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The Overwhelmed Brain, 659 episodes. Page 6 of 7.

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Mother treats me badly - Early warning signs in relationships - You are not that - Bypassing intuition

502

When "I Know" prevents healing - How to be a safe partner - When others bypass your intuition

503

The no-win conversation - Lashing out at others - Blame the cheater not yourself

504

Success via stress - Never too old - judging others when you do the same thing - The guilt of the infidel

505

Obsessing about people - Can your marriage heal if you grow - Online shaming

506

See me, Judge me - Is your opinion really that important?- Stop Oversharing - What is No Contact?

507

Trusting Your Gut - Can You Reconcile with Someone You've Hurt - Making Decisions Easier

508

Blaming Others for Everything - Does time heal? - The overworking ADD partner - Hanging up on family

509

Wanting someone who doesn't want you - The price of inauthenticity - When you want someone to get help

510

Criticism and how you are like them - How to start the therapeutic process - The damage to the soul when someone dies

511

So What You're Afraid - Avoiding Unavoidable People - To Start Anew or Wait for the Old

512

Feeling Unworthy by Comparison - Your Partner's Controlling Parent - Breakdown of Narcissism - Recycling Dysfunction

513

Handling negative feedback - Stop worrying about everything - Enabling is disabling - Guilt and apologies

514

Does Authenticity Make You Cringe - Getting Past Your Partner's Past - Building Rapport with People

515

Rekindling with toxic family - The long-term results of honoring yourself - Even the victim plays a role - Contact or no contact your ex

516

All those years wasted with your ex - When hope works against you - Under the stream of negative emotions

517

Identifying Your Sense of Self - Overcoming the Guilt of Leaving the Emotional Abuser - Diminishing Emotional Triggers

518

When You Haven't Achieved Life Goals Yet - Walking the Line Between Partner and Consoler - Waiting for Your Ex to Return to the Relationship

519

Starting Sex Before the Bedroom - Achieving Closure After the Breakup - Attracting Authentic People

520

Fear-Based Decision Making - Wanting more than friendship - Giving it all away for free

521

Holding on to regrets and resentments - What is healthy communication? - When it can't get any worse

522

When it's time to call it quits in a relationship - Weaning family off you - Finding Purpose

523

Don't Want You in My Mind - Spouse's Parents Don't Like Me - Most Important Relationship Lessons - Standing in Other's Shoes

524

What are Guilt and Shame - Fearing Rejection and Abandonment - Solving All Your Problems

525

Suicidal Thoughts - You're Not Alone - The Big Picture in Relationships - Taking Time to Heal Loneliness

526

Emotionally Needy People - Tapping into your Foundation - I Didn't Ask For Your Advice - Fighting Desires

527

Failing the Challenge - Silent Abuse in Relationships - Depressed and Unmotivated - Appreciating What Works

528

Committing to a Decision - Chronic Pain and Suffering - Trouble Receiving - Expanding Beyond You

529

Surviving the Crisis - Self-Perpetuating Abuse - Building Resilience Through Criticism

530

Settling for a job because you can't find anything better

531

Overcoming General Unease - When Nothing Works Out in Life - Questioning Trust in Relationships

532

The Abused Mind and Mixed Signals in Relationships - Still Mourning - Overcoming Your Overwhelmed Brain

533

Breaking Through Obsessive Thoughts - Is Everyone Toxic? - The Real Issue in the Relationship

534

Bad Luck and Great Fortune - Stuck with No Way Out - Small Lies and Big Problems - Advice For Life

535

Judging Others - Moving from Guilt to Great - Guilt is a Path to Compassion

536

When love isn't enough - Will marriage fix dysfunction? - Untying selfishness from personal boundaries - Tolerating abuse

537

Racism does not make good rapport - Can Separation save your relationship_ - The standards of a good relationship

538

Why do we dream - The baggage of new love - You either give or take

539

The Formula for Friendship - Tuning Into the Yellow Flags of Betrayal - Trusting Relationships

540

Forget New Years Resolutions, Let's Talk About Commitment and Compatibility

541

A Journey into Jealousy - The Dysfunctional Family Holiday Season - Their Emotions are not Your Responsibility

542

The Emotional Healing Journey - To Express or Not To Express - Focus on Yourself

543

The partner who'd rather be anywhere but home - Honoring myself everywhere but home - The present moment

544

The Toxic Episode - The toxic relationship - Validating toxic friends - Enabling Toxic Behavior

545

The Spiritual Lessons Connecting the Past to Present - Letting Family Hit Rock Bottom - Alone on the Holidays

546

Getting better at receiving - Recovering from abusive love - Living with the affair

547

Selfish or self-sustaining? - The mom who wasn't there for me - Obsession about my partner's history

548

Begin Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse

549

The Meaning of Communication - Guilt by Manipulation - Obsessing Over the Ex

550

The Pattern of Anxiety - Saving Anger Only For Those Closest to You

551

Laughing at Criticism - There Are No Terrible Children - Fixing Your Own Toxic Behavior

552

Measuring Your Worth and Esteem - Jealous and Insecure in the Relationship

553

The Silent Treatment - The Drawbacks of Non-Confrontational Behavior - Permission to Hate

554

Indecision and Stagnation - Realizations of a New, Bad Marriage - Music and Emotions

555

Losing Your Identity in the Relationship - The Brilliant, Worthy You - Exes as Friends - The Right Partner

556

The Bad First Impression - Living with Debilitating Pain - Fear of Doing Whats Right For You

557

The Yeah But Mentality - Life After Abuse - Rejecting Former Friends

558

Building emotional deficit - Can't find or keep friends - In Love But Still Cheated

559

My Partner Changed But Is It Too Late - Guilt About Leaving the Marriage - More Manipulative People

560

The Dysfunction of The New Normal - Offending Defensive People

561

Strength in vulnerability - What if divorce is a mistake? - Never happy without someone else in my life

562

The choice to confront - Release the pressure of negativity - can long distance love work

563

When people don't like you - Is it time to get a divorce - Some family isn't healthy to keep

564

The secrets that we keep - Feeling overexposed and hollow inside - Lonely when you are not alone

565

Getting control back - The small door out of depression - The unforever soulmate - Emotionally disconnected partners

566

You still have to do the work - Protecting your kids from dysfunction - The chain of thoughts

567

Taking the opposite advice - I feel unlovable and unwanted

568

Learning your boundaries - Utilizing anger in a healthy way - Accepting the limitations of others

569

Acting from Integrity - Balancing personal growth with relationship growth - Knowing when you are out of love - Making the right choices

570

The Kids Episode - For Kids And The Kid In You

571

Healing from New Age Thinking - The fears in honoring yourself - The stolen childhood of Adult Children of Alcoholics

572

The relationship you have with yourself - Wanting the anxiety to go away - Enabling abusive people

573

The Process of Self-Sabotage - You don't have to forgive everyone - Anxiety all the time

574

Codependency: The Subtle Erosion of Love and Connection

575

Depending on Abusive People - When Physical Pain Will Not End - Should You Take Someone Who Desperately Wants You

576

How your needs drive your behavior and motivation

577

You Are Not Alone in Your Challenges But May Feel Alone in Your Relationship

578

Resolving Emotions Mindfully - I'm Not Cheating So Whats The Big Deal

579

Keep Showing Up and Bringing Value - Dealing With The Pain of Lost Love and Starting the Healing

580

Kids Humiliating Kids - My Boss is Irrational - Enablers Give Their Dependents a Free Ride - The Meaning of Spirituality

581

You Cannot Control Every Thought - Taking the Leap Into The Improved You - Making Empowered Decisions Around Family

582

The Abused Mind in Relationships - A Listener Gets Cheated On And Kicked Out - Wanting Others To Do What You Believe is Right

583

Spotting the Red Flags of Incongruent Metaphysical Teachings - Keeping Your Cool at Work - Empowering Others

584

Healing And Growing From The Dysfunction of Childhood - The Depression of Sexuality

585

Aligning With Fulfillment - The Disrespecting Unloving Relationship - Brain Trick For Eliminating Negative Emotions

586

The Emotional Debt of Financial Debt - A Listener Works Minimum Wage and Owes Two Hundred Thousand for College - You Are a Specialist

587

A Yes Person Can Say No - Fear While Talking to People - Even a Goldfish has Emotions

588

Transforming the Jerk - Ask Paul About Waiting During a Long Distance Relationship - Making a Contingency Plan in Case of a Break Up or Divorce

589

A Perspective on Living with Chronic Pain - Coming Out in the World and Broadcasting Your True Self

590

The Snapping Point of Lasting Change and Finding Compassion When People are Petty

591

Standing Up For Yourself Is The Right Thing - Getting Resistance While Honoring Your Boundaries - A Listener Stops Listening and Calls Me Out

592

The physical symptoms of emotional turmoil - The Unfaithful Husband and the Wife Who Never Let it Go - A Story of Giving for the Holidays

593

Finding peace when so many people are suffering - Listener email about desperately wanting to save a relationship - inner emotion expressed outwardly through voice and movement

594

"I Want to End My Life" - A Letter from a 14 Year Old Considering Suicide - Special Episode

595

Gain Empowerment and Inner Strength by Accepting that Death Could Be The Outcome

596

The One You Feed - The Good Wolf Interview with Eric Zimmer - Then I Talk on Depression and Beliefs then Close the Show with Gratitude.

597

Changing Bad Habits, an Inspiring Letter from Someone with an Eating Disorder , and Jared Fogle and Antisocial Personality Disorder - or the Sociopath

598

Eliminating Negative Memories, the Yin Yang of Masculine and Feminine, and Emotional Detachment

599

Getting the Big Picture in Arguments, Honoring Personal Boundaries with Parents, and Creating the Life You Want

600

Self-Worth, Self-Esteem and Choosing to Handle Situations as the Child or the Adult