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Hi and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday. It's Eve here.

I was chatting with a friend the other day and we were talking about previous relationships.

You know the ones that just did not end well. Well when I was in my twenties I had come

out of a really toxic relationship that had left me in a lot of debt and I was really struggling

to move past my anger about being left in such a predicament. And as a result that

anger fueled how I behaved in most of my relationships whether it was with family, friends, or even

at work and what I was putting out was truly only causing me more pain. And what I am referring

to here is cause and effect. It's layered over pretty much everything in life. Our actions

have consequences and it applies to everyone. What we put out into the world affects how

we interact with it and everyone around us. Likewise what everyone else puts out has consequences

on us, positive or negative. And of course we really feel it when something is done that

causes us pain or hurt. And when it comes to cause and effect we might understand it

intellectually. But we don't always live it as an experience. So for example we might

know that say drinking coffee right before we go to bed will probably keep us awake.

But we still repeat the act. Perhaps even often. Or maybe we're routinely rude or off-hand

to one particular person only to be surprised that they're not terribly friendly in return.

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