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

podcast.

Our musical inspiration for today's episode comes from The Sisters of Mercy, an old goth band

with the classic goth hit called Marion.

I thought it was a good song to set us in the mood for our topic today

because today we are going to be once again, once again,

driving this golf cart into the darkness together

and talking about the power of your subconscious mind and not just to understand

it but really for the purpose of using it and managing it and also trusting it so that it doesn't

interfere with your ability to make decisions and create good outcomes for yourself

and your life, but also for the purpose of learning how to trust it.

So that is what we're doing today on the show just in time for Halloween.

And I wanted to address this topic specifically for a variety of reasons. But I think the

biggest one is that, as you probably know, I get a lot of listener questions. You know, people

email and ask about all kinds of things, and I welcome that. I mean,

that's really what this show is about, is helping you and providing hopefully useful information

that supports your journey of growth. So that's really what I'm doing here. But I have found

it interesting that lately I have a lot of people getting in touch with me, asking for advice, but for situations that are often much more complex and that can't really be resolved without a high degree of self-awareness and intentional effort. And also, there's a certain quality to

some of them that people feel very powerless. And let me give you a couple of examples. So here

are a few recent questions that I've edited for clarity. But, you know, a typical one is, Dr. Lisa, why am I having these

really frustrating dynamics and communication patterns happening in my relationship over and over again?

Or, Dr. Lisa, how can I get my partner to behave differently? That's a fun one. Dr. Lisa, why do I keep

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