Posts by Tracy Crossley
#576 – Journey Of Attachment: Why Does There Always Have To Be a Bad Guy?
#576 – Journey Of Attachment: Why Does There Always Have To Be a Bad Guy? How often do you look for the enemy in your life? Whether it’s a partner who can’t commit, a condescending boss or an entitled rich person, labeling them as the bad guy can make you feel better about yourself. After…
Read More#575 – Journey Of Attachment: Setting Boundaries (REBROADCAST)
#575 – Journey Of Attachment: Setting Boundaries (REBROADCAST) You may think boundaries are set for the benefit of others, and get angry when they aren’t followed. But you probably go against your own boundaries all the time without realizing it. People take their cues from how you treat yourself, so if you’re upset about putting…
Read More#574 – Journey Of Attachment: You Are Not Worthless. How To Change Your Tune!
#574 – Journey Of Attachment: You Are Not Worthless. How To Change Your Tune! Go ahead, buy that car. You’re worth it. Your well-earned promotion will finally show people you have arrived. How do you measure your worth? Is it by what other people label as important, or what you feel inside? Will chasing money,…
Read More#573 – Journey Of Attachment: Instead of Trying to Fix People, Try This Instead
#573 – Journey Of Attachment: Instead of Trying to Fix People, Try This Instead Your partner is a narcissist or an avoidant or emotionally unavailable… or some other label you have assigned to him/her. You’ve read up about how to deal with people like that, and have taken it upon yourself to fix them. You…
Read MoreMoving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Marilyn Alauria
#572 – Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Marilyn Alauria “I’m like Bewitched with a lot of vodka!” Meet psychic medium Marilyn Alauria. From the age of three she had psychic experiences, but she didn’t know that’s what they were. As a kid she was constantly told it was just her imagination…
Read More#571 – Journey Of Attachment: Feel Criticized? How To Let It Go and Be Happy
#571 – Journey Of Attachment: Feel Criticized? How To Let It Go and Be Happy Someone makes an off-handed remark and you bristle. Or they criticize you and you go into full-blown defensive mode before you dissolve into a million pieces. Why does this happen? Why are you so sensitive to some things while others…
Read More#570 – Journey Of Attachment: Breaking the Toxic Anxious-Avoidant Relationship Cycle
#570 – Journey Of Attachment: Breaking the Toxic Anxious-Avoidant Relationship Cycle The same dance happens all the time in unhealthy relationships between an anxious and an avoidant. The anxious struggles with self-value so they perform: see me, pay attention to me! This neediness causes the avoidant to run. But then, when the avoidant is away,…
Read More#569 – Journey Of Attachment: Did I Say Something Stupid? Examining Your Communication Style
#569 – Journey Of Attachment: Did I Say Something Stupid? Examining Your Communication Style You just said something that pissed off your partner. But geez, you were only joking. Then your friend asked for your opinion about what they were wearing, and was hurt by what you said. It seems like you’re always stepping on…
Read More#568 – The Journey of Attachment: The Not So Rare Avoidant/Anxious Attachment Type (REBROADCAST)
#568 – The Not So Rare Avoidant/Anxious Attachment Type (REBROADCAST) Insecure attachment issues are very painful. Some may be familiar with John Bowlby’s attachment theory on childhood development. I talked about these in Podcast #63: Your Attachment Style, and encourage you to listen to it for an overview. Here I take the Anxious/Avoidant style a…
Read MoreMoving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Jill de Jong
#567 – Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Jill de Jong From a small village in Holland to the international modeling scene, Jill de Jong led an adventurous but exhausting life. At 17 she moved to Milan, working long days and sleeping on planes. After four years of missed birthdays and weddings,…
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