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When Others Aren’t Ready for you to Evolve

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learn heal grow evolve personal growth teacher tony robbinsUnfortunately, the more we grow and evolve, the more others who aren’t ready to do the same will want us to stay the same. If you’re around friends and family who just can’t seem to get on board with you getting healthier, what do you do? Do you just pretend to be the same old person you always were around them just to keep them happy? Or do you embrace this new you and leave it up to them to get used to the new you?

Important questions, especially since we all know at least one person that probably doesn’t support our evolution. Is there an easy path where everyone can get along magically? Nope. But there is a path, and that’s what I’ll be talking about today.

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Filed Under: Behavior, Career, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries, Relationships Tagged With: family, personal boundaries, personal growth, relationships

How to Give to Others Without Giving Up Too Much of Yourself

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giving from compassionGiving doesn’t have to be self-sacrifice, it can be warm and wonderful. But we all have a limit to what we give. Whether we’re talking about money, time or energy, giving comes from two places: Ego and / or Compassion.

Giving from compassion gets instant returns of good feelings. Giving from the ego gets a quick high or a quick low, but nothing long-lasting.

Learning to give to yourself first and foremost is how you give to others. How? Listen and find out!

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Filed Under: Behavior, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Personal Boundaries Tagged With: giving, personal boundaries, receiving

Personal Boundaries: Protect and Honor Who You Are at Your Core

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Boundaries are the rules we set up that dictate the people and experiences we allow into our lives. These rules also drive our decisions and behaviors, so that we can achieve a certain level of comfort and stability.

In other words, if you feel comfortable with someone, you share and give more of yourself. You can allow yourself to be more authentic, and feel vulnerable yet safe. These are the people you allow into what I like to call your “castle walls.”

If someone makes you feel uncomfortable, and they’re asking or pressuring you into doing things you don’t want to do, these are the people you keep out beyond the moat that surrounds your castle. You don’t let them cross the drawbridge, because if you do you’ll certainly compromise the integrity of your castle.

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Filed Under: Behavior, Codependency, Emotional Abuse, enabling, Human Potential, People Pleaser, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships, rescuer Tagged With: honoring yourself, How do I honor my personal boundaries?, How do I stand up for myself?, People keep walking all over me, People take advantage of me, personal boundaries

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