Category: Relationships

Relationships are everywhere in life. Whether we’re dealing with a significant other, a family member or a boss, it’s important to be able to get along. Read Jill’s relationship posts below.

 


 

Learning to Love

The most natural desire we human beings have, is to feel needed and loved. So we do whatever we can to win that love from others. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. To keep the cycle going, we do our…

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How to Set Yourself Free of Your Insecurities

If you browse through this blog or watch my YouTube videos, you may notice that a lot of what I talk about is often (usually?) the opposite of what you see elsewhere. In fact, my teachings often go against societal norms…

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Why is it so Difficult to Agree to Disagree?

Our different thoughts and belief systems create our own distinct reality that looks to us as just the way things are. Yet, we can only see things from our own reality, which is usually very different from everyone else’s.

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The Tale of Inside-Out Land

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] Once upon a time there was a world called, “Inside-Out Land.” There, it was impossible for anyone to…

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We Can’t Predict the Future and We Can’t Change the Past

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version and a related video.] We spend so much of our present moment time trying to predict the future….

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What is Anger? And Why Anger Management Doesn’t Work

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version. There’s also a related video.] Nobody likes being angry. It feels pretty crappy. The more angry we feel…

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8 Things You Need to Know About Life That Nobody Taught You

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] I lived half a century before I learned how life really works! Even though it took so long,…

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I’ll Be Happy When…

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version. This post also has an accompanying video at the end.] Are there situations in your life that appear…

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Blaming Others for How You’re Feeling

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version. See also the corresponding video on this topic.] A couple of months ago I wrote a blog post on how we…

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Nothing is Happening to You

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version. See also the corresponding video on this topic.] In a recent blog post I wrote that whatever is going…

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How We Attack Ourselves and Then Blame Others

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version. See also the corresponding video on this topic.] I was gifted with a HUGE insight recently. I saw how what…

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5 Reasons Why Being ‘Up in Arms’ is Dumb

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] Have you ever noticed how certain people are always up in arms about something? Whether it’s a situation…

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Why Do We Need Others to Like Us?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] How much of our good behavior is an attempt to fit in, be liked and not call attention…

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The “Cure” for the Workaholic

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] Raise your hand if you’re a workaholic. If you work 10+ hours a day, my Magic 8 Ball…

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Keeping Your Cool When Others Are Losing Their $hit

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you know I write a lot about happiness. I’ve learned…

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Are You a Victim of Circumstance?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] I saw a scene in a movie recently where a boy had fallen out of a boat and was…

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Loosening Our Grip on Our Belief System

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] “My thoughts are real. They feel solid and trustworthy and true. My beliefs are correct. If only everyone else could…

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Let it Be: The Key to Happiness

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] I once wrote a blog post on the topic of surrendering and letting go and how that was the secret to…

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I Know Your Type!

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] Part of life entails making snap judgments about people and circumstances. As soon as we learn to talk…

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We’re All Different Yet We’re All the Same

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] We are all different. Very different. So different that no two of us has the same mixture of…

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