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The Circle of Trust – Do you know who’s in yours & why? Are you even inside your own circle?

By On April 10, 2013 · 217 Comments

If you’ve ever watched the hilarious comedy Meet The Parents, a tale of male nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) who spends the weekend at his girlfriend’s parents home and has to deal with her nightmare father played by Robert De Niro, you will recall how part of poor Greg’s stress is about being [...]

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Calming That Anxiety – When You Feel Jittery In a New Relationship

By On April 1, 2013 · 117 Comments

While there’s a lot to be said for “You won’t know until you go out there and try”, if you don’t get into the habit of doing the mental equivalent of pulling over on the side of the road when you feel anxious and then asking you, “What’s really going on here?” [...]

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Phased In Commitment – Reality based instead of hope based commitment

By On March 27, 2013 · 300 Comments

In the past I used to commit to air aka ‘hope’ with heavy notes of bullshit. This set me up to be repeatedly disappointed by effectively Future Faking myself (projecting a future so I could get away with or get stuff in the present) and [...]

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“Help! I’m scared of trusting!” Relax! There’s no need to be so ‘tight’ with trust!

By On November 2, 2012 · 181 Comments

You know how it is. You have one too many dodgy experiences of trusting someone when you shouldn’t have or feeling like you have to pick the broken pieces of you and your life up off the floor, that you decide to take some time out to work on you and [...]

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You’ll Learn To Trust Again When You Learn To Trust You

By On October 28, 2011 · 118 Comments

Many BR readers struggle with learning to trust themselves and learning to trust again. It’s particularly tricky if it feels like you went out on a limb and got burnt. Badly.

You then struggle to wrap your head around the fact that you may have been with a

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