Sentences with phrase «painful realities around»

If we're honest, a lot of us are tempted to move through life like this at times, covering our eyes and ears to tough, awkward or painful realities around us, hoping that we can buy ourselves a bit more time before we must confront them.

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The reality is that every one of us has created some negative pattern in our lives, usually at an early age in life, where we discovered that when we experienced painful feelings, usually around violations of love (identity) and trust (safety), we found a way of coping that helped us survive.

Couple Spotlight: Meet Joan and Frank (and how an old song turned their marriage around) To say that Joan and Frank were constantly arguing is an understatement — marital conflict and relationship problems had become the norm, and to adapt to this painful reality, the couple simply started avoiding one another.