Latest / She Rises with Ashy & Tijana / 121. 2 Ways Responsibility Turns Into Self-Abandonment
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- 0:05Speaker 1: Apodjay Production.
- 0:10Speaker 2: Welcome to the she Rises Podcast. I'm Ashy and I'm Tiana.
- 0:14Speaker 2: This podcast is.
- 0:15Speaker 1: About female empowerment and encouraging you to be your biggest, boldest,
- 0:18Speaker 1: and most authentic version of yourself.
- 0:20Speaker 2: We help you shed the shame, grow to a new level.
- 0:23Speaker 2: We're gonna laugh, cry, and talk about the topics everyone
- 0:26Speaker 2: else is too afraid to talk about.
- 0:28Speaker 1: Get ready for your next level of self.
- 0:31Speaker 2: All right, everybody, and welcome back to the Shee Rises Podcast.
- 0:33Speaker 2: Fresh week. It's Monday, Monday morning, lunch, afternoon, on your walk,
- 0:38Speaker 2: going to work, whatever you're doing. Welcome back to the
- 0:40Speaker 2: podcast with Ashley and Tiana.
- 0:42Speaker 1: Welcome back.
- 0:43Speaker 2: Let's get started in our share of the week.
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- 1:45Speaker 2: know love to hear it. So my recommendation is just
- 1:49Speaker 2: it's not even recommendation. It's a share of the week.
- 1:51Speaker 2: It's a post I saw on Chris Duncan's page on Instagram.
- 1:55Speaker 2: I'm going to read it out. I love self aware
- 1:57Speaker 2: people like Yes, please tell me about the patterns you've outgrown,
- 2:01Speaker 2: and the mistakes you'll never repeat. Tell me about the
- 2:03Speaker 2: painful lessons that took you years to learn, about the
- 2:06Speaker 2: parts of you that show up when you're afraid, and
- 2:08Speaker 2: little quirks that no one else knows about. I don't
- 2:11Speaker 2: care how perfect you look on paper. I care how
- 2:13Speaker 2: honest you are with yourself. And when no one's watching,
- 2:16Speaker 2: that's the kind of soul I'll sit with for hours.
- 2:19Speaker 2: That's the kind of heart that I trust. And I
- 2:21Speaker 2: was like, this is me and you to a tew.
- 2:23Speaker 1: I love that. Isn't it my job? We don't need
- 2:25Speaker 1: the rest of the episode.
- 2:26Speaker 2: Honestly, I just feel like this is something that I felt,
- 2:29Speaker 2: but I haven't known how to put into words that
- 2:32Speaker 2: I feel like this has been the most healing thing
- 2:35Speaker 2: about our friendship is things that we've carried shame around.
- 2:39Speaker 2: We encourage each other to bring it in and have
- 2:41Speaker 2: evidence in that moment moving forward that we still love
- 2:44Speaker 2: each other no matter what. Yeah, And it's just helped
- 2:47Speaker 2: to dissolve any shame I've had on past mistakes that
- 2:49Speaker 2: I've made. Because being online and living your life online,
- 2:52Speaker 2: any mistake that I've made has been publicized. Ye and
- 2:54Speaker 2: criticized and something I said fifteen years ago still gets
- 2:58Speaker 2: brought up to this day and I'm like, oh my gosh,
- 3:00Speaker 2: let me live, let me grow, let me change my mind,
- 3:03Speaker 2: let me have a different opinion, let me say sorry,
- 3:05Speaker 2: let me, you know, learn different ways to do things.
- 3:08Speaker 2: When I read that, I was like, Oh, that is
- 3:10Speaker 2: just so nice to talk about that and to bring
- 3:12Speaker 2: it forward in a safe container where someone can still
- 3:15Speaker 2: love you on that. That is the people that you
- 3:16Speaker 2: trust that can be fully vulnerable and own their stuff.
- 3:19Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so nice. And the more uncomfortable the more
- 3:22Speaker 1: you bring it in.
- 3:22Speaker 2: Yeah, and it just helps to dissolve that shame and
- 3:25Speaker 2: move through it and then not feel shameful about it.
- 3:27Speaker 1: You're almost proud of it.
- 3:28Speaker 2: You're like, I used to feel like this, or I
- 3:30Speaker 2: used to hate this about myself, or I used to
- 3:31Speaker 2: show up like this and I don't anymore. And I
- 3:33Speaker 2: can talk about that and grow from that and take
- 3:36Speaker 2: responsibility for that and do better. And when you can
- 3:38Speaker 2: talk about it so openly and comfortably, it's like, Oh,
- 3:41Speaker 2: that doesn't have to feel so heavy. It actually isn't.
- 3:44Speaker 1: That deep without being shameful about it too. Yeah, Like,
- 3:46Speaker 1: oh my god you oh this be bad Wolf.
- 3:48Speaker 2: Like, yeah, yeah, it's really cool. So I love that.
- 3:51Speaker 2: I love his page. So today, what are you talking about?
- 3:54Speaker 1: We are going to talk about the trauma of overly
- 3:56Speaker 1: taking responsibility in any given situation. Now, this is a
- 4:00Speaker 1: really tough one. I feel like women especially would really
- 4:03Speaker 1: really struggle with this, because one, we want to create conflict.
- 4:06Speaker 1: We struggle with combative energy between people, you know, it's
- 4:10Speaker 1: like we really struggle with that. So we want to
- 4:11Speaker 1: talk about the trauma that comes with overly taking responsibility,
- 4:14Speaker 1: how it's not benefiting you, and what you can kind
- 4:16Speaker 1: of do instead of that.
- 4:18Speaker 2: And there's like two ends of the scale, which we've
- 4:21Speaker 2: both been down the blame game yeap, and then overtaking
- 4:24Speaker 2: responsibility and then finding that middle ground and understanding no
- 4:26Speaker 2: matter what dynamic, no matter what story, no matter what partnership, relationship,
- 4:31Speaker 2: situationship you're in, there is two people in there that
- 4:34Speaker 2: need to take one hundred percent responsibility. It's not one
- 4:36Speaker 2: taking seventy percent, one taking thirty percent. You both have
- 4:39Speaker 2: your staff, both of your experience is real and it's
- 4:42Speaker 2: not productive for anyone for you to blame the other
- 4:44Speaker 2: person for everything or for you to take all the
- 4:46Speaker 2: responsibility and not give them the opportunity to learn and
- 4:49Speaker 2: grow and see where they can improve as well.
- 4:51Speaker 1: I think what's interesting about this topic as well is
- 4:53Speaker 1: that when you have been the person to overly blame
- 4:56Speaker 1: people in your life, you almost don't want to be
- 4:59Speaker 1: that anymore. Yeah, when you evolve out of that the
- 5:01Speaker 1: other way, doing the other way, but you go to
- 5:03Speaker 1: the extreme. In one hand, you're victim blaming everybody else
- 5:07Speaker 1: is the problem, and then you swing to the complete
- 5:09Speaker 1: other end where you're like, oh my god, I'm the problem.
- 5:11Speaker 2: It's I'm so sorry.
- 5:12Speaker 1: It's me.
- 5:13Speaker 2: Yeah, Hi, it's me. How does it help on the proms?
- 5:16Speaker 1: It's one hundred percent that, Yeah, And so I think
- 5:18Speaker 1: it's a really interesting thing, especially with social media information.
- 5:22Speaker 1: There's so much information out there. It's really important to
- 5:25Speaker 1: be able to access discernment with how much you take
- 5:29Speaker 1: on what other people post, you know, because it's like, oh,
- 5:31Speaker 1: you need to take one hundred percent responsibility for your part,
- 5:35Speaker 1: but then you know that piece of content might not
- 5:37Speaker 1: give you context, context The other person has part in
- 5:40Speaker 1: this too, Yes, And I think it's just really important
- 5:42Speaker 1: to note that because it could be like, you know,
- 5:44Speaker 1: you see stuff on social media like don't be a victim,
- 5:46Speaker 1: and you're like, Okay, I'm not being a victim now,
- 5:48Speaker 1: I'm overly taking responsibility. But if you're going to either extremes,
- 5:52Speaker 1: you're not in the middle yet.
- 5:53Speaker 2: Yes, and it's apiations where someone does something really horrible
- 5:57Speaker 2: to you, that's not your responsibility, but then it's your
- 5:59Speaker 2: responsibility what.
- 6:00Speaker 1: You do with that. Yes, do you allow that? Yeah?
- 6:02Speaker 2: Do you stand up for yourself? Do you use your voice?
- 6:05Speaker 2: Do you have a new boundary in place? Do you
- 6:07Speaker 2: cut that person out of your life? Do you go
- 6:09Speaker 2: on social media and like vent to it to everyone,
- 6:11Speaker 2: or do you go to that person and communicate like
- 6:13Speaker 2: that is your part and where you need to take responsibility.
- 6:15Speaker 1: You can't control what other.
- 6:16Speaker 2: People do to you, but you can control how you
- 6:18Speaker 2: react and respond and what you do next with it.
- 6:20Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, I love that.
- 6:22Speaker 2: I think sometimes I would rather be and this is
- 6:25Speaker 2: me just being fully honest, I would rather nowadays. I
- 6:28Speaker 2: used to be the blamer, but nowadays I think I
- 6:30Speaker 2: sometimes would rather be the villain in someone's story because
- 6:33Speaker 2: that feels safer to me to just be like, oh, yeah,
- 6:36Speaker 2: I'm sorry, it's all my fault, then get into an argument,
- 6:39Speaker 2: upset them, for them to take what I'm saying the
- 6:41Speaker 2: wrong way, for them to abandon me not want to
- 6:43Speaker 2: be my friend anymore. But then it's like that is
- 6:45Speaker 2: not a true relationship. That's not a true, honest friendship.
- 6:48Speaker 2: That is a relationship based on being fake. Really, And
- 6:52Speaker 2: you're abandoning yourself doing that. And I'm fully consciously aware
- 6:55Speaker 2: of it. I know when I do it, and I'll
- 6:57Speaker 2: go home and dwell on it and be like, oh
- 6:59Speaker 2: my gosh, why didn't I use my voice there? Like
- 7:01Speaker 2: why didn't I feel safe? Why can't I speak my truth?
- 7:04Speaker 2: But you get really scared sometimes I've got like a
- 7:07Speaker 2: full abandonment wound, like Okay, I'll just be the villain.
- 7:10Speaker 1: I'll just take it all. Yeah, like I'll bear the
- 7:12Speaker 1: burden and yeah, and.
- 7:13Speaker 2: You think it'll be easier, but then it just like
- 7:16Speaker 2: it adds to your backpack of heavy rocks of course
- 7:18Speaker 2: you carried around.
- 7:19Speaker 1: Where do you if you know my asking, where do
- 7:21Speaker 1: you think that that comes from? Like? What is the fear?
- 7:24Speaker 1: Oh I have to be the villain, I have to
- 7:26Speaker 1: carry this otherwise.
- 7:27Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just come from a couple of
- 7:29Speaker 2: conversations I've had over the years with friends that have
- 7:31Speaker 2: been harder, and then I've been like made to feel
- 7:34Speaker 2: bad for voicing that I don't want to talk about
- 7:37Speaker 2: a specific situation, but just a conversation that I've had
- 7:40Speaker 2: it's been really uncomfortable. They don't want to talk about it,
- 7:43Speaker 2: and then spin it back to be your fault. Yeah, okay,
- 7:46Speaker 2: So I'm like, oh, okay, I'll just hold it. Yes,
- 7:49Speaker 2: feel scary because I feel like I'm going to lose
- 7:50Speaker 2: them or they're going to be upset with me, and
- 7:53Speaker 2: either of those options are just not okay for my
- 7:55Speaker 2: nervous systems. Yeah, I also consciously know that they're not
- 7:58Speaker 2: the people for me. You should be able to express
- 8:01Speaker 2: your feelings and how things make you feel and be
- 8:04Speaker 2: able to say, hey, this really upset me when you
- 8:07Speaker 2: did X, Y, and Z. I know your intentions weren't there,
- 8:09Speaker 2: but like, can we talk about how this can be
- 8:11Speaker 2: done differently next time? If we would have something at work,
- 8:14Speaker 2: I think we would just talk about it, you know,
- 8:16Speaker 2: But there's been evidence before where it hasn't been safe
- 8:19Speaker 2: and it's felt really scary, So I'm like, oh, I'd
- 8:21Speaker 2: just rather think that this is all my fault. Yeah,
- 8:23Speaker 2: she can stay happy and stay you know, and we
- 8:25Speaker 2: can just continue as we were.
- 8:27Speaker 1: Yeah, like, not challenge that challenge. It's scary.
- 8:30Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 8:31Speaker 1: Yeah, whereas a Steve, I feel fully safe challenge him.
- 8:35Speaker 1: You've had like almost seventeen years. Yeah, you know, literally,
- 8:38Speaker 1: beautiful thing.
- 8:39Speaker 2: I just want to talk about that because we never
- 8:41Speaker 2: sit in this podcast on our high horses saying that
- 8:43Speaker 2: we're perfect and we've put all their shit together. It's
- 8:45Speaker 2: actually the complete opposite. We are a work in progress
- 8:48Speaker 2: and we always want to be honest with where we're at.
- 8:50Speaker 2: And yeah, I can see in different dynamics where I'm
- 8:53Speaker 2: just like, I'll just be the villain. I'll stay silent
- 8:55Speaker 2: on this. It's not worth trying to prove my point
- 8:57Speaker 2: or reason with the unreasonable.
- 8:59Speaker 1: Or backlash that might come from yeah or both of
- 9:02Speaker 1: us to take our side, especially if that other person
- 9:04Speaker 1: is super unaware of how they played their parts and something.
- 9:07Speaker 1: I'm like, it's not worth the energy. Yes, sometimes I
- 9:09Speaker 1: think as well, if the other person is unwilling, You're
- 9:11Speaker 1: almost like I'm fighting with somebody who is unwilling to
- 9:15Speaker 1: one hear me or to come and communicate. Yeah, you know,
- 9:18Speaker 1: so I wonder if that also plays a role of,
- 9:20Speaker 1: like you know that that person won't be able to
- 9:22Speaker 1: hear you properly.
- 9:23Speaker 2: Yeah, just feels like not worth the conflict. Yeah, yeah,
- 9:26Speaker 2: I get that.
- 9:27Speaker 1: It's uncomfortable. It is so uncomfortable. Mine shows up in
- 9:30Speaker 1: a little bit of a different way. I find when
- 9:32Speaker 1: it comes to like overly taking responsibility, I do it often.
- 9:37Speaker 1: I've noticed this in you too, but I do it
- 9:39Speaker 1: in a way. What I've noticed in myself is that
- 9:41Speaker 1: I'll overly take responsibility and I'll make sure the other
- 9:44Speaker 1: person feels so utterly heard.
- 9:46Speaker 2: Yeah, considered beautiful, but it's also at the cost of it.
- 9:50Speaker 1: To a fault sometimes. Right, It's also a strength of mind,
- 9:53Speaker 1: but it's also a weakness, like a Krypto kind of thing,
- 9:55Speaker 1: you know. So it's like it's a beautiful thing, and
- 9:57Speaker 1: I do it because, like, I know what it feels
- 9:59Speaker 1: like to not be heard, not be seen, not feel safe,
- 10:01Speaker 1: not feel held. So when it comes to other people
- 10:04Speaker 1: who feel uncomfortable, or we're in a dynamic where there's
- 10:07Speaker 1: discomfort or there's conflict, or there's you know, a conversation
- 10:11Speaker 1: that needs to be had, I will go out of
- 10:13Speaker 1: my way to make sure that that person is heard, understood,
- 10:16Speaker 1: gets to share everything that they're feeling. But then I
- 10:19Speaker 1: almost get scared to voice your voice. Mind. Yeah, so
- 10:23Speaker 1: it's like I allow all this space for the other person,
- 10:26Speaker 1: but then it's almost like I feel scared to take
- 10:28Speaker 1: up space and be like, oh, but this is my truth. Yeah,
- 10:31Speaker 1: you know. So it's like you can have your truth
- 10:32Speaker 1: and you can bring it in, but then I'm like, oh,
- 10:34Speaker 1: I find resistant to bring my truth in and like
- 10:37Speaker 1: actually take up spacetimes.
- 10:39Speaker 2: Is there something lately where you've found that's come up
- 10:41Speaker 2: for you. Is it more like friendship, family, partners, or
- 10:44Speaker 2: just like different situations.
- 10:46Speaker 1: I would say different situations, but I would say mostly relationships. Yeah,
- 10:49Speaker 1: like relationship wounds. Yeah, you know the mine's friendship. Yeah,
- 10:54Speaker 1: have out things. I feel like it's the similar thing,
- 10:56Speaker 1: but just in different ITAs. Yeah.
- 10:59Speaker 2: We talk about this often, we do.
- 11:00Speaker 1: Yeah. I think it's just almost what is it. It's
- 11:03Speaker 1: like a fear of conflict, a fear of them getting
- 11:06Speaker 1: mad at me, a fear of them not liking what
- 11:07Speaker 1: I'm going to say and then potentially leaving. It comes
- 11:11Speaker 1: down to the abandonment wound underneath it all. Yeah. Yeah,
- 11:14Speaker 1: both got that wound, a fear of fear of loss. Right, yeah,
- 11:17Speaker 1: like that, this is so good, Like I don't want
- 11:19Speaker 1: to like ruffle feathers. Yes, I've noticed this recently. Too big,
- 11:22Speaker 1: too loud, too much? Yeah? Is this too much? Is
- 11:25Speaker 1: what I'm worrying? Too much? Is it too booby? Is it?
- 11:28Speaker 1: You know? Just little? Even like that, you're overly nice sometimes. Yeah.
- 11:32Speaker 2: We had the situation in the car the other day
- 11:33Speaker 2: and you were like, Oh, this salesperson keeps sending me
- 11:36Speaker 2: all these sales things and he's trying to get me
- 11:38Speaker 2: to do this and that and that. And I was like, okay, well,
- 11:40Speaker 2: let's just when you send him a text and close
- 11:42Speaker 2: it off so he stops contacting you. And you were like, oh,
- 11:45Speaker 2: now I might just say what were you going to say?
- 11:47Speaker 2: It was so overly nice and it was beautiful, But
- 11:50Speaker 2: I was like, you're not stating that you're not interested.
- 11:52Speaker 1: So he's going to keep.
- 11:53Speaker 2: Harassing you, harassing this big word, but keep contacting you
- 11:56Speaker 2: and keep poking you to try and get you there,
- 11:58Speaker 2: keep pushing, which was really annoying you. And this is
- 12:00Speaker 2: like the third time you're brought it up. So I'm like,
- 12:02Speaker 2: let me type it, you can approve it before I
- 12:04Speaker 2: send it, just like, hey, thanks much for binding me,
- 12:06Speaker 2: but I'm going to kindly decline right now.
- 12:08Speaker 1: Yes, wish you all the best. Yes, I had so
- 12:10Speaker 1: much resistance yeah into that, and you said it so.
- 12:12Speaker 2: Beautifully, but I was like, still being respectful, but you're
- 12:14Speaker 2: honoring yourself and you're saying I'm not interested in this
- 12:17Speaker 2: right now, and he hasn't connected you since yeah, and
- 12:19Speaker 2: it's awkward.
- 12:20Speaker 1: More recently, I've noticed the part of me that's been
- 12:22Speaker 1: scared to be seen as like a bitch or yeah,
- 12:24Speaker 1: too assertive or too honest or whatever.
- 12:26Speaker 2: Where does that come from? Has someone said to you before,
- 12:29Speaker 2: you're too much, you're too bitchy, too loud. Have you
- 12:32Speaker 2: got evidence of that to make you believe that that
- 12:34Speaker 2: could be a possibility?
- 12:35Speaker 1: No, I don't think so. I think it could probably
- 12:36Speaker 1: more come from my own projections.
- 12:39Speaker 2: Okay, maybe, but you felt like someone else's too much
- 12:41Speaker 2: and too bit.
- 12:42Speaker 1: Potentially yeah, okay, yeah, maybe I still have work to
- 12:45Speaker 1: do around my associations with directness. So a part of
- 12:49Speaker 1: me resists stepping into it because I'm like, oh, maybe
- 12:51Speaker 1: directness leads to some being cold or you know, what
- 12:55Speaker 1: I mean. Yeah, so I know that there's still work
- 12:57Speaker 1: for me to do. It's like unpeeling layers for me.
- 12:59Speaker 1: You want to be perceived as like the nice girl mind, Yeah, yeah,
- 13:03Speaker 1: kind Yeah. Also, I feel like this whole year has
- 13:06Speaker 1: been about me really owning inner bitch. Yeah, we've both
- 13:10Speaker 1: been trying.
- 13:10Speaker 2: And when you say that, I feel like people listen
- 13:12Speaker 2: to be like, oh, why would you want to be bitchy?
- 13:14Speaker 2: It's not about being bitchy or disrespectful to someone else,
- 13:17Speaker 2: it's just actually owning whatever emotion comes up, yes, and
- 13:20Speaker 2: letting it be there without shame.
- 13:21Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, It's like, if I feel fiery in the moment,
- 13:24Speaker 1: allow it to come forward. If i'd feel disappointed in
- 13:26Speaker 1: the moment, let it talk about it. And that's something
- 13:29Speaker 1: you've really taught me how to do really beautifully, because
- 13:31Speaker 1: I feel like you feel your emotions as they come,
- 13:34Speaker 1: you vocalize and move through it. Yeah, and you've given
- 13:36Speaker 1: me a lot of permission to be able to do
- 13:37Speaker 1: that as well. And yeah, you did call me out
- 13:40Speaker 1: on that like a few months ago, being like, you know,
- 13:42Speaker 1: maybe you don't have to be so nice all the time,
- 13:43Speaker 1: like you can just you are nice. You don't have
- 13:45Speaker 1: to procuse and be over the top of it. Yeah,
- 13:47Speaker 1: but I was only proving me needing to be nice
- 13:50Speaker 1: because there's also, you know, a fiery side to me
- 13:52Speaker 1: that also exists that I suppressed for so many years.
- 13:55Speaker 1: So this year has been about bringing her and integrating
- 13:57Speaker 1: her and being okay to be all parts of myself.
- 14:00Speaker 2: And we talk about this often, but the more you
- 14:01Speaker 2: allow your emotions to come up, the cricker it dissolves.
- 14:04Speaker 1: It's doing it in safetime.
- 14:05Speaker 2: So it's like you and I or you might listening,
- 14:07Speaker 2: you might go to your husband, or you might go
- 14:08Speaker 2: to your best friend or your mum. Just be like,
- 14:10Speaker 2: oh my god, this fucking molebag said this to me
- 14:12Speaker 2: at work, or this this girl said this to me online,
- 14:15Speaker 2: or this really annoyed me when she did that, and
- 14:16Speaker 2: like rage about it. Like you're allowed to rage about
- 14:19Speaker 2: it and have your little moment. And I promise you
- 14:21Speaker 2: have that moment and it dissolves. But if you fester
- 14:24Speaker 2: on it and you don't voice it and you suppress it,
- 14:26Speaker 2: you park it, you try not to think about it.
- 14:28Speaker 2: I promise you it was going to get bigger and bigger.
- 14:30Speaker 2: So just like voice it, let it come up, and
- 14:32Speaker 2: you can move through it.
- 14:33Speaker 1: And even come back to that, like having hard conversations
- 14:35Speaker 1: and owning what comes up. The other night, something that
- 14:38Speaker 1: would have made me so uncomfortable was voicing a non
- 14:41Speaker 1: negotiable that I had voiced in a conversation the other night,
- 14:44Speaker 1: being like, oh, so proud of you, and I'll probably
- 14:46Speaker 1: share the story with you guys soon. Yeah, but it
- 14:49Speaker 1: was something that is a hard no for me. Yeah,
- 14:52Speaker 1: and I got faced with it. I got faced with it,
- 14:54Speaker 1: and I openly had the conversation, and I was resisting it,
- 14:57Speaker 1: and I was a little bit scared, but I was like,
- 14:59Speaker 1: you know what, like I get to have this. And
- 15:01Speaker 1: I noticed the part of me that was like, oh
- 15:02Speaker 1: is this extreme for this to be a non negotiable force?
- 15:05Speaker 1: Like is this too much?
- 15:06Speaker 2: And that's even ask me that, like is this extreme?
- 15:09Speaker 2: Like is this too much to.
- 15:10Speaker 1: Ask too much? And then I was like, you know what, No,
- 15:12Speaker 1: it's not. This is important to me and this is
- 15:14Speaker 1: based on my value, So no, it's not extreme, and
- 15:16Speaker 1: I get to have that and I openly voiced it,
- 15:19Speaker 1: and like it was received really beautifully, which is nice,
- 15:22Speaker 1: well done. It did really well. I think a big
- 15:25Speaker 1: thing about overly taking responsibility is that it actually impacts
- 15:30Speaker 1: the relationships that you're in, right, because we know that
- 15:33Speaker 1: whatever isn't voiced comes out in resentment, in energy and energy,
- 15:37Speaker 1: you know. So it's like it doesn't matter whatever it
- 15:39Speaker 1: is that you're doing. If you're overly taking responsibility, you're
- 15:41Speaker 1: suppressing the part of you that believes that the other
- 15:44Speaker 1: person has a role to play as well. Yes, you know.
- 15:46Speaker 1: And then if that person isn't acknowledging what they've partaken in,
- 15:50Speaker 1: you know, maybe you've had a fight and they've said
- 15:52Speaker 1: something nasty and they're not taking responsibility for it or
- 15:55Speaker 1: owning it or coming and resolving that with you, that's
- 15:58Speaker 1: going to lead to so much resentment because you're just
- 16:00Speaker 1: going to go, well, now I don't feel safe here.
- 16:02Speaker 2: Yeah, And that can only go on for so long.
- 16:04Speaker 2: That's right, Build and build a build. It's like a
- 16:07Speaker 2: kettle that's boiling. It'll explode one day.
- 16:09Speaker 1: Such a good analogy, isn't it. It's an interesting thing,
- 16:11Speaker 1: isn't it? As well? When we're overly taking responsibility, we're
- 16:14Speaker 1: not giving somebody else the opportunity to grow with us.
- 16:17Speaker 1: Oh my god, such a good point. We're taking responsibility
- 16:20Speaker 1: right now, we're doing too much of the work. Yeah,
- 16:23Speaker 1: we might be growing to a certain extent. The other
- 16:25Speaker 1: person is not able to come on the journey with us,
- 16:27Speaker 1: even inviting them to come with us and go, hey,
- 16:29Speaker 1: let's move through this together. Yes, it's such a good point.
- 16:33Speaker 2: I'm going to talk about a situation that happened with
- 16:35Speaker 2: you and I that was a huge eye opener for me,
- 16:39Speaker 2: and it was really uncomfortable and really scary, but it
- 16:42Speaker 2: was such a huge lesson. But I'm just like so
- 16:44Speaker 2: grateful at the way that you came to me, the
- 16:47Speaker 2: way that you approached it, and the way you allowed
- 16:50Speaker 2: me to step up and be a better friend. And
- 16:52Speaker 2: it was when I had kind of accidentally slipped something
- 16:56Speaker 2: in a conversation with a past friend and there was
- 17:00Speaker 2: no ill intentions behind it, and I know you know
- 17:02Speaker 2: there wasn't either, And I thought you probably would have
- 17:05Speaker 2: told this girl this story anyway, but it was not
- 17:08Speaker 2: my place to let that slip. And this girl had
- 17:11Speaker 2: then told you, and then you drove around to my house,
- 17:13Speaker 2: you like you need to talk to you, And I
- 17:14Speaker 2: was like, oh, my fucking gold, what's going on?
- 17:16Speaker 1: Panicking She's gonna.
- 17:17Speaker 2: Leave me, and you put your hand on my lap
- 17:21Speaker 2: and you were like, this person's come to me and
- 17:22Speaker 2: let me know that you said this. And then I
- 17:25Speaker 2: explained the situation and it was all good. But I
- 17:27Speaker 2: was just like, I'm so glad that you didn't just
- 17:30Speaker 2: shove that under the rug. Let it sit there, Let
- 17:32Speaker 2: it be heavy on your heart, not voice how you felt,
- 17:35Speaker 2: because that would build up resentment, it would also put
- 17:38Speaker 2: cracks in our friendship. It'll also make you not trust me,
- 17:41Speaker 2: and you didn't get to get the context around it.
- 17:43Speaker 2: And it was also just a really massive lesson for
- 17:45Speaker 2: me of just being way more conscious of the conversations
- 17:48Speaker 2: that I'm having and to not let them slip. I
- 17:50Speaker 2: was a bit too casual and trusting of this other person,
- 17:53Speaker 2: and it just it came out. But it was such
- 17:55Speaker 2: a big lesson for me, And it was also a
- 17:56Speaker 2: beautiful example for me to see in those moments where
- 18:00Speaker 2: I need to have hard conversations, how beautifully it can
- 18:03Speaker 2: be done to actually bring closeness. And I remember you
- 18:07Speaker 2: saying to me, because you're obviously well aware of my wound,
- 18:09Speaker 2: You're like, I'm just letting you know I'm not leaving
- 18:11Speaker 2: We're all good, nothing's wrong. This is just a moment
- 18:14Speaker 2: where we get to talk about this. And communication and
- 18:18Speaker 2: transparency are such high values of both of ours. And
- 18:21Speaker 2: if I ever do anything like this or anything comes
- 18:23Speaker 2: up for you, this is how I want you to
- 18:24Speaker 2: come to me. So you fully led the way. I
- 18:26Speaker 2: was like, wow, so that point that you just said
- 18:29Speaker 2: that by not voicing your truth, you're not giving that
- 18:32Speaker 2: person opportunity to grow and we get to grow and
- 18:36Speaker 2: learn and do things better. And how amazing if you
- 18:38Speaker 2: have people in life that are leading the way with that.
- 18:41Speaker 2: And I've always talked about Megazie. She's just been such
- 18:43Speaker 2: a huge inspiration for me in so many ways. And
- 18:47Speaker 2: the way she teaches me isn't by preaching or shoving
- 18:49Speaker 2: things down my throat or telling me I'm wrong or
- 18:52Speaker 2: bad or whatever. She just leads by example. It's like,
- 18:55Speaker 2: that's the kind of parent I want to be. And
- 18:56Speaker 2: it's also you showed me that's the kind of friend
- 18:58Speaker 2: that I want to be. So thank you for that.
- 19:01Speaker 2: And I wanted to share that because it's just such
- 19:03Speaker 2: an important life lesson that it doesn't have to be
- 19:06Speaker 2: as hard and uncomfortable when it was a hard conversation,
- 19:08Speaker 2: but it can be so beautiful and so connecting, and
- 19:12Speaker 2: you get to choose how the kind of relationships that
- 19:15Speaker 2: you have in your life. But to have those deep, safe,
- 19:19Speaker 2: connected friendships and dynamics, you have to be that and
- 19:23Speaker 2: that requires sitting in the discomfort and creating safety and
- 19:27Speaker 2: looking at your body language and your tone of voice
- 19:29Speaker 2: and reassurance, understanding their wounds. There's so many layers to it,
- 19:33Speaker 2: but that's what it takes to make a relationship work.
- 19:35Speaker 2: You can't just expect things to be fucking honky doory
- 19:38Speaker 2: all the time. So true, it doesn't work like that,
- 19:40Speaker 2: does it, But yeah, thank you for that. It's just
- 19:43Speaker 2: been so beautiful with such a huge moment for me.
- 19:45Speaker 2: And I remember going inside just boiling my eyes and
- 19:47Speaker 2: crying out.
- 19:47Speaker 1: I know, I'm gonna cry. Why am I emotional?
- 19:51Speaker 2: My period? But like the thought of losing you open
- 19:53Speaker 2: that I was like never and it was just such
- 19:56Speaker 2: a cool lesson.
- 19:57Speaker 1: It was so beautiful, and.
- 19:58Speaker 2: It was also a moment for me of like I
- 20:01Speaker 2: can make a mistake and still be loved, Whereas in
- 20:03Speaker 2: the past when I've made mistakes and I've lost friends, it's.
- 20:06Speaker 1: Like, oh, I have to be perfect.
- 20:08Speaker 2: I can't ever slip up, I can't ever make a mistake,
- 20:11Speaker 2: I can't ever do the wrong thing. So I'm going
- 20:14Speaker 2: to suppress, park internalize, and be the nice girl to
- 20:18Speaker 2: keep this relationship or friendship. And then when I had
- 20:21Speaker 2: that evidence of you, I'm like, I don't have to
- 20:23Speaker 2: do that, and I don't ever want to do that again.
- 20:25Speaker 2: That's felt so painful the last ten years having friendships
- 20:28Speaker 2: where I've had to be like that, and it like said,
- 20:30Speaker 2: a new standard of what I want in my life.
- 20:32Speaker 2: And then that trickled into my intimate relationship with Steve,
- 20:34Speaker 2: and like, wow, now I see how I can bring
- 20:37Speaker 2: hard conversations to him with more calm and ease and
- 20:39Speaker 2: reassurance rather than suppressing or attacking or criticizing. So it
- 20:44Speaker 2: was really beautiful and I just hope me sharing that
- 20:46Speaker 2: inspires someone else to have a hard conversation in a
- 20:49Speaker 2: beautiful way.
- 20:50Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a hard conversation to have, but even
- 20:52Speaker 1: from my perspective of bringing that conversation in, it was
- 20:55Speaker 1: from a place of oh, wow, I want to create closeness,
- 21:01Speaker 1: like I want to protect, I want to preserve, I
- 21:03Speaker 1: want to nurture our relationship and I just have seen
- 21:07Speaker 1: it so many times and I have so much evidence
- 21:09Speaker 1: of it. Of like the open communication is what creates
- 21:12Speaker 1: deeper connections, and anyone who parks things, sweeps things, sweeps
- 21:17Speaker 1: them under the rug, like they all end up drifting apart.
- 21:20Speaker 1: I heard someone say this concept once and it was like,
- 21:22Speaker 1: the problem in your relationship is what sits between you
- 21:25Speaker 1: and your partner on the couch. And it just it
- 21:28Speaker 1: really landed for me, and now I see that in
- 21:31Speaker 1: every relationship. I'm like, anything that sits between us on
- 21:34Speaker 1: the couch is the problem of the relationship and is
- 21:36Speaker 1: the thing that's keeping us disconnected. And so for me
- 21:39Speaker 1: coming in for that conversation was like, I want to
- 21:41Speaker 1: bring us in close. I love you, and I don't
- 21:43Speaker 1: want to leave. I don't want to go anywhere. The
- 21:45Speaker 1: problem we talk about it. It's going to talk about it.
- 21:47Speaker 1: And I remember this girl coming to me in this
- 21:49Speaker 1: conversation having happened, and then within an hour I was like, babe,
- 21:52Speaker 1: pinny talk. Yeah.
- 21:53Speaker 2: I was like I'm coming, You're like I'm driving you.
- 21:56Speaker 1: I'm like, can I come out? Yeah? Yeah?
- 21:58Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 21:59Speaker 1: It was really beautiful. Yeah, it was nice. I think
- 22:01Speaker 1: it's you know, one of those things. We have lots
- 22:03Speaker 1: of little pieces of evidence now in friendship where we
- 22:05Speaker 1: can have hard conversations and we are so safe for
- 22:08Speaker 1: each other that I know even things that come up
- 22:10Speaker 1: in the future, I know we'll be able to deal
- 22:12Speaker 1: with them. You know, We've got a lot of uncomfortable
- 22:14Speaker 1: conversations recently. Triggers and things like that have come up
- 22:17Speaker 1: for us.
- 22:17Speaker 2: I feel like when people hear that that we knows
- 22:19Speaker 2: you to what it is, they're uncomfortable, but they're also
- 22:22Speaker 2: so beautiful because every time that happens, like we have
- 22:24Speaker 2: one the other day. I'm not going to go into
- 22:25Speaker 2: what it was about, because it's just it was so silly,
- 22:28Speaker 2: but both of them. We got home and I was like,
- 22:31Speaker 2: oh my gosh, was I too much?
- 22:33Speaker 1: Then I shouldn't have said that.
- 22:34Speaker 2: I got so in my head. I messaged you. I'm like, oh,
- 22:37Speaker 2: I'm feeling anxious, and then she sends a photo back
- 22:39Speaker 2: with a tear and eye and like, I'm feeling anxious too.
- 22:41Speaker 2: So I called you straight away and FaceTime and both
- 22:43Speaker 2: of us just like, oh my gosh, what's coming up.
- 22:45Speaker 2: I'm like, I just felt like I shouldn't have said that.
- 22:47Speaker 2: All that was too far and you're like, no, no, no,
- 22:49Speaker 2: I felt guilty because I said this, And it was
- 22:50Speaker 2: just like both of us were in it and both
- 22:54Speaker 2: feeling like we've done the wrong thing, and then we
- 22:56Speaker 2: both just got to reassure each other. It's like, it's
- 22:58Speaker 2: not you, it's not me. It's just this little situation
- 23:00Speaker 2: that we're just figuring out how to do that that thing. Yeah,
- 23:04Speaker 2: it was really funny and beautiful and emotional and all
- 23:07Speaker 2: in one, but like, yeah, we did it together. We
- 23:09Speaker 2: did it, and it just once again brings you so
- 23:11Speaker 2: much closer. Yeah, and this isn't to brag about our
- 23:13Speaker 2: friendship and how amazing it is. It is, but we
- 23:15Speaker 2: want to talk about this so that we're evidence for
- 23:17Speaker 2: you that you can have these hard conversations and trust us,
- 23:21Speaker 2: it brings you closer to the people that you love.
- 23:23Speaker 1: And because we both have the same wounds as well,
- 23:25Speaker 1: make it easier. It does make it easier because we know,
- 23:27Speaker 1: like we both behave the same way we're we're triggered,
- 23:30Speaker 1: so then we know how to support each other in
- 23:32Speaker 1: these moments. And so even that conversation we had on FaceTime,
- 23:35Speaker 1: after five minutes on FaceTime, we were good and luffing again.
- 23:37Speaker 2: You're like, I'm off to do this. I'm like, shit,
- 23:39Speaker 2: I'm off.
- 23:40Speaker 1: Yeah, and it was the best, and then I think
- 23:41Speaker 1: it came up. We had something else that happened like
- 23:43Speaker 1: two days later of the same thing.
- 23:44Speaker 2: Yeah, and we were just like, not bring it in.
- 23:47Speaker 2: We're feeling good.
- 23:48Speaker 1: It's good. Yeah.
- 23:50Speaker 2: The more that you practice having these harder conversations and
- 23:53Speaker 2: being true, not blaming or not overtaking responsibility, the more
- 23:57Speaker 2: natural it feels, and actually the less uncomfortable. It feels like,
- 24:00Speaker 2: it doesn't feel as uncomfortable as what it did that
- 24:02Speaker 2: very first time, because it's like, I know, this gets
- 24:04Speaker 2: to be played for on fun and we come out
- 24:05Speaker 2: the other side of no matter what.
- 24:06Speaker 1: That's so true, you know, and I think as well,
- 24:08Speaker 1: when you have two people who are willing, who also
- 24:11Speaker 1: have awareness of like, okay, each person gets to share
- 24:13Speaker 1: their experience. Yes, it's like I share experience. You get
- 24:16Speaker 1: to share your experience. Then we bring it together. Yeah,
- 24:18Speaker 1: it's not you're wrong, I'm right. That didn't happen over
- 24:22Speaker 1: talking each other, no dismissing, no, none of that. It's
- 24:24Speaker 1: like we're just holding space for each other. We get
- 24:26Speaker 1: to be there to hear what the other person has
- 24:28Speaker 1: to say, and then we get to love on each
- 24:30Speaker 1: other harder in that And so in that automatically you
- 24:33Speaker 1: were equally taking responsibility for suns that we've said done,
- 24:38Speaker 1: showed up as, and then we get to do the
- 24:40Speaker 1: repair together. Yes, which often is just a conversation. I
- 24:43Speaker 1: think for anyone listening to it, it's like, Okay, I've
- 24:45Speaker 1: got to have this conversation. How do I have that?
- 24:47Speaker 2: In my experience with Tiana, the wheen I just spoke
- 24:49Speaker 2: about it was a lot of reassurance. So she started
- 24:51Speaker 2: it out with they just want you to know this
- 24:52Speaker 2: doesn't change our friendship. This hasn't change the way I
- 24:54Speaker 2: feel about you, This hasn't change what we're doing together.
- 24:57Speaker 2: Nothing's changed. I just want to talk to you about
- 25:00Speaker 2: how this happened. Yes, So that immediately, because I walked
- 25:03Speaker 2: into that thinking, oh my god, she's going to end
- 25:04Speaker 2: up you know, So that reassurance straight away allowed me
- 25:08Speaker 2: to soften, take a breath, go back to that moment,
- 25:11Speaker 2: and then I could explain what happened and you're like, oh,
- 25:14Speaker 2: I can see yeah, yeah, that happens.
- 25:16Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 25:16Speaker 2: So I think if you're going into a hard conversation.
- 25:19Speaker 2: Make sure you're really regulated, like I could tell you
- 25:21Speaker 2: it was super regulated. Take some breaths, get clear on
- 25:24Speaker 2: what it is you're talking about and the outcome that
- 25:26Speaker 2: you would like. And then if you can start it
- 25:28Speaker 2: with some reassurance, because if that person is anxious or avoidant,
- 25:33Speaker 2: they need reassurance that everything's going to be okay. And
- 25:36Speaker 2: that's how I would start it and lead with it.
- 25:38Speaker 2: You spoke about like how it made you feel, and
- 25:40Speaker 2: you were just like curious on how it happened. Yes,
- 25:42Speaker 2: it wasn't like I can't believe you did this, this
- 25:44Speaker 2: is fucked. It was like I'm just really wondering, like
- 25:46Speaker 2: how this situation happened, what was said?
- 25:49Speaker 1: What was the context? And I was like, okay, I
- 25:51Speaker 1: believe I even said, like did this happen?
- 25:53Speaker 2: Yes?
- 25:53Speaker 1: You know. It was more of like a coming in
- 25:55Speaker 1: from like a wanting to understand as opposed to like
- 25:58Speaker 1: finger pointing or blame yeah, anything like that. I'm like, okay, cool,
- 26:01Speaker 1: Like I just want to like I want to learn,
- 26:02Speaker 1: I want to understand, and like what can we do
- 26:04Speaker 1: from here? Yes, and what can we do next time
- 26:06Speaker 1: that would feel better for both? Yeah, And that's the
- 26:09Speaker 1: conflict resolution. It really is.
- 26:11Speaker 2: So I hope that's really helpful for anyone listening, because
- 26:14Speaker 2: hard conversations are something that you cannot not avoid, like
- 26:17Speaker 2: you have to have them, and if you don't, and
- 26:19Speaker 2: you're always going to be the nice girl that takes
- 26:21Speaker 2: all the responsibility, you are just disservicing yourself. You're abandoning yourself,
- 26:26Speaker 2: and you're going to feel the resentment. You're going to
- 26:27Speaker 2: feel the sadness, you're going to feel lonely, You're going
- 26:29Speaker 2: to feel disconnected. You're not going to have the relationships
- 26:32Speaker 2: that I know that you desire, So honor yourself and
- 26:36Speaker 2: do it in a kind, respectful way.
- 26:37Speaker 1: So beautiful. Even as a piece of evidence, it's the
- 26:39Speaker 1: connection will always feel deeper after you've had that conversation.
- 26:42Speaker 1: So much because we will have conversations and then immediately
- 26:45Speaker 1: like and we go deep by into the friendship. You know,
- 26:48Speaker 1: every single time. We have so much evidence of that,
- 26:50Speaker 1: and I know you feel like that for you, For
- 26:51Speaker 1: you who is listening, whether that be in your intimate
- 26:54Speaker 1: relationships with your friends, family, whoever it is you need
- 26:57Speaker 1: to openly communicate with and share responsibility with. Yeah, love it.
- 27:02Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us. And if you guys have
- 27:04Speaker 2: any fee or questions on this or maybe you are
- 27:07Speaker 2: stuck in a situation you don't know how to have
- 27:09Speaker 2: that hard conversation. Maybe you'd like us to role play
- 27:12Speaker 2: or give some advice. We have our Bestie segment every
- 27:14Speaker 2: single Tuesday, so in the description box below you can
- 27:17Speaker 2: submit a anonymous submission. Give us all the context in situations.
- 27:21Speaker 2: We're more than happy to have that conversation on our
- 27:23Speaker 2: Tuesday segment.
- 27:24Speaker 1: Sounds good bye bye,