Podcast

#240- Stop Mentally Managing Your Life

By Shelley / April 6, 2018 /

#240- Stop Mentally Managing Your Life   When your head talks you in and out of things, it means your mind is in control and your emotions are out of reach. Mentally managing everything leads to second guessing your decisions so you’re never truly at peace. Anxiety kicks in and you become overwhelmed because you’re…

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#239- Journey of Attachment: Overreacting To What You Can’t Control

By Shelley / April 3, 2018 /

#239- Journey of Attachment: Overreacting To What You Can’t Control When things feel out of control, it can undermine you, sending you spiraling. You may find yourself in a pit of anxiety, despair, anger, etc. because you realize your control was an illusion. Maybe you wake up one morning and something sets you off, like an…

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#238- When a Relationship Ends and You Feel Like the Bad Guy

By Shelley / March 30, 2018 /

#238- When a Relationship Ends and You Feel Like the Bad Guy Do you ever regret how relationships end? I’m not talking strictly intimate relationships; this goes for all relationships: friends, colleagues, family, etc. When a relationship ends poorly, maybe you feel like the bad guy, regardless of your role. The problem is, it doesn’t stop…

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#237- Journey of Attachment: Taking Emotionally Risky Action

By Shelley / March 27, 2018 /

#237- Journey of Attachment: Taking Emotionally Risky Action The people who listen to my podcast are seeking some sort of change in their lives, but most want that change to live in their head. You may believe focusing on others or wanting external change will make a difference, but it doesn’t. Your mind is running…

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#236- The Art of Receiving

By Shelley / March 23, 2018 /

#236- The Art of Receiving If someone does something nice for you that’s unexpected, does that make you feel uncomfortable? Do you believe it puts you at a disadvantage because you owe them? Receiving is much harder than giving. Many people have a hard time receiving without feeling obligated to reciprocate because giving provides a…

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#235- Journey of Attachment: Fantasy Feelings in Unhealthy Relationships

By Shelley / March 20, 2018 /

#235- Journey of Attachment: Fantasy Feelings in Unhealthy Relationships Your perfect partner isn’t out there. You have expectations around the type of person you’re looking for, and there are often intense feelings associated with those expectations: highs and lows. You think chemistry is an indicator of what a healthy relationship looks like, but that’s not true.…

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#234- Why You Keep Choosing the Wrong Partner

By Shelley / March 16, 2018 /

#234- Why You Keep Choosing the Wrong Partner You have a dream or fantasy about what you THINK you want in another person, but because you’ve never experienced it, it’s only an idea—it’s not real. And it’s not necessarily what would serve you. It’s impossible to know what you connect with when all you’ve done is…

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#233- Journey of Attachment: You Can’t Change The Other Person

By Shelley / March 13, 2018 /

#233- Journey of Attachment: You Can’t Change The Other Person On some level you may think you can make other people change just because you want them to. You think if you change them, you’ll feel better. Well, you can’t and you won’t. Let’s say you have an argument with your partner and they promise…

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#232- My Feelings Don’t Matter

By Shelley / March 9, 2018 /

#232- My Feelings Don’t Matter We may intellectually know our feelings matter, but emotionally we don’t acknowledge them or even know how we really feel. So what happens? We end up discounting or disowning this HUGE part of us. And we think if we’re able to make someone else ok, we’ll be ok. In other words,…

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#231- Journey of Attachment: Pining For Someone Once the Relationship is Over

By Shelley / March 6, 2018 /

#231- Journey of Attachment: Pining For Someone Once the Relationship is Over Just because you leave a relationship, doesn’t mean it has left you. Do you ever stew in the aftermath of a relationship long after it’s gone, using it as an excuse not to move forward? Oh yeah, many of us have done that. And…

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