When you’re dealing with parasitic energy, you’ve got to learn how to recognize that it’s at work and how it’s impacting you. Here are 5 choices for dealing with parasitic energy.

Sometimes we talk ourselves out of our dreams with this thought: It’s a lot of work. Really? It’s a lot of fear. Fear tells us that something will be a lot of work—too much work—as a tactic to get us to back down. You can choose something different.

When we butt up against a core issue, we can start to feel fuzzier than ever. This is the confusion that precedes clarity, a place where our cognitive dissonance and shifting sense of who we are is being rearranged (and it’s normal).

Manipulation through obligation isn’t the same thing as reciprocal giving in a co-created relationship. It’s a dangerous game to play. Here are 6 truths about manipulation through obligation (and their antidote).