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Move Forward Monday: Examine Your Circle

Examine the relationships you have. Old ones, new ones, friendships, associates, tag alongs, random, lovers, working etc.

Ask yourself, is the relationship healthy? Does it help you, challenge you to be a better person, it is supportive?

Is it a hindrance? Does it stall progress, is it draining you, does it stop you from reaching your personal goals because you are always concentrating on their issues, do you find yourself in spaces that you don’t want to be?

Is it unselfishly beneficial? I say unselfishly because you don’t have them in your life because you want something from them.  You aren’t using them to get to where you want to be.  The benefits are organic and natural.  You laugh together, there is no stress, you are able to talk to the person and you get genuine feedback.  You can enjoy each other’s company without it feeling like a chore.

Is it detrimental? Are your other friends unwilling to be in the same circle when that one friend is around, is the relationship unbalanced, do you question the purpose of the relationship, do you have to convince yourself of why the relationship should continue? Does that person do you wrong and you excuse the behavior.

Sometimes we hold on for the sake of history when we should allow them to be history.

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Bashea Williams, LCSW-C

Paul Bashea (Bah-Shay) Williams, LCSW-C, LICSW is described as an Intellectual Emotionalist. Someone who understands what a man thinks and what a woman feels. Helping the two meet and have common ground by encouraging emotion and logic to agree. He is a dedicated father, Licensed Certified Social Worker- Clinical, Relationship Specialist and Writer. He works with at-risk youth and specializes in marriage and family, couples, and individual counseling. He provides relationship advice to individuals and couples. He writes about life, love, and fatherhood. His writing, acting, and public speaking has been featured on panels throughout the country, Huffington Post and several other popular websites, national syndicated radio shows, television and movies. Bashea first started writing to first hold himself accountable and get a better understanding of people's hearts and minds. He loves how relationships work and operate. He strives to help others through his words. Bashea Williams has provided valuable insight on relationships, motivation, and parenting on a variety of panels and conferences. He is highly recruited and his work is valued as measurable and complete. He has years of providing counseling services for singles, couples, youth, and families. Bashea Williams has become well-known for his Trademarked Dear Future Wife series that serves as a man's guide and a woman's reference. His goal is to influence healthy relationships by having compromise, consideration, and an understanding of how people interact. You can follow his work at BasheaWilliams.com, BasheaWilliams on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

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