{"id":3731,"date":"2015-09-30T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marniemarcus.com\/unplugged\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2015-09-30T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T15:57:40","slug":"are-you-paying-a-price-for-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marniekuhns.com\/unplugged\/2015\/09\/30\/are-you-paying-a-price-for-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Paying a Price for Drama?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drama and being with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/marniemarcus.com\/unplugged\/2015\/09\/29\/drama-drama-drama\/\">drama-creating individuals<\/a><\/strong> can exact a hefty price on our lives. My colleague <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joyfulbusiness.com\" target=\"_blank\">Laura West<\/a> had this to say about stirred up\u00a0situations:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It\u00a0keeps you focused on the drama instead of moving forward &amp; taking action.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drama creates stress<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It sucks your mental and emotional bandwidth and kills creativity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It keeps you from finding innovative solutions to your problems,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It makes you feel stuck, depressed, and confused.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It wastes time.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Being around drama dictators sabotages your confidence and keeps you second guessing yourself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>As Beth Tipper said, drama is &#8220;Emotional hijack.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this brief video I share a bit more about the price of drama.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZQ5pSM4S8U?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marniemarcus.com\/radiance.php\" target=\"_blank\">Leave drama behind and Breakthrough to Radiance<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drama and being with drama-creating individuals can exact a hefty price on our lives. 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