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#380- Catch Yourself A Happy Fish When it comes to partners, do you pick ones who are generally happy or generally miserable? Do they walk around with a dark cloud overhead, complaining all the time, or do they smile when doing small tasks like folding the laundry? The people you are drawn to reflect your…
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#379- Journey of Attachment: Were You a Sensitive Kid? Did things affect you deeply as a kid, feeling overly sensitive to everything around you? I used to feel my doll’s pain, my stuffed animals’ pain, and even a caterpillar’s pain! Maybe your heart ached when someone got yelled at (or when you were yelled at).…
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#378- Focus On You—You Beautiful Thing! You have spent your life doing for others, worried that if you don’t put them first, they’ll leave… or at the very least they’ll be mad at you. It’s exhausting, however, so you want to start prioritizing yourself and your growth. You know you’ll feel better, shed the resentment…
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Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming My Darkest Moment JOSH SPENCER In this episode of “Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming My Darkest Moment” I talk with Josh Spencer, paraplegic of 23 years and owner of the Last Bookstore in Los Angeles. Listen in as he takes us through his darkest moment that he experienced at the young age…
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#377- Journey of Attachment: I Left My Controlling Mate and Now I’m Attached to Another One You finally called it quits with your partner who always told you what to do and when to do it. You complained about how he/she controlled you or manipulated you, so ending the relationship felt like a huge relief.…
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#376- Letting Go Of Who You Think You’re Supposed To Be Do you have an image in your head of who you are supposed to be? And does that image contradict who you actually are? These images often stem from a need for love and respect, thinking the only way to have either is by…
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#375- Journey of Attachment: Liars, Cheaters and Lack of Trust You don’t trust your partner. He/she is lying and cheating… or you’re afraid they are. Maybe you have an ex who cheated on you so you are hyper-aware of certain behavior. Like if you see your partner acting flirty with someone, which sends you into…
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#374- Stop Chasing Happiness Do you believe happiness exists outside of you? That once your partner FINALLY gets a clue, or you lose 10 pounds or you get that promotion or you buy that house, you’ll be happy? You think if you work hard at achieving your goals, you’ll be rewarded with happiness. Sure, you…
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#373- Journey of Attachment: Staying Too Long And Making Excuses Your relationship isn’t going well. Perhaps your partner is verbally or emotionally abusive, threatening to leave or causing you harm. But there are good sides to him/her too, which you don’t want to discount, so you focus on that and make excuses for their bad…
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#372- I Look Like the Jerk Most of us act like a jerk at times—that’s just life. Some work really hard to prove they are not a jerk by overcompensating while others double-down on their behavior and defensively say, “I don’t care what people think!” Both are avoidant, fearful reactions based on how others perceive…
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