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Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing To Do

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Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing – Getting Resistance While Honoring Your Boundaries – A Listener Stops Listening and Calls Me Out
Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing – Getting Resistance While Honoring Your Boundaries – A Listener Stops Listening and Calls Me Out
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Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing – Getting Resistance While Honoring Your Boundaries – A Listener Stops Listening and Calls Me Out
January 3, 2016

Brene Brown said, “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”

I remember making a business deal with a friend of mine. We went into it together knowing that we’d each have to play a part in developing, running, and sustaining the business. The business idea sounded very lucrative, and we were both excited to start going with it.

However, about a month into it, I got reservations. I almost felt sick every time we talked about it, to the point where I hoped it wouldn’t be brought up. But, this was a business arrangement that I agreed to – how could it possibly not be brought up?

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Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries Tagged With: Boundaries, decisions, direction, fear, momentum, stand up

Self-Compassion and Fearing Happiness

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Self-Compassion and Fearing Happiness
Self-Compassion and Fearing Happiness
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Self-Compassion and Fearing Happiness
October 18, 2015

Today’s episode is on self-compassion, which is what you give to yourself when you stop being overly giving.

This raises the question: Can you be too much of a giver?

Also in this episode, I talk about a listener email I received from someone who asked if it’s possible to fear happiness. He seems to have the “perfect life”, but still fears being as happy as he can be. These two subjects go hand in hand, and really come down to a way of honoring yourself as you’ve never done before. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Relationships Tagged With: compassion, fear, happiness

More Motivation and Less Anxiety by Building a Healthy Ego

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ego eckhart tolle empower othersThere are many spiritual teachers and personal growth gurus telling us to let go of our egos. However I’d like to offer an alternative: Build it up!

I don’t disagree that letting go of the ego is a fantastic state to aspire to, but I wanted to know what would happen if I nurtured my ego in a healthy way that best served me and others around me.

In this article (and podcast episode), I visit the ego and share how to build and evolve it so that it releases your fears, insecurities and anxieties.

Who knows? Maybe you just need to inflate your ego a bit to create the peace and ease you want in your life.
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Filed Under: anxiety, Behavior, Compassion, Desires, Ego, Motivation, Negative Emotions, Passion, Podcast Episode, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Spirituality Tagged With: drive, eckhart tolle, ego, fear, insecurity, passion

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