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Death Is Certain, Life Is Not. Are You Merely Surviving or Really Living?

Death Is Certain, Life Is Not. Are You Merely Surviving or Really Living?

How to move out of survival mode and actually live your life.
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Adam Murauskas
How Fierce Independence and Self-Reliance are Linked to Unprocessed Trauma

How Fierce Independence and Self-Reliance are Linked to Unprocessed Trauma

The way to recognize and release it
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Adam Murauskas
Are You Holding Onto a Resentment?

Are You Holding Onto a Resentment?

The pain of not dealing with a problem versus the pain of facing the challenge
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Adam Murauskas
When You Inadvertently Say Something Awful to Your Partner, This is How to Make the Repair

When You Inadvertently Say Something Awful to Your Partner, This is How to Make the Repair

An easy-to-replicate, relationship-saving lesson
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How People Turn Their Childhood Trauma Into Wildly Successful, Lucrative Careers

How People Turn Their Childhood Trauma Into Wildly Successful, Lucrative Careers

Understanding the wound beneath their wings
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Adam Murauskas
How To Be Alone Without Feeling Lonely, and Lonely Without Being Alone

How To Be Alone Without Feeling Lonely, and Lonely Without Being Alone

The correlation we often get confused
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Adam Murauskas
Healing From Toxic Shame

Healing From Toxic Shame

A very personal story.
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Adam Murauskas
De-Selfed: Why Surviving a Hazardous Childhood Demands Self-Abandonment

De-Selfed: Why Surviving a Hazardous Childhood Demands Self-Abandonment

And how to reconnect with the younger self you left behind
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An Authentic Story of Shame, Hard Work, Healing, and Freedom

An Authentic Story of Shame, Hard Work, Healing, and Freedom

At some point, your “work” is to stop working so damn hard.
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Adam Murauskas
What Does Your Happiness Really Depend On?

What Does Your Happiness Really Depend On?

The hardest decision I’ve ever made.
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Adam Murauskas
Should I Get Married? Here’s Some Advice To My Unwed, Younger Self

Should I Get Married? Here’s Some Advice To My Unwed, Younger Self

What no one may ever tell you
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Adam Murauskas
What Happens When Boundary Violation Is Your Love Language?

What Happens When Boundary Violation Is Your Love Language?

It’s way more common than you may realize.
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Adam Murauskas
What Happens When Attachment Matters More Than Authenticity?

What Happens When Attachment Matters More Than Authenticity?

Why people ignore red flags and stay in terrible relationships
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Adam Murauskas
15 Clever Tips for Avoiding the Painful Experience of Being a Human

15 Clever Tips for Avoiding the Painful Experience of Being a Human

Life hacks we can all put to good use
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Why We Deeply Desire a Mixture of Both Certainty and Spontaneity

Why We Deeply Desire a Mixture of Both Certainty and Spontaneity

As it turns out, variety is actually the spice of life.
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Rebecca Murauskas
The Illusion of I’ll Be Happy When: False Beliefs That Guide Your Daily Decisions

The Illusion of I’ll Be Happy When: False Beliefs That Guide Your Daily Decisions

Why we fall for the fallacy of arrival.
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Rebecca Murauskas
Why We Ignore Red Flags in New Romantic Relationships

Why We Ignore Red Flags in New Romantic Relationships

The fine art of dating obviously terrible people.
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Adam Murauskas
One of The Most Important Questions You Can Ask Yourself

One of The Most Important Questions You Can Ask Yourself

And the art of choosing to change your mind
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Rebecca Murauskas
If You’re Doing Self-Care Without Self-Love, You’re Wasting Your Time

If You’re Doing Self-Care Without Self-Love, You’re Wasting Your Time

The main difference between the two and why one is actually harder than you think.
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Adam Murauskas
How Criticism Destroys Relationships

How Criticism Destroys Relationships

Simple tips to communicate your triggers and annoyances in a healthy, productive manner.
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Adam Murauskas
Why Opposites Attract, Uncovering The Mystery of Dating Our Shadow

Why Opposites Attract, Uncovering The Mystery of Dating Our Shadow

Maybe it’s our attempt to finally become whole?
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Do You Control Your Mind, or Does Your Mind Easily Control You?

Do You Control Your Mind, or Does Your Mind Easily Control You?

Why you shouldn’t believe everything you think
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This Is Why People That Are Triggered Automatically Trigger Other People

This Is Why People That Are Triggered Automatically Trigger Other People

How to navigate the minefields in anxious and avoidant relationships.
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Adam Murauskas
This Is Why We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve

This Is Why We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve

And where this tendency actually came from
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Adam Murauskas
Why Receiving a Compliment Can Be So Damn Hard For Some People

Why Receiving a Compliment Can Be So Damn Hard For Some People

And a few strategies for receiving compliments with grace
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