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Closing the Past to Open the Future: Thoughts You Can’t Let Go

When you have negative thoughts and emotions floating around in your head more often than not, the choices you make going forward in life are going to be influenced.

After all, whatever is swimming around in your head at the time of a decision is what typically affects that decision. If you are carrying around old baggage, it’s time to drop those emotional bags off so that you can create a future without fears or worry. [Read more…]

Filed Under: anger, anxiety, Behavior, childhood, Depression, Dysfunction, Forgiveness, Human Potential, Loneliness, Negative Emotions, Obsession, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Thinking Tagged With: can't stop thinking about the past, emotions, heal from the past, past, releasing, resolving past pain

Getting Past Your Past

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The residue of negative emotions after a significant event happens in your life can become consuming and controlling. They can affect your perspectives, the decisions you make, the people you connect with, and even your health.

So why do we hold on to negative emotions of an event from the past? What keeps something like anger, sadness, and other negative states around for weeks, or even years? The answer is: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Human Potential Tagged With: anger, emotions, negative, past, sadness

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