Jan 20 - It's a shame I know, but I haven't always loved my name. So I did what I could to feel better about myself.

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Jan 19 - The cycle of breaking up and making up is another way we avoid healing. The fear of losing someone, the idea of all or nothing, coming back because its familiar are places you need to address in your own self esteem.

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Jan 18 - Being a side piece is fun until someone catches feelings and then you have to deal with why it isnt enough and how to solve that.

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Jan 17 - Sometimes we find ourselves wondering why we attract unavailable people and forget that there is a comfort in not being fully committed that we need to heal ourselves.

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Jan 16 - There are situations when we are convinced that if the other person in the relationship would just change, that you would be happier. But there is a part of this that concerns us too and not looking at where could prevent or stop behaviour that hurts us is another way we avoid healing.

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Jan 15 - Another way we avoid healing our own traumas is when we focus on someone's potential and ignore the red flags along the way.

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Jan 14 - Ever read all you can about a subject, just never get around to implementing those ideas? What is the worth of all that knowledge then?

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Jan 13 - Sometimes we focus on how others hurt us and forget to see how we could have stopped it, warned them, set a boundary, or communicate differently.

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Jan 12 - Sometimes we stall our healing by taking responsibility for someone else's feelings. This doesn't give us a chance to acknowledge or heal our own.

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Jan 11 - Decided to take one post and break it down in sections. In this episode I'm talking about how dating someone as a project is a way that we avoid our own healing.

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