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Mar 2019
25m 13s

Always Defending Yourself - Introduction...

PAUL COLAIANNI
About this episode
The Love and Abuse podcast is about poisonous communication and toxic behavior. This is a bonus episode on The Overwhelmed Brain feed just in case you haven't had a chance to tune into Love and Abuse. This episode is about always defending yourself with certain people. When you find yourself needed to constantly defend, it may be something that is being purp ... Show More
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