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Hello dear listener! I accidentally used the keyword "triangle" for more than one of my episodes. So...which one are you looking for? Is it: Episode 210: How to Escape the Drama Triangle with Stephen Karpman or Episode 196: Harnessing the Transformative Power of Your...
Lots of new things going on
It's been forever and a day since I wrote an article here on neilsattin.com - and it's good to be back. I've been working on all sorts of new content and a podcast (Relationship Alive!). Along with opening up a few slots in my one-on-one coaching program, I am also...
Create a Birthday Book and Get Some Perspective
As I mentioned in my last post (the Birthday Giveaway), my birthday is fast approaching. A couple of years ago, in a quest to gain some perspective on the life I've been living, I decided to start a "Birthday Book". As you know, I'm very fond of journaling, but I was...
Finding a Team: You Don't Have to Do It Alone
In the Personal Development world, there is a lot of emphasis on personal power. You can take charge of your life! You can use the Law of Attraction to get what you want! You are the ultimate arbiter of your personal success or failure! Now all of this is true, of...
And my star is born
Last year, during these very hours (January 23rd), my wife went full-on into labor. We visited the midwife, did some last-minute grocery shopping, and came home to chill out (as best as our Hypnobirthing techniques enabled us to do). By three in the morning on...
The Blessing of a Busted Laptop Computer
For the past four months, I've pretty much lived with my laptop computer at my side. The internet is just a couple clicks away at any moment, which has made blogging (and keeping in touch with the world) relatively easy. Any time I have a spare second - on with the...
Practical Advice: An Easy Cure for Bad Breath
When you're out in the world interacting with other people, having conversations, it helps to have fresh breath. Don't you want to go to bed knowing for certain that you're not going to offend your partner with bad breath? Haven't there been times when an associate...
Law of Attraction: Create Your Vision for the Coming Year
As of this writing, we're already 3 days into the new year (2008). Do you have a vision for what this year might bring? I'm talking about a SPECIFIC vision, one that enables you to sit down, close your eyes, and imagine every detail of what you'd like for your life...
How to Increase Your Creativity in Five Steps
You can be as productive as you want to be in your life, but if what you're producing isn't getting at the creative spirit within you, then odds are that you're going to still feel unfulfilled - no matter how outwardly "successful" you appear to be. Since we are ALL...
Personal Productivity: Zen to Done Part One
Lately my wife and I have been looking around at our mountains of "things to do" and feeling a bit overwhelmed. Now we've (all of us - you included!) have already discussed a way of tackling the feeling of being overwhelmed with all the goals/tasks on the road to...
Personal Development and Curiosity: Learning to Unicycle and Why You Should Do Something Equally as Useless
A few years ago, I started a list of "things that I want to be able to do before I die". Some things on the list are useful (speak Japanese), while others are less obviously useful (spit an arc of water out of my mouth in a narrow continuous stream as if I were a...
Lucid Dreaming Techniques: Escaping from a Nightmare
Speaking of dreams - my entire life I've had very vivid dreams during the night. There has always been a quality to them that seemed real - as if they were, in fact, taking place - perhaps in another dimension. While that's been mostly great, it's occasionally been...
Personal Development: What Snowstorms Teach Us about Overcoming Procrastination
The first snowstorm of the year is always exciting, especially when it arrives in the middle of the night, and we wake up to a world that looks totally different than it did mere hours before. Then reality sets in: how to MOVE all that snow? That's what I'm thinking about right now, as I type this post. And I just realized that shoveling snow is about more than shoveling snow. It's about procrastination, and the way we wrestle with everything we want to accomplish in our lives. Just as there are many different options for getting the snow off your driveway, there are many ways to overcome the influence of procrastination in your life. Imagine that the "things you want to get done" in your life is like having a driveway full of that white stuff. And more is coming down. The beauty is that any way you approach it, you will clear your driveway. Grab your earmuffs and read on (for a more direct discussion on overcoming procrastination, you can also check out this article by K. Stone on lifehack.org) !
Personal Development: How to get organized and NOT get overwhelmed when you pursue your dreams
There's something about stating an intention with clarity that makes it not only seem attainable, but that also summons up a wellspring of internal energy to get the ball rolling. For those of you who are participating in the Reveal Your Dream challenge (or those of...
Easy Homemade Bagels: Do Something Stupid For a Change
All of this personal development can be hard work - but if you're getting stressed out by trying to be the "best YOU you can be" then you're missing the point. Stop being so serious, and do something stupid for a change. If need be, you can follow our simple recipe...
Interpersonal Development: How to forgive other people in four easy steps
Before I talk about forgiving, let me just say a quick thank you to all of you who are participating in the Reveal Your Dream Meme, which started at the end of last week and is off to a great start. I am really loving my new journey out over the blogosphere, as I...
Reveal Your Dream: A Personal Development Challenge
If you want insight on how to figure out who you are, follow your dreams, and succeed in life, there are any number of personal development sites out there offering superb information. Surely one of the most-offered bits of wisdom is that we should pursue our...
Getting to the Heart of Personal Development Announcements
Tomorrow I'll be putting another challenge to all of you out there in Personal Development blog-land. Readers and writers alike - especially the writers. For some of you it might be very difficult, while for others of you it might be a piece of cake. I, for one, am...
Personal Development: How to apologize effectively and stop being right all the time
I touched a little bit on the art of apology in my last article (see: Overcoming Jealousy in a Relationship - practical advice), and I think that the subject of apologizing merits a dedicated post. It's inevitable in life - you're innocently (or...
Relationship Advice: Practical thoughts on overcoming jealousy
One of the most-searched-for articles on this site is currently "how to know when to leave a relationship". I hope those of you who are reading that article are finding it to be helpful. I've had many relationships over the course of my life, and while my quest was...
Music: Breakfast, please!
Breakfast. It's an important meal. All the professionals tell you to eat it. Even some amateurs will tell you to eat your breakfast (the nerve!). So what do you do when you wake up one day feeling under the weather, and eating a big healthy breakfast is the last...
Personal Development: It's Easy - a weekend of doing what I love
Welcome back everyone. In my last article, we talked about how easy it is to get caught up in reading (or writing) about Personal Development - without ever really DOING anything else. I created an assignment, which was essentially to take two days off from...
Personal Development: Really, I'm serious now, DO what you love
I love personal development, and talking to people about their personal development. Plus, there are so many inspiring articles to read online that are all about how to have the life of your dreams - you could literally spend all your free time reading them! When it...
Relationship Advice: How to know when a relationship is right for you
One way for you to know if the relationship you're in is right for you would be to go down through my list of "how to know when you should leave the relationship you're in", and if none of those characteristics apply to your relationship, you're in pretty good shape! ...
Real Estate Advice: How I Bought My First Home for Two Thousand Dollars
Back before I knew anything about real estate, I remember how confusing the whole buying-a-house thing was to me. How was I ever going to be able to save up enough money? Every month I would give my landlord hundreds of my hard-earned dollars, and each time I would...
Find the Feeling: How to know what you love to do
I had a really inspiring weekend. An inspiring bus ride down to NYC and back (16 hours in all!), an inspiring time with some of my friends, and an inspiring time meeting Steve and Erin Pavlina along with a bunch of other like-minded souls - which was the ostensible...
Hypnobirthing for the Birth Partner: Knowing what to do
With all of our Hypnobirthing training (five three-hour classes), I still experienced a bit of confusion about what I was actually going to DO when my wife was in labor. It was helpful to hear the experiences of the other couples in our Hypnobirthing class (there...
Hypnobirthing: What a great way to arrive
I don't think I'll ever forget the way I felt when we saw the word "pregnant" flash on the digital readout of the pregnancy test. My wife was only a few days "late" - so it was really a lark (or maybe a hunch) that propelled us to the local pharmacy to pick up a few...
Check out the Personal Development Blog Carnival and my weekend
I submitted my article about how to get a job with no experience to the personal development blog carnival, which was hosted this week by askthecareercounselor.com. There are quite a few other links in the blog carnival, so please check them out, and tell everyone...
Gratitude for my friends of every species
There have been times in my life that have been really rough, and you have been there for me, making me laugh, caring for me, showing me what it's like to help another. There have been times that have been amazingly joyful, and you have been there with me to...
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- Apologies are hard…
December 13, 2024 by kaandcoco from CanadaThank you for the guidance on apologies. Our Mother died recently and the family dynamics have intensified! Triggers going off for everyone. Old wounds festering. I am and know many other “un-apologizers”. It has rarely seemed safe or sincere to apologize with in our family. It’s so difficult for me to sort through apologizing when I am not ready or simply don’t feel I should or can with sincerity. I see now it can be helpful to break it up into parts where possible. So important to begin de-escalating a conflict and the hurts and resentments that can build in the time following a real or perceived slight or conflict. Hopefully enough to create a space to return to when I have a better understanding of what dynamics are in play in myself. Once de-escalated I can agree to revisiting the situation and subsequently reassure myself and others that I value coming to a resolution. Hopefully avoiding or minimizing further misunderstandings in future. Great topic! Thank you
- So happy I found your show!August 30, 2024 by DvGuts from United States
Wonderful content. Please continue - you have so much valuable, beautiful information to share!
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- What a great listen!October 25, 2022 by Claribelleee from Philippines
This show is so real and authentic! Love the chemistry of the hosts of the guests!
- Great show!September 4, 2022 by Kingxxelo from United States
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