly helpful, overly helpful people, They're sometimes too helpful

When you don’t know who you are

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When you don’t know who you are
When you don’t know who you are
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When you don’t know who you are
September 13, 2020

Have you ever really learned who you are at a deeper level? Sometimes we walk around doing the things we’re supposed to do, but rarely stop to figure out who is doing those things.

In this episode, I read an email from a woman who never got a chance to learn who she is because of narcissistic parents telling her who she is all her life. Now that she’s a wife and mom, she feels lost.

If you’re lost, it’s time to find yourself. 

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Filed Under: Decisions, Family, Identity, Narcissism, Personal Boundaries, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Therapy, Toxic Behavior, Toxic People Tagged With: The meaning of my existence, Trying to figure out who I am, What is the point of existing?

Do people think you’re stubborn for honoring your boundaries?

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Do people think you’re stubborn for honoring your boundaries?
Do people think you’re stubborn for honoring your boundaries?
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Do people think you’re stubborn for honoring your boundaries?
August 9, 2020

Honoring your boundaries isn’t always easy. Some people will think you’re being a jerk or stubborn. Some will even say that you’re changing in a bad way even though it’s good for you.

Get clear on what you will and won’t accept from others and your life will change for the better.

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Filed Under: anxiety, Fears, Insecurity, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries, Therapy Tagged With: Honoring your boundaries with toxic people, How to honor your personal boundaries

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