I just put out a new episode of Love and Abuse called When You Want Them To Hurt.

I talk about when the emotionally abusive behavior stops, you might have a lot of repressed

emotions that want to come out and make them feel what they put you through all that time.

If this sounds like something you can relate to, head over to Love and Abuse.com.

Life presents the toughest challenges. Every day you are faced with decisions that

test your ability to express who you really want to be in this world.

We're told to keep saying affirmations and keep thinking positively, but what do you do when

that stuff doesn't work? Welcome to the overwhelmed brain where you'll learn to make

decisions that are right for you so that you can create the life you want now.

Welcome to the show. My name is Paul Coliani and I am here to help you increase your emotional

intelligence, handle toxic situations with grace and ease and give you the tools to show up

as your authentic self. This show consists of my personal opinions and is meant for informational

purposes only. All right, I'm going to get right into this first message that I received.

It's regarding something I've not talked about. Well, I had to talk about this once, but

I'm going to get right into this and I'll tell you what I talked about if that makes sense.

My Paul, your work has been immensely helpful. Thank you. You're welcome.

About a year ago, my in-laws made the most disparaging and cruel statements about my child,

their grandchild. It was so damaging and hurtful that I divorced myself from that side of the

family. They've said many things that I put aside. I was always thinking that they were simply

better than me. I had a lot less self-esteem back when this was happening, but when they made a

specific disparaging comment, it brought back all the painful things that they have said over the

years under the facade of caring. The matriarch and the patriarch of that side of the family

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