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**Connexions**

We transform lives by teaching the principles of connection. Learn the tools necessary to connect with oneself and others.

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173: Is There Ever a Time to CONTROL Your Loved One? Dec 03, 2022

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My sister is making destructive, distorted and distracting choices and I want to stop her.

How do I help her? How do I control what is happening? What is my responsibility?

"This is difficult!" Does this sound familiar? That someone is doing something and you want them to STOP!

Listen to the podcast and learn what is your responsibility and what is not your responsibility.

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172: The TRUTH Beneath the Denigrating Doormat Nov 30, 2022

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I'm sure you have all heard of the term "Doormat". This is someone who allows and permits others to treat them badly to walk all over them. This person does not stand up for themselves and just goes along with the choices and abuses of people around them.

The doormat is actually a person who has double standards. A person who is dishonest, so you can have an opinion but I can't. Others can have preferences and wants but mine are obsolete. I need to watch my tone of voice but others can yell and shriek. The person who's being the doormat (and maybe that's you) is perpetuating a lie, the lie that someone needs to be the martyr in order for there to be order. Someone needs to take the blame, somebody needs to take the fall and somebody needs to take the higher road in order for everyone to get along. That is a lie.

The Truth is, if there is going to be an environment of mutual trust and respect, then every individual needs to be honest, every individual needs to show up responsible and humble. Nobody is shouldering the blame, no one is shouldering the abuse or covering for someone else, dropping empathy, compassion and awareness.

When the doormat finally stands up and begins taking responsibility and begins to expect others to also take responsibility. It may look like all of a sudden there is dust and dirt and a huge mess being made all over the floor. But the Truth is, that dust and dirt and mess has always been there, you (the doormat) were covering it up. The doormat is the ultimate controller. The doormat keeps everyone else's selfishness a secret. That's why people like using a doormat, that's why people like using you because you are so willing to hide their distortions.

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171: Should I Keep This Relationship? Nov 26, 2022

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What does the word "Relationship" mean?

What are the characteristics of one?

Once you understand the word and the meaning of relationships and you practice living and behaving principles of Truth,

you will see and know very clearly what you would like to choose and how you will choose to behave inside of one.

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170: What Lengths Would You Go to Protect Your Child? Nov 26, 2022

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What length would you go to, to keep your child protected?

I've heard many parents say, "I would give my life for my child,"

"I would throw myself in front of a bus if I knew it would save the life of my child,"

"I would take a bullet for them."

All of these axioms are referring to the physical "I'll put my life on the altar if it will help my child."

How many of you are willing to confront another loved one if it keeps your child safe?

I know of a woman who knew that her brother was hugging her daughters to the point they felt it was uncomfortable, too close, too much and his hands were moving around too much. Her own daughters came to her saying it was uncomfortable, nasty and creepy when their uncle came to town and gave them hugs.

Would you go to that for these girls?

Would you put a boundary down and say "You know what, no more visiting this brother of mine"?

Would you also put a boundary down with the brother and say "You can't come to our house anymore and you're not going to be hugging my girls anymore"?

How many of you would be willing to confront and be uncomfortable in order to keep your child emotionally and spiritually safe?

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169: Waking Up…to Our Murderous Hearts (ROE OVERTURNED) Nov 26, 2022

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Where do you stand on the issue of abortion?

Do you see abortion as killing a child or do you call it ridding one's body of cell tissue?

The Truth is, abortion is and always will be the slaughter of innocent life. Period. The end.

Where do you stand? Are you desiring to live in Truth?

Come and listen to the reality of what abortion is and how abortion affects those involved.

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168: In the Trenches of Motherhood Nov 26, 2022

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I'm the mother of six children, I have been in the trenches for twenty years and I am just beginning to peek my head up and I can see the dust is beginning to settle.

I'm starting to see the sun for the first time and my energy is beginning to be restored to me.

I'm a personal witness to you that the work and great sacrifice involved with nurturing and raising children is very much worth it.

So when I was in the middle of having lots of littles and none of them were tying their shoes and most of them were in diapers. I wrote my own obituary.

"Ruby Franke, cause of death unknown, detectives searched for clues amid piles of dress-ups, picture books, bath toys and an astonishing number of legos and empty Oreo packages.

Medical personnel speculate toxic diaper fumes or suffocation by laundry, others believe her wallet grew so tight it literally strangled her. She has survived by her husband Kevin, who is himself, barely keeping his head above water. Warning to readers, ambushes of children may be dangerous to your health."

Now I share this writing with the motive to relate to other mothers who are also in the trenches. A spoon-full of humor can help the reality go down. I want to be clear, I want to point out how much "victim" I was in when I wrote this piece of satire. I was feeling sorry for myself and I felt that I was the target of half-a-dozen hoodlums. The Truth is, the rewards of motherhood are directly correlated to the amount of sacrifice required.

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167: Protecting Children from the Dangers of Technology Nov 26, 2022

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Technology is a reality in today's world. It provides an amazing opportunity for us to use our agency and live in Truth as we govern technology.

If each of us doesn't know how to manage ourselves in Truth, the technology will be misused and people will go into distortion. Come learn how to manage yourself, your children and the technology.

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166: Gone Are the Days of Family Movies Nov 26, 2022

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When was the last time you took your family, your children or grandchildren to the movie theater and enjoyed a family movie where there wasn't encoded, encrypted, subliminal messaging in the background?

It used to be that movies encouraged children to be obedient to parents and now movies are encouraging children to break free from so-called restrictive family beliefs, family practices or family traditions, where parents could once rely on movies as a source of fun, entertainment, a sense of humor, a real break from life.

We can now count on movies to put a wedge, to insert entitlement, to promote attitudes of restriction and resentment for boundaries.

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165: My Opinion Does Not Constitute the Truth Nov 26, 2022

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I hear this statement quite often. People will say, "Well that's just my opinion" and I will say, "Yes, that is your opinion. That is what you consider to be true. Truth is not about opinions. Truth is about facts."

So are opinions wrong to have?

How do opinions differ from Truth?

I want to be a distinct individual with opinions and live in Truth.

How do I do that?

Listen to the podcast and I'm going to explain how.

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164: Do You REALLY Know What is Coming into Your Home? Nov 26, 2022

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How many of you parents are tuned in and really aware of what's in your home?

What magazines are on your shelf?

What books are your children reading?

What are they watching on TV?

Who are they interacting with?

These are important questions because parents are responsible for what comes into their home.

I know when my children were growing up some of the book series I allowed in my home were for selfish reasons. "Because it helped the kids to read" I would justify...or "It keeps my children entertained and they are funny. What could it hurt?" Books like: Junie B. Jones, Captain Underwear, Diary of a Whimpy Kid and Charlie's Bumpers. There were many series that seemed harmless on the outside, however years down the road I could not complain when I started to see disconnect, and my child speaking exactly as the characters in the books that I was providing for them.

So these are really great questions to think about as we go into discussing this mother's regret in what she let into her home.

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