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The Terri Cole Show

87 How to Stop Over Functioning Now

The Terri Cole Show

Terri Cole

Relationships, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

"If you don't start to balance out who's doing what in the relationship, the relationship will either become super toxic or will end." - Terri Cole

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0:00.0

This is Hello Freedom and I'm your host Terry Cole.

0:09.5

For almost two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist and transformation coach, and on this show I will bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights and observations

0:22.8

from my time on the front lines of the fascinating worlds

0:25.6

of entertainment, impairment, and mental health.

0:28.6

Now let's get going with today's episode. Well, hello and welcome to Hello Freedom. I'm your host Terry Cole, which

0:39.8

you know. I'm so psyched that you guys decided to hang out with me for a little bit today.

0:44.6

Today it's just me yacking about one of my favorite subjects.

0:49.2

So is there some psychological angle I'm interested in talking about with you.

0:53.0

So I'm going to start by asking you a couple of questions to see if this is relevant to you.

0:59.0

So if you see that something needs to be done at your office and you work in a team, do you

1:07.0

just do it? When you are seeing someone in your family or in your life or someone that you care

1:12.3

about who's failing,

1:13.4

who's making bad choices, who's doing the wrong thing and getting themselves into

1:17.4

trouble. Do you over-function and then over-function some more.

1:23.0

Does this sound familiar to you,

1:26.0

that there's a thought somewhere unconsciously or consciously in your mind

1:30.0

that if something needs to be done, you must be the one to do it or it won't get done.

1:40.0

So I bet a bunch of you are nodding your heads out there.

1:43.4

Does this sound familiar?

1:44.6

Does it feel real to you?

1:46.8

When I was younger, I had this sense,

1:48.8

this very real sense of over-responsibility for everything in my life and in my family and everywhere every

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