by PepTalksBlog | 2023-03-13 | Personal Growth, Foundational, Relatonships
One of the most common causes of personal frustration and interpersonal problems is the failure to separate facts from stories. Think of a time when you felt angry at someone, felt bad about yourself or felt frustrated about the world Unless you had first taken the...
by PepTalksBlog | 2023-03-01 | Dating / Relationships, Foundational, Relatonships, Social
A perspective I’ve been playing a lot with lately is that many of the emotions we feel are actually not ours. Our emotions by nature are always changing. We may experience some of them as permanent states. But that’s either because we’re holding on to them or...
by PepTalksBlog | 2022-12-07 | Personal Growth, Foundational, Relatonships
One of the things people most often praise me for is my ability to remain immovably zen, regardless of circumstances. Which is funny. Because it’s an ability I don’t possess. I do think I emotionally react to fewer situations than the average Joe. But still,...
by PepTalksBlog | 2017-08-14 | Relatonships, Foundational
What (or who) do you think about when you read the title of this post? Maybe you clicked it because you’re tired of not being able to forgive someone who has wronged you. And now you’re looking forward finding out how to fix that. Or maybe you were...
by PepTalksBlog | 2017-05-23 | Dating / Relationships, Foundational, Relatonships
My first “relationship” was a total mess. We stayed together for about a month and the “breakup” screwed me up for at least 6. When it was over, I blamed her for every exaggerated emotion I went through. Because when you looked at the facts, I...