logo
episode-header-image
Apr 2024
28m 47s

Time with yourself is not only necessary...

PAUL COLAIANNI
About this episode

You give, you adapt, and you change who you are almost to your very core... to what end? When you are overly compassionate to others, you might actually be taking away from yourself. This is as harmful to your mind as a lack of sleep is to your body. 

Up next
Oct 9
Can you heal from severe abuse while still in a severely abusive situation?
Some people will deflect blame and make you feel like the problem. In this episode, I dive into this subject by examining a heart-wrenching story from a listener whose partner’s jealousy turned violent, leaving her questioning the future of their relationship and her path to heal ... Show More
45m 22s
Sep 17
Why you may not be ready to call it abuse when it is abuse
The emotionally abusive relationship can sometimes be hard to define. How long must abusive behavior go on before actually admit that what's really happening is abuse? 
25m 44s
Sep 3
Do you end the relationship because they won't?
How do you know when it’s time to instigate a split? If your partner’s behavior leaves you feeling oppressed and defeated, and they refuse to change, and they also don't want to end the relationship, then what? 
31m 14s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2024
Self-Soothing & Self- Compassion Hypnosis/Meditation
WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE OR OPERATE ANY MACHINERY WHILE LISTENING TO HYPNOSIS. This hypnosis session, you will learn to carry the sense of common compassion that you have cultivated within yourself. Self compassion is a practice that will take time and patience. Please be gen ... Show More
21m 16s
May 2020
Self-compassion for the self-critical
Showing yourself kindness becomes even more important during life's difficult moments, and the current pandemic certainly qualifies. Learn why it’s a misconception that you need to be tough on yourself to succeed, and how practicing self-compassion can make you even more resilien ... Show More
13m 28s
Jan 2024
your body doesn't need fixing, your relationship with it does
EP67 - have you ever considered that the answer to your problems doesn't lie in losing weight and that it could be in healing the relationship you have with your body? i know from experience that your happiness and opportunities do not come from dieting and exercising to the poin ... Show More
56m 39s
Oct 2016
Lose Weight While You Sleep
When struggling to lose weight most people never consider one huge factor … their sleep. We’re sharing how your body copes with sleep deprivation and how you can get more of it. 
45m 18s
Jul 2018
Stop Trying To Change Yourself
Trying to change yourself—that is, who you are—will inevitably lead you to fail and feel hopeless. But if you instead focus on changing your actions without worrying about how it changes you as a person, real change becomes much simpler. 
11m 8s
Apr 2021
#29 Losing All Hope is Freedom
You give what matters in your life value, yet along the way, you have forgotten why you do what you do. You’ve allowed yourself to be consumed by overthinking, indulging your self-destructive desires, and feeling like you’re slowly losing yourself. 
34m 8s
Jun 2023
Are you having a bad day? | LwL PODCAST
Have you checked in with yourself? What is exactly the emotion that you are feeling? Is it being tired? Frustrated? Unmotivated? Let yourself fully feel it and once you do - realize that you've got the power to change your state. There are multiple ways you can change your state ... Show More
4m 51s
Dec 2020
Finding Your Compassionate Heart
When you are sustained by love and feel compassion for others, your become part of a constant give-and-take, what a physiologist would call a feedback loop, that goes from your heart to every cell in your body and from you to everyone you encounter. 
5m 26s