These are my personal opinions. Always seek a professional when you're making choices about your mental health and well-being.

Welcome to the show. My name is Paul Koliani. If this is your first time tuning in, I'm glad that you are here, and I don't have anything exciting to say. I'm just going to be myself and tell you what I know.

And I'll tell you what I've learned over the years.

And this is one of those shows that hopefully teaches you how to respond and react to people

and to things that happen to you.

The challenges that come to you through throughout life.

This is the show about navigating the difficult challenges of life.

And I mostly talk about how we relate to others.

It's about emotional intelligence and showing up in the most, not positive way, but healthiest

way possible so that you don't bring any more or any toxicity into your life.

With that out of the way, if you're a long time listener, welcome back.

Somebody wrote to me and said, I moved out and I'm back home to be closer to my family

and grandkids and moving was the best thing I could have done. After listening to your podcast,

I realized how my ex swindled his way into my life while I was vulnerable. Thanks to you

in your podcast, I'm very much aware of predators of the vulnerable. Well, that's a great way to say it, and unfortunately, I'm so

sorry that you went through that. So when I moved back home, I started work. I had my own place

and was enjoying my peace. Until one day, I was leaving work, and I saw my ex waiting for me at my

vehicle. After a brief discussion, he left, but I was skeptical whether he actually left or was waiting

to follow me home.

He didn't know where I live, so I went to a family member's house and we did a vehicle

switch to see if my ex was following me.

It worked.

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