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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. Hello and welcome to the overwhelmed brain. My name is Paul Kolyani and I'm

here to help you increase your emotional intelligence so that you can avoid dysfunction, handle toxic situations

with grace and ease, and show up as your authentic self.

Everything I talk about on this show is my personal opinion and is meant for

informational and educational purposes only. Always consult a medical or

psychological professional before making any changes that could affect your

physical or mental health.

All right I thought it would be a good idea to talk about that could affect your physical or mental health.

All right, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about something that came across my desk,

and that is an idea that you may have heard about before and that is who you surround yourself with,

you're kind of the sum of those people.

It's from an old Jim Roan quote that says you are the average of the people that you hang around with most and I'm paraphrasing but you get the idea is who you end up being how you end up feeling how you end up thinking and how you end up thinking and how you see the world are really

interconnected or at least related or associated with somehow to the people in your life because

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