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MASTER MANAGING CONFRONTATIONS

I want to offer additional insight into managing yourself in toxic or  confrontational situations.    Any kind of perceived threat, conflict included, activates our danger-detecting networks and our body initiates a response. We either mobilize into action, freeze/withdrawal/disassociate, or move into an approval seeking, eager-to-please mode.     All of these are automatic body responses so …

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THE INNER CRITIC

Your inner critic can be more poisonous to your psychological health than almost any trauma or loss.   Trauma and loss fade over time, but the critic is always with you – judging, blaming, and finding fault.  The first thing you should know about your inner critic is that no matter how distorted and false the …

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