Category: self help
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The Mind of A Predator
Recently, I saw a movie called, “Spotlight.” It is the story about the Boston Globe Newspaper’s exposure of the massive and systematic coverup by the Catholic Church of 249 priests molesting over 1000 children in Boston, Massachusetts. The Catholic Churches throughout the world to include the Pope and the Vatican knew, covered up, and allowed…
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How Trauma and Suffering Change Us
Yesterday, I went rocking climbing and deep water soloing with a group of twenty-something. My time with these friends who have not experienced as many of life’s sufferings/traumas including divorce, death, and illness are very different from my older friends who are experiencing divorce (sometimes for the second time), death of their family members, and…
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Empowering the Victim
Throughout my life, many have harmed me including my parents, partners, and coworkers. I gave off victim energy for a long time due to many lifetimes of unresolved trauma. These traumatic experiences left emotional wounded energy within my energy field, and this wounded energy can be felt by others. As a result, I fell prey…
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Actively Letting Go
I am actively letting go of my present life that is something I have never done before. What I am doing in my life now takes courage and bravery, I think. During the past several weeks, I have been actively saying good-bye to those in my current life. I tell them that I am seeking…
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Awareness of Drama
As a practitioner of objective observation of my own life and those around me, I have become very aware of those who try to draw me into their drama. Drama is most commonly driven by self loathing, lack of self esteem or worth, lashing out from internal emotional pain, or repeating a learned negative behavior.…
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What Underlies Our Lies
As you can see from my earlier posts, I have been contemplating why people lie. There are several reasons people lie. We lie because we feel shame, fear of being disliked or disapproved, and fear punishment or the consequences. Even when we believe we tell white lies so as not to hurt others, it is…
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Letting Go of Toxic People through Forgiveness
Spirituality does not mean to be positive all the time. To be awakened is to be mindful and aware of your life and your current existence. Although I have forgiven many people who hurt and wounded me, it does not mean that they are accepted back into my life. These people were toxic, mentally or…
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Ego at Work
Awareness of ego is so tricky. It’s like trying to see our self image without a mirror or reflection. The ego projects a certain image of ourselves in our minds that is not realistically accurate. This unrealistic image may be that we are more attractive, smarter, more spiritual, therefore, we are better than others,…
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The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
There is a doctrine in criminal law that information derived from illegal searches by the police may not be admitted as evidence in a court of law. Even any information flowing from information from an illegal search may not be admitted as evidence in a court of law. This doctrine is called the the Fruit…
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The Source of Your Happiness
This weekend, I spent a lovely Sunday having brunch and spending the day with my two close girlfriends. We shared about our struggles and difficulties with our respective lives. We talked about how others in our lives directly effect our moods and emotions. In turn, affecting our happiness. This was a great opportunity to…
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