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The Overwhelmed Brain

Holding on to a lie to keep the relationship going

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni: Emotional Abuse and Relationship Expert

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2017

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

When you find out a lie that your partner has been holding on to for months or years, where does that leave the relationship? What if it's a minor lie and your relationship has been going great? Or what if it's a massive lie that you cannot get past? Matthew Bivens of the Having it A.L.L. podcast joins me to answer an email on this very subject in this special mid-week episode of TOB.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's a special episode of The Overwhelmed Brain right smack in the middle of the week.

0:04.3

Of course, this is pre-recorded, so if you're listening to this later, then you're probably not

0:08.4

experiencing it in the middle of the week right when it was released but you know if you're subscribed

0:13.2

then are you annoyed by affirmations are you tired of that same old rehashed

0:18.6

personal growth advice that all seems to boil down to think positively and all your problems will go away.

0:25.0

If affirmations feel like lies and positive thinking feels like denial,

0:31.0

then I want you to get ready.

0:33.2

The overwhelmed brain is here to help Kolyani. I am your host, a personal empowerment coach.

0:57.0

And I am here to help you increase your emotional intelligence, strengthen your self-worth and self-esteem, and empower you so that you can make decisions that are right for you.

1:06.0

Everything I talk about on this show is my personal opinion and is meant for informational and educational purposes only.

1:11.0

Always consult a physician before making any changes to your medical treatment.

1:16.0

And this is, like I said, a special episode of the overwhelmed brain.

1:20.0

It is not airing on a Sunday. It's airing on a Wednesday.

1:24.4

And the reason it's special is because I invited a guest on the show to talk about

1:29.3

a challenge that a

1:35.0

challenge that a listener is having and this is experimental. This is what I was hinting at in one of my episodes previously about having like a midweek show or something similar

1:41.0

where I would shorten the weekend episodes a little bit to then throw a weekend

1:46.1

show. I don't know if it's going to be shorter yet, but it is the beginning of a process of experimentation to find out where else we can take this show.

1:58.0

And one of the places I want to take it is outside of my brain in the sense that I'm still going to have my own insights and opinions on every episode,

2:10.0

but why not get someone else who has done their own healing and growth and evolving

2:15.6

to a place where they can now offer some advice, some suggestions, some wisdom,

2:21.7

so that you can get more to work with.

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