What can keep you stuck with the same results over and over again
The Overwhelmed Brain
Our childhood coping mechanisms shape our adult relationships. Sometimes the old fears keep us from moving into new, better territory, keeping us stuck where we are.
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Washing your hands of a problem that won't go away
The Overwhelmed Brain
Some problems won't go away until you walk away from them. But walking away can be hard... sometimes impossible. And sometimes it involves sacrifice. And is walking away the only answer?
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The pressure of sex and expectations in an established relationship
The Overwhelmed Brain
Sometimes emotional and sexual expectations can be challenging to balance in a long-term relationship... but do they have to be? Or is intimacy just difficult with certain people who seem entitled to receive it instead of trying to build it from the ground up?
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Feeling like you have no choice but to submit to ungrateful, uncaring people
The Overwhelmed Brain
You know the type: They do nothing and you do everything. In this episode, I share the struggle of a woman who has a rocky relationship with her adult daughter who moved back in with her. I share a lot of thoughts and lessons we can learn what we can do, if anything, when the other person in your life is making things unnecessarily harder.
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The partner who likes things as they are when you're just miserable
The Overwhelmed Brain
When you live with your romantic partner... And their relatives... And your partner doesn't seem to want that to change... What are your choices? Very hard question! I thought I'd tackle that today.
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The people who avoid you
The Overwhelmed Brain
Are you trying to reconnect with someone who’s unresponsive? Maybe they want nothing more to do with you and maybe you don't know why? And maybe this episode gives you the final step to take with others who seem like all they care about is avoiding you.
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The judgments you have about others that keep you unhappy
The Overwhelmed Brain
If you’ve ever found yourself trying to change someone's habits or feeling frustrated by their behaviors, this episode might help you learn what it takes to deal with and maybe even heal with someone you just can't seem to fully accept.
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How your coping mechanisms may be interfering with your happiness
The Overwhelmed Brain
How you cope with challenges affects... well... your whole life really! It can be helpful to know what your coping mechanisms are and where you learned them so that perhaps you can examine them and choose different responses in the future. If it were only that easy.
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The massive, impossible, overwhelming circumstances that make life feel hopeless
The Overwhelmed Brain
Problems can add up, compound, and create a situation so impossible to get out of that there seems to be no hope. Is it total defeat or is there anything you can do?
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Can you heal from the big reveal of your partner's past?
The Overwhelmed Brain
So you get someone special and you're feeling pretty good abou things, but then they reveal something they did in their past that takes all those good feelings away. Now you're not sure what to do about it. Can you get over it? Will you ever look at them the same way again? I tackle that specific issue in this episode.
info_outlineSome problems won't go away until you walk away from them. But walking away can be hard... sometimes impossible. And sometimes it involves sacrifice. And is walking away the only answer?