This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success

podcast.

That's The Visit Art by the band The Tunnel.

I am recording this leading up to Halloween.

I love this time of year, not least of which is because I get to trot out gothy music for you, you guys.

You little Gen Zs and millennials, I'm keeping it alive.

So I hope you enjoy it. And in addition to

entertaining myself, I am also playing this to set the mood for our topic today. Because today

we're going to be talking about yet another kind of deep and important issue that will benefit you and your love,

happiness, and success to learn a little bit more about. We are talking about shadow work.

As always, today's topic is about me doing my best to support you on your journey of growth. I have recently

been getting a number of questions on the blog at growingself.com through Instagram, through

Facebook that are in this category of Dr. Lisa, why do I do this? And the this can be many different things.

It can be why do I have the same pattern and relationships over and over? Why do I make choices that I later regret?

Why do I do things that I know are not really in

alignment with my long-term goals, hopes, or even values? Like I had somebody get in touch

with me not too long ago. It was like, Dr. Lisa, why do I lie to my partner? And these kinds of questions

are hard. And they're very real. And I hear and feel the intention behind them, which is that

you really legitimately do not understand why you do

the things that you do. And without that clarity and self-awareness, feeling, feeling like

a little helpless or even hopeless about being able to change these patterns and behave in a way

that is more consistent with who you want to be.

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