Wiggle Room
By Todd Smith
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It only takes a little wiggle room to find freedom. Situations don't have to change, just a little shift in thinking is enough. If you're interested in unraveling stressful stories, this podcast is for you. Join facilitator Todd Smith once a week as he demonstrates The Work of Byron Katie, a simple way to find peace in any situation. Todd answers questions about The Work, shares his personal experiences, and leads participants through this process for you to witness.
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Can You Question Statements like, “He MIGHT be mad at me”? + She Is Blabbing to Her Friends About My Pending Eviction
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May 15, 2024 |
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What if Your Partner Is Negative About The Work? + My House Is Going to Burn Down + The World of One-Liners
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May 08, 2024 |
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How to Go Deeper With Questions 1 and 2 of The Work + What Is the Unusual Turnaround of The Work? + Do You Move on Too Quickly?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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How to Approach Strongly Stressful Situations + Tips for Finding the Real Stressful Thought to Question
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Can Faded, Minor Incidents From The Past Be Worked? + She Will Get Worse If She Doesn’t Get This Medicine
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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I'm Missing Something (By Not Having A Partner) + The Trip-Wire Method of Identifying Stressful Thoughts
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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He Experiences Too Much Pain For A Kid His Age + Think Small, Not Big
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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How Do You Know If You're Doing The Work The Right Way? + Ideas On How To Fill In Line 4 Of The JYNW + The Mirror Principle
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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They Didn’t Listen To Me + How To “Get Out” Of Your Mind When Doing The Work
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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I’m Not Spending Enough Time At Home + I Shouldn’t Have Stress (Because Everything Is Going Fine) + How To Question General Beliefs
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Can You Use The Work to Make Decisions? + If Someone Else Builds, It will Be A Disaster
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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How Do You Know You're Open Enough To Do The Work? + Is The Work Asking Me To Become Too Naive?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Is It Good To Go Back And Read Your Past Worksheets? + Answers Always The Same In Question 4? Going Deep Enough?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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I Want Them To See Me As A Wise Teacher + It’s So Freeing Not to Believe That I Have To Be Competent
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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I Need Them To Get Our Accounts Straightened Out + Interruptions Are Tests
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Initial Motivation To Do The Work Beginning To Fade? + Can You Do The Work When You're Highly Triggered?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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I Will Never Find A Place Like That Again + How To Do The Work When There Is More Than One Emotion
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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How Do You Do The Work On Shame? + I Want My Dog To Like Me + Are You Pushing Your Abuser Down?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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If I Find A Better Thought To Question, Should I Move To It? + I Can't Break That Commitment
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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He Took Advantage Of All Of Us + Does The Work Point Us Towards Going into Denial?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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I Want To Do More For A Friend In Financial Need But I Don't Know How + Why The Mind Keeps Looping
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Why Removing “Should” From Your Vocabulary Is Not Enough To Find Peace + When To Use The OBAAT And When To Use the JYNW + How To Use The Work In A Completely Gentle Way
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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My Examples When Working “I’m Feeling Like A Failure” Seem Too Intellectual + When Working “I Can’t Say No,” Which Is Better, JYNW or OBAAT Worksheet? + If I Do The Work On My Anxiety About My Child, Will It Make Me Stop Caring?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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If Guilt Helps Motivate Me, Why Would I Want To Let It Go? + If Negative Emotions Are Bad, Why Would We Have Them? + Reconnecting With My Father Is Going To Make Me Feel Like I Did In The Past
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Will The Work Explain Away Your Own Reasonable Instincts? + Can Doing The Work On A Narcissistic Relationship Cause Spiritual Bypassing? + What To Do When Question 4 Of The Work Is Too Scary to Continue?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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What To Expect From The Work A Few Years Down The Road + What Is The Difference Between A Want And A Need? + Why Bother about Differences between Wants, Shoulds, and Needs?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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How Do You Do The Work Everyday When You’re Not Feeling Stressed? + Wanting Without Wanting
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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How Can The Work Help Me Make Decisions? + I Need To Make A Decision About This + The Work and Decision-Making Are Two Different Things
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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What To Do When The Turnaround Is Just Not True? + How Do I Judge Someone Else When My Thoughts Are About Me? + Getting Clearer About The "Unusual Turnaround" + Is Nice How You Define A Good Person?
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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I Should Have Closed The Windows + I Feel Like I'm Just Jumping To Conclusions In Question 4 + Demystifying The Inner World
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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She Made The Decision Without Including Me + When Am I Going To Deal With My Emotions?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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It Would Be So Much Easier If I Had A Lot Of Money + Mental/Emotional Indigestion And How To Overcome It
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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He's Not Playing By The Rules + The Work Is Nothing But A Game Of "Warmer/Colder"
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Resistance to Doing The Work + Alarms Are Supposed To Be Annoying
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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They Are Thwarting Me + Constant Adjustment To Reality
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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There's Not Enough Time Left To Save The Planet + A Formula For Growth
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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She Should Be A Real Friend + Turning Around My Approach To Friendships
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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I Don't Want To Generalize My Class + The Photography Principle
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Doing The Work When The Mind Jumps To Different Situations + Can You Do The Work On A Feeling? + The Work Is Like Learning A Language
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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I Want Him To Marry Me + The Work Is Nothing But A Game Of "Warmer/Colder"
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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How Do You Keep Yourself Grounded When Doing The Work? + I Hate To Feel Powerless + The Work Is Preventive Medicine
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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I Don't Want The Three Of Them To Come Visit All At Once + The Work Is Messy
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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She Should Pay Attention + The Work of Byron Katie Is Forgiveness
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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My Body Is My Doctor's Business + Dealing With The Mental Aspect Of Chronic Pain
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May 31, 2023 |
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I Don't Want To Do This Again + I'm Treating My Computers Too Roughly + Adding Some Grace To My Workflow
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May 24, 2023 |
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I Wish I Was The Expert So I Could Make A Decision + How To Stop Beating Yourself Up With The Turnarounds
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May 17, 2023 |
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Is It Okay if The Work Drags Me Out of the Situation? + With A Big Issue, Is It More Efficient To Break It Down? + When I’m in a Group, I Need to Think of Something Interesting to Say + The Work Is Not An Intellectual Exercise
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May 10, 2023 |
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She Will Throw Me Out Again + The Work Is Yoga
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May 03, 2023 |
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They Are Rubbing It In + Are You Stressed By Criticism?
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Climate Change Is Actually Coming Now + My Favorite Ways To Give And Receive Feedback
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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How To Use The Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet In The Heat Of The Moment + Can the Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet Be Used As a Communication Tool? + Transcending Family "Rules"
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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I Hate Cats + Emotional Immunity
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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I Am A Burden + Struggle: Why We Do It And How To Stop
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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How To Do The Work "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" + I Might Make The Wrong Choice + The Happiness Equation
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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What Can You Do When Doing The Work Brings Up Big Topics? + I Need To Have A "Why" To Say No + Let Your Emotional Part Answer The Questions
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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I Should Have Listened To Myself + The Value of a Deadline When Doing The Work
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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How Do I Explore, "I'm Not Good Enough," with The Work? + I Need To Save Money + A Roadmap for Doing The Work of Byron Katie
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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I Need To Spend As Little As Possible + How To Find The Thought To Question About A Spot On My Tooth? + How To Not Be a Burden (Or Be Burdened)
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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What To Do If My Wants And Needs Are Similar? + My Wife Shouldn't Feel Bad + How Has The Work Helped You?
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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I Am In A Loop That Is Never Going To Change + Making An Effort vs. Taking It As It Comes
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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I Don't Want to Use Medicine + Socializing Your Inner Pet
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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The Anger Doesn't Go Away + Am I Being Too Careless As A Result of The Work? + The Work Works If You Work It
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Is There A Point In Doing The Work Where There Is No More Stress? + He Doesn't Know How To Handle His Emotions + I'm Going Nowhere With The Work
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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It Will Be Painful To Do The Work + If Facilitating Is Easy, Why Is There So Much Training?
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Do I Have To Go Back To The Stressful Feeling When Doing The Turnarounds? + I Should Be Playing More Time + Needs: Should I Honour Them Or Question Them?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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How Do You Get Out Of The Cerebral Aspect Of The Work? + Should You Always Stay In A Specific Situation? + I'm Not Going To Make It + Dog Teaches Non-Attachment
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Things Shouldn’t Have To Go Very Wrong Before They Go Right + How To Hold Someone Who Is Angry
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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I've Been Abandoned By The Medical Profession + Don't Forget to Get Physical
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Doing The Work When You Don't Remember The Situation Well + Can You Question An Abstract Thought? + How To Do The Work on Jaw Tension + Insights From A Session On Smoking
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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How to Improve Your Ability to Listen to Yourself? + I have lead poisoning from my kitchen renovation + The Problem with Labels
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Memory Loss - It's Already Too Late + Book Recommendation: The Highly Sensitive Person
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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We Were Absolutely Perfectly Matched + The Intimacy Trap: Attraction or Distraction?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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She Should Be Emotionally Educated Enough To Work Things Out Instead Of Giving Up + The Work Still Doesn’t Click For Me
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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My Daughter Is Disappointed About Missing Her Brother’s Wedding + How Do You Define Abuse?
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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She Should Have Been Paying Attention + How To Be More Aware When Someone Is Shutting Down
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Interview with Eyal Ravid
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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My Mother Stopped Talking to Me + When Being Helpful Is Self-Indulgent
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Discussion + What People Think When They First Get Into The Work + More
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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What To Do When “Is It True?” Becomes Rote? + I’m Never Going To Be Able To Retire. + Have You Questioned Your Financial Dreams?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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I Don’t Have a Home + Three Ways To Make Peace With Your Ex Husband
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Stressing Yourself Out Looking for Stressful Thoughts + How to Find the Perfect Thought to Question? + A Three Way Balancing Act
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Should I Focus On A Particular Area Of The Body When Doing The Work? + How Can I Remain Positive When Finding My Part In Things? + You Can’t Push Someone Down and Pull Yourself Up at the Same Time
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Using Self Attack As A Kind Of “Safe Place” + I’m Not Caring When I Pull Her Away From What She Wants To Do + Cleaning the Shower Revisited
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Is There A Way To Ground The Feeling Of The Work In The Body? + I Want My Brain To Feel Rested After A Night of Sleep + First Turnaround of The Day
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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How to Find Specifics When Stressful Thoughts Are General + I Should Pay For It But I Don't Want To + A Little Golden Shadow Work
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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I Have to Do What I Don’t Like First + What if The Work Feels Repetitious? + Line 3 of the JYNW (Advice): When “Should” Doesn’t Feel Right”
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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That Person Could Have Killed Me! + Identifying Deeper Thoughts and Feelings To Question + When Not To Do The Work
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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She Makes Me Feel Inferior + Inferiority Complex As a Temple Bell
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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They Are Inconsiderate With My Schedule + Do You Suffer From Competing Desires?
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Frustrated with customer service! + How Big of a Mirror Do You Need to See Yourself? + Join Us For a Virtual Retreat
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May 25, 2022 |
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My Body Is Not Recovering Fast Enough + What If Your Stressful Thoughts Are Questions? Can You Still Question Them?
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May 13, 2022 |
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I'm Going To Be Too Sick To Enjoy My Vacation + Are You Focusing Too Much on Technique When Doing The Work?
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May 10, 2022 |
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My Daughter Should Put Away Her Things + What To Do When You’re Making Little Progress In Your Work?
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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My Mother Committed Suicide + Moving Beyond What Is Familiar – An Antidote to Grief
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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They're Wasting My Time + Working With Prejudice
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Interview with Michele Dutton + It’s My Responsibility To Teach My Kids To Be More Respectful
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Have You Ever Thought You’ve Had Enough? + Money: What Can You Actually Control?
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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I Want Her Out Of Her Phone So We Can Connect + Unconditional Love + Direction
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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I Have Not Been Doing The Work at All Lately + The Difference Between “I Love The Work” and “I Need The Work”
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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She Badmouthed Me + I Should Do The Work On Something Deep
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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I Don’t Know How to Help Him + Inner Peace Doesn’t Depend on Peace in the World
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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How Can You Be Prepared To Be In A Negative Environment? + Navigating The Divided Landscape
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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I Don’t Want Him to Worry About Pleasing Me + When Doing The Work, Does It Matter Whose Business You’re In?
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Is Byron Katie’s Enlightenment an Impediment for Me? + Blaming Myself, Busy Life, and More
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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My Partner Shouldn’t Have Female Friends + Exploring Perfectionism
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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I Want Him to Be Organized + Two Engines on the Peace Train
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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I’m Never Going to Get a Business Started After COVID + The Work Is Like Photography
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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I’m Not Safe + Client Resisting The Work + Interruptions Are Tests
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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What Exactly Is The Work of Byron Katie? + Doing The Work on "I’m Not Good Enough"
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Feb 22, 2022 |