Latest / Adult Child of Dysfunction / E 231 : Breaking Generational Patterns: Healing and Boundaries, Guest: Alyssa Scarano
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- 0:47Well,
- 0:47good
- 0:47morning
- 0:48everybody
- 0:48and
- 0:48welcome
- 0:48back
- 0:49to
- 0:49another
- 0:49episode
- 0:49of
- 0:50Adult
- 0:50Child
- 0:50of
- 0:51Dysfunction.
- 0:51Today
- 0:52we
- 0:52have
- 0:52with
- 0:52us
- 0:52a
- 0:53very
- 0:53special
- 0:53guest
- 0:54and
- 0:54someone
- 0:54that
- 0:55after
- 0:55reading
- 0:56all
- 0:56of
- 0:56her
- 0:56stuff
- 0:56and
- 0:56looking
- 0:57at
- 0:57her
- 0:57because
- 0:57I
- 0:57kind
- 0:57of
- 0:57creep
- 0:58on
- 0:58some
- 0:58of
- 0:58my
- 0:58guests
- 0:59sometimes,
- 0:59I'll
- 0:59be
- 0:59honest,
- 1:00it
- 1:01just
- 1:01seems
- 1:01like
- 1:01we
- 1:01have
- 1:02so
- 1:02much
- 1:02in
- 1:02common.
- 1:02So
- 1:03I'm
- 1:03so
- 1:03looking
- 1:04forward
- 1:04to
- 1:04this
- 1:04conversation.
- 1:05Her
- 1:05name
- 1:05is
- 1:05Alyssa
- 1:06Scarano.
- 1:07She
- 1:07is
- 1:07an
- 1:07lpcncc,
- 1:09is
- 1:10the
- 1:10founder
- 1:10and
- 1:10clinical
- 1:11director
- 1:11of,
- 1:12of
- 1:12the
- 1:12Collective
- 1:12Therapy
- 1:13and
- 1:13Wellness.
- 1:14She
- 1:14is
- 1:14known
- 1:14for
- 1:15her
- 1:15empathetic
- 1:16and
- 1:16compassionate
- 1:17approach.
- 1:18Her
- 1:18view,
- 1:18she
- 1:19views
- 1:19her
- 1:19work
- 1:19as
- 1:19a
- 1:20profound
- 1:20privilege,
- 1:21an
- 1:21opportunity
- 1:22to
- 1:22be
- 1:22invited
- 1:23into
- 1:23the
- 1:23most
- 1:23intimate
- 1:24and
- 1:24vulnerable
- 1:24parts
- 1:25of
- 1:25her
- 1:25clients
- 1:26lives.
- 1:26She
- 1:27specializes
- 1:27in
- 1:28relationships.
- 1:28She
- 1:29is
- 1:29dedicated
- 1:29to
- 1:29helping
- 1:30individuals
- 1:30heal
- 1:30from
- 1:31childhood
- 1:31trauma,
- 1:32break
- 1:32generational
- 1:33patterns
- 1:34and
- 1:34cultivate
- 1:34meaningful,
- 1:35authentic
- 1:36connections
- 1:36with
- 1:37others
- 1:37by
- 1:37first
- 1:38supporting
- 1:38them
- 1:38in
- 1:39fostering
- 1:39self
- 1:40compassion.
- 1:41Doesn't
- 1:41that
- 1:41sound
- 1:41great?
- 1:44So
- 1:44welcome
- 1:45Alyssa.
- 1:46Thank
- 1:46you
- 1:46so
- 1:47much,
- 1:47Tammy
- 1:47for
- 1:47having
- 1:48me.
- 1:48I'm
- 1:48really
- 1:48excited
- 1:48to
- 1:49be
- 1:49here
- 1:49today.
- 1:50Yeah,
- 1:50the
- 1:50more
- 1:50I
- 1:51read
- 1:51over
- 1:51your
- 1:51stuff,
- 1:51I
- 1:52was
- 1:52like,
- 1:52oh
- 1:52my
- 1:52gosh,
- 1:52that's
- 1:52a
- 1:52great
- 1:53question.
- 1:53I
- 1:53would
- 1:53ask
- 1:53that.
- 1:54Oh
- 1:54my
- 1:54gosh.
- 1:54As
- 1:54I
- 1:54was
- 1:54just
- 1:55talking
- 1:55about
- 1:55that
- 1:55today,
- 1:56you
- 1:56know,
- 1:56it
- 1:56just
- 1:57seemed
- 1:57like
- 1:57everything
- 1:57I
- 1:57read
- 1:58was
- 1:58more
- 1:58and
- 1:58more
- 1:58in
- 1:59touch
- 1:59with
- 1:59what
- 1:59and
- 1:59more
- 2:00and
- 2:00more
- 2:00in
- 2:00tune
- 2:00with
- 2:01what
- 2:01I
- 2:01do.
- 2:01And
- 2:01I
- 2:01absolutely
- 2:02love
- 2:02it,
- 2:03especially
- 2:03that
- 2:03you
- 2:04end
- 2:04it
- 2:04with
- 2:04the
- 2:04self
- 2:04compassion
- 2:05thing.
- 2:05Because
- 2:05I'm
- 2:06actually
- 2:06speaking
- 2:06on,
- 2:07I
- 2:07believe
- 2:07and
- 2:08I
- 2:08should
- 2:08actually
- 2:08write
- 2:08the
- 2:09talk,
- 2:09but
- 2:11I
- 2:11think
- 2:11it's
- 2:11next
- 2:11Wednesday
- 2:11for
- 2:12the
- 2:12national
- 2:12association
- 2:13of
- 2:13Children
- 2:13of
- 2:13Alcoholics
- 2:15and
- 2:15for,
- 2:16for
- 2:16them
- 2:17on
- 2:17self,
- 2:18the
- 2:18importance
- 2:18of
- 2:18self
- 2:19compassion.
- 2:20Because
- 2:21that's
- 2:21a
- 2:21big
- 2:21one.
- 2:22Yeah,
- 2:23that's
- 2:23a
- 2:24big
- 2:24one.
- 2:25So
- 2:26let's,
- 2:27I'm
- 2:27going
- 2:27to
- 2:27dive
- 2:28right
- 2:28in.
- 2:28I
- 2:28like
- 2:28to
- 2:29just
- 2:29jump
- 2:29right
- 2:29into
- 2:29the
- 2:29meat
- 2:30of
- 2:30it.
- 2:30We're
- 2:30going
- 2:30to
- 2:30get
- 2:31your
- 2:31history
- 2:31and
- 2:31we'll
- 2:32hear
- 2:32lots
- 2:32and
- 2:32lots
- 2:33about
- 2:33your
- 2:33stories
- 2:34and
- 2:34everything
- 2:34as
- 2:34we
- 2:35kind
- 2:35of
- 2:35talk.
- 2:36But
- 2:36I
- 2:36want
- 2:36to
- 2:36go
- 2:37back
- 2:37and
- 2:37just
- 2:37ask,
- 2:38you
- 2:38know,
- 2:38you
- 2:38mentioned
- 2:39generational
- 2:40trauma
- 2:40a
- 2:40couple
- 2:41different
- 2:41times
- 2:41in
- 2:42what
- 2:42I,
- 2:43in
- 2:43what
- 2:43I
- 2:43read.
- 2:44So
- 2:45was
- 2:45that
- 2:45something
- 2:45that
- 2:46you've
- 2:46experienced?
- 2:48Yeah,
- 2:48I
- 2:48mean
- 2:49to
- 2:49a
- 2:49degree.
- 2:49I
- 2:49think
- 2:50that
- 2:50we
- 2:50all
- 2:50have
- 2:51these
- 2:51little
- 2:51learnings
- 2:52and
- 2:52socialization
- 2:53or
- 2:53even
- 2:54just
- 2:54family
- 2:54dynamics
- 2:55that
- 2:56we
- 2:56carry
- 2:56on
- 2:57with,
- 2:57you
- 2:57know,
- 2:57through
- 2:58the
- 2:58subconscious
- 2:58without
- 2:59realizing
- 2:59it
- 2:59and
- 2:59then
- 3:00recreate
- 3:00those
- 3:00patterns,
- 3:02you
- 3:02know,
- 3:02and
- 3:02so
- 3:04obviously
- 3:04to
- 3:04varying
- 3:05degrees
- 3:06depending
- 3:06on
- 3:06the
- 3:06circumstances
- 3:07and
- 3:07the
- 3:07environment
- 3:08and
- 3:08the
- 3:08parent
- 3:09or
- 3:09caregiver
- 3:10support
- 3:10that's
- 3:10available
- 3:11at
- 3:11the
- 3:11time
- 3:11when
- 3:12we're
- 3:12kids,
- 3:12you
- 3:13know,
- 3:13I,
- 3:13I
- 3:13definitely
- 3:14have
- 3:14my,
- 3:14my
- 3:15own
- 3:15story
- 3:15and
- 3:16my
- 3:16own
- 3:16Experiences
- 3:17that
- 3:17have
- 3:17shaped
- 3:18who
- 3:18I
- 3:18am.
- 3:19And
- 3:19so.
- 3:20And
- 3:20I
- 3:20think
- 3:21a
- 3:21lot
- 3:21of
- 3:21us
- 3:21do.
- 3:21Right.
- 3:22So
- 3:22it's
- 3:22a
- 3:22matter
- 3:22of
- 3:23looking
- 3:23at
- 3:23that
- 3:24a
- 3:24little
- 3:24bit.
- 3:24And.
- 3:24And
- 3:25how
- 3:25do
- 3:25I,
- 3:25you
- 3:26know,
- 3:26gain
- 3:26a
- 3:26little
- 3:27bit
- 3:27more
- 3:27autonomy
- 3:27over,
- 3:28you
- 3:28know,
- 3:28my
- 3:29life
- 3:29rather
- 3:29than
- 3:29these
- 3:30stories
- 3:30or
- 3:30these
- 3:30patterns
- 3:31kind
- 3:31of
- 3:31dictating
- 3:32it
- 3:32for
- 3:32me.
- 3:33And.
- 3:33But
- 3:34yeah,
- 3:34yeah,
- 3:34I
- 3:34have
- 3:35had
- 3:35my
- 3:35own,
- 3:35you
- 3:36know,
- 3:36I.
- 3:36I
- 3:36grew
- 3:36up
- 3:36in
- 3:37a,
- 3:38you
- 3:38know,
- 3:38some.
- 3:38A
- 3:39family
- 3:39of
- 3:39dysfunction
- 3:40in
- 3:40the
- 3:40sense
- 3:40of.
- 3:41We
- 3:41didn't
- 3:42really
- 3:42talk
- 3:42about
- 3:42emotions,
- 3:43which
- 3:43is
- 3:43funny
- 3:43because
- 3:44now
- 3:44I
- 3:44do.
- 3:45They're
- 3:45at
- 3:45the
- 3:45heart
- 3:46of
- 3:46everything
- 3:47that
- 3:47I
- 3:47do,
- 3:48and
- 3:48there's
- 3:48so
- 3:48much
- 3:49power
- 3:49there.
- 3:50And
- 3:50I
- 3:50was
- 3:51parentified.
- 3:52I
- 3:52really
- 3:52had
- 3:52a
- 3:53lot
- 3:53of
- 3:53hyper
- 3:54independence
- 3:54growing
- 3:55up.
- 3:56There
- 3:56really
- 3:56wasn't
- 3:57anybody
- 3:57there
- 3:58to
- 3:58teach
- 3:59me
- 3:59or
- 3:59support
- 3:59me
- 4:00in
- 4:00those
- 4:00ways.
- 4:01When
- 4:01it
- 4:01came
- 4:01to
- 4:02big
- 4:02emotions,
- 4:02when
- 4:03it
- 4:03came
- 4:03to
- 4:03a
- 4:04lot
- 4:04of
- 4:04the
- 4:04struggles
- 4:04of
- 4:05what
- 4:05it's
- 4:05like
- 4:05to
- 4:05be
- 4:05a
- 4:06child
- 4:06and
- 4:06then
- 4:06a
- 4:06preteen
- 4:07and
- 4:07a
- 4:07teen.
- 4:08And.
- 4:10Yeah,
- 4:10as
- 4:10I've
- 4:10grown
- 4:11up,
- 4:11I
- 4:11can
- 4:11see
- 4:11that
- 4:12emerge
- 4:12in
- 4:12different
- 4:12times.
- 4:13And
- 4:14so
- 4:14my
- 4:14goal
- 4:15is
- 4:15to
- 4:15really
- 4:16help
- 4:16people,
- 4:17you
- 4:18know,
- 4:18feel
- 4:18empowered
- 4:19over
- 4:19those
- 4:19patterns
- 4:20and
- 4:20make
- 4:20changes
- 4:20in
- 4:21their
- 4:21lives.
- 4:21That's.
- 4:22And
- 4:22also.
- 4:23Absolutely.
- 4:23And
- 4:23also
- 4:24just
- 4:24know
- 4:24that
- 4:24the
- 4:25pattern's
- 4:25there
- 4:25because
- 4:26we.
- 4:26If
- 4:27you
- 4:27grew
- 4:27up
- 4:27in
- 4:27that
- 4:27kind
- 4:28of
- 4:28dysfunction,
- 4:29it's
- 4:29your
- 4:30normal.
- 4:30You
- 4:31don't
- 4:31know,
- 4:31and
- 4:31you
- 4:32don't
- 4:32know
- 4:32what
- 4:32you
- 4:32don't
- 4:33know.
- 4:33So
- 4:33I
- 4:33tell
- 4:33people,
- 4:34we
- 4:34were
- 4:34always
- 4:34on
- 4:34a
- 4:35show
- 4:35the
- 4:35other
- 4:35day,
- 4:36and
- 4:36the.
- 4:36The
- 4:36gentleman
- 4:37that
- 4:37was
- 4:37on
- 4:37it
- 4:37was
- 4:38a
- 4:38psychiatrist,
- 4:38and
- 4:39he
- 4:39was
- 4:39talking
- 4:39and
- 4:40he
- 4:40was
- 4:40like,
- 4:40well,
- 4:40I
- 4:41choose
- 4:42to
- 4:42be
- 4:42happy
- 4:42every
- 4:42day.
- 4:43And
- 4:43I.
- 4:43Everybody
- 4:44has
- 4:44that
- 4:44choice.
- 4:45And
- 4:46I
- 4:46choose
- 4:47to
- 4:47look
- 4:47at
- 4:47the
- 4:48bright
- 4:48side.
- 4:48And
- 4:48I
- 4:48choose
- 4:49no
- 4:49matter
- 4:49what
- 4:49it
- 4:50is
- 4:50and
- 4:50everything
- 4:50else.
- 4:51But
- 4:51I'm
- 4:51like.
- 4:51But
- 4:52for
- 4:52people
- 4:52that
- 4:53grew
- 4:53up
- 4:53in
- 4:53this
- 4:54lens
- 4:54of
- 4:55everything
- 4:56is
- 4:56bad,
- 4:56bad
- 4:57things
- 4:57are
- 4:57always
- 4:57going
- 4:58to
- 4:58happen.
- 4:59And
- 4:59if
- 4:59I
- 4:59do
- 4:59feel,
- 5:00even
- 5:00sometimes,
- 5:01and
- 5:01correct
- 5:02me
- 5:02if
- 5:02I'm
- 5:02wrong,
- 5:02but
- 5:03I
- 5:03felt
- 5:03like
- 5:03even
- 5:03if
- 5:04I
- 5:04experienced
- 5:04a
- 5:05moment
- 5:05of
- 5:05joy,
- 5:06it
- 5:06was
- 5:07quickly
- 5:07smashed.
- 5:08And
- 5:08sometimes
- 5:09it
- 5:09was
- 5:09even,
- 5:10what
- 5:10are
- 5:10you
- 5:10so
- 5:10happy
- 5:11about?
- 5:11There's
- 5:11nothing
- 5:11to
- 5:12be
- 5:12that
- 5:12happy
- 5:12about.
- 5:13And
- 5:14I
- 5:14remember
- 5:14when
- 5:15I
- 5:15think
- 5:15back
- 5:15about
- 5:15how
- 5:16many
- 5:16times
- 5:16my
- 5:16parents
- 5:17said
- 5:17to
- 5:17me,
- 5:17there's
- 5:17nothing
- 5:18that
- 5:18you
- 5:18should
- 5:18be
- 5:18happy
- 5:19about.
- 5:19Like
- 5:20what?
- 5:22Yeah,
- 5:23yeah.
- 5:23I
- 5:23mean,
- 5:23what
- 5:24the
- 5:24learning
- 5:24is
- 5:24there,
- 5:25right,
- 5:25is
- 5:25that
- 5:25I
- 5:26don't
- 5:26have
- 5:26permission
- 5:27to
- 5:27be
- 5:27happy.
- 5:27I
- 5:27can't
- 5:28be
- 5:28happy
- 5:28about
- 5:28this.
- 5:29Like
- 5:29something
- 5:29bad
- 5:29will
- 5:30happen,
- 5:30you
- 5:31know.
- 5:31So
- 5:31you.
- 5:32Yeah,
- 5:32absolutely.
- 5:34That
- 5:34becomes
- 5:34a
- 5:34whole
- 5:35worldview.
- 5:36Yeah,
- 5:36absolutely.
- 5:37And
- 5:38talk
- 5:38about
- 5:39how
- 5:39with
- 5:39the
- 5:39especially.
- 5:40I
- 5:40mean,
- 5:40I
- 5:40know
- 5:41a
- 5:41lot
- 5:41of
- 5:41People
- 5:42that
- 5:42are
- 5:42listening
- 5:42to
- 5:42this
- 5:43podcast,
- 5:43I
- 5:43do
- 5:43know
- 5:44I
- 5:44get
- 5:44a
- 5:44lot
- 5:44of
- 5:44feedback,
- 5:45and
- 5:45a
- 5:45lot
- 5:45of
- 5:45them
- 5:45are
- 5:45kind
- 5:46of
- 5:46in
- 5:46the
- 5:46beginning
- 5:46of
- 5:47this
- 5:47healing
- 5:47journey.
- 5:48So
- 5:48they're
- 5:48like,
- 5:49wow,
- 5:49that
- 5:49she
- 5:49said
- 5:50something
- 5:50that
- 5:50really
- 5:50resonated
- 5:51with
- 5:51me,
- 5:51and
- 5:51it
- 5:52felt
- 5:52like
- 5:52she
- 5:52was
- 5:52talking
- 5:52to
- 5:53my
- 5:53soul.
- 5:53I
- 5:53have
- 5:53people
- 5:54tell
- 5:54me
- 5:54that
- 5:54all
- 5:54the
- 5:54time.
- 5:55You
- 5:55were
- 5:55talking
- 5:55through
- 5:56my
- 5:56soul.
- 5:56And
- 5:56I'm
- 5:57like,
- 5:57oh,
- 5:57I'm
- 5:57sorry.
- 5:58But,
- 5:58I
- 5:58mean,
- 5:58I
- 5:58guess
- 5:59that's
- 5:59a
- 5:59good
- 5:59thing
- 5:59because
- 6:01I
- 6:01always
- 6:01say,
- 6:02also,
- 6:02I
- 6:02never
- 6:02want
- 6:03to
- 6:03leave
- 6:03anybody
- 6:03trauma
- 6:04or,
- 6:04you
- 6:04know,
- 6:04traumatized
- 6:05or
- 6:05triggered.
- 6:06But
- 6:07we're
- 6:07not
- 6:07always
- 6:08aware
- 6:08of
- 6:08these
- 6:09patterns
- 6:09because,
- 6:10like
- 6:10I
- 6:10said,
- 6:10because
- 6:11it's
- 6:11all
- 6:11we
- 6:11know.
- 6:12But
- 6:12talk
- 6:13about
- 6:13how
- 6:13with
- 6:13some
- 6:14of
- 6:14your
- 6:14people
- 6:14or
- 6:14even
- 6:15with
- 6:15yourself,
- 6:16it
- 6:16shows
- 6:17up
- 6:17what
- 6:17it
- 6:17looks
- 6:18like
- 6:18that
- 6:19you
- 6:19might
- 6:19have
- 6:19be
- 6:20going
- 6:20through
- 6:20some
- 6:20generational
- 6:21trauma.
- 6:22Right.
- 6:22Like,
- 6:23how
- 6:23can
- 6:23I
- 6:23recognize
- 6:24that
- 6:24this
- 6:24is
- 6:24something
- 6:25affected
- 6:25me?
- 6:26Yeah.
- 6:27And
- 6:27I
- 6:27will
- 6:27be
- 6:27honest
- 6:27with
- 6:28you,
- 6:28is
- 6:28that
- 6:28I
- 6:28don't
- 6:28think
- 6:29a
- 6:29lot
- 6:29of
- 6:29us
- 6:30really
- 6:30know
- 6:31like,
- 6:31that
- 6:31there's.
- 6:32Okay,
- 6:32there
- 6:32are
- 6:32some
- 6:33learnings
- 6:33here
- 6:33from
- 6:33childhood.
- 6:34There
- 6:34are
- 6:34some
- 6:34patterns
- 6:35that
- 6:35I
- 6:36am
- 6:36carrying
- 6:36on
- 6:37from
- 6:37when
- 6:37I
- 6:37was
- 6:38a
- 6:38kid
- 6:38and
- 6:38then,
- 6:38you
- 6:39know,
- 6:39passed
- 6:39on
- 6:39from
- 6:40my
- 6:40parents
- 6:40as
- 6:41well.
- 6:41And
- 6:42in.
- 6:43In
- 6:43terms
- 6:43of
- 6:44how
- 6:44to
- 6:44recognize
- 6:45it,
- 6:45it
- 6:45is
- 6:45tricky
- 6:46because
- 6:46it
- 6:46can
- 6:46manifest
- 6:47as,
- 6:47like,
- 6:48I
- 6:48am
- 6:48so
- 6:49angry
- 6:49with
- 6:50my
- 6:50spouse.
- 6:51I,
- 6:51you
- 6:52know,
- 6:52I'm
- 6:52so
- 6:52resentful.
- 6:53And
- 6:54really,
- 6:54what
- 6:54that
- 6:54we
- 6:55boil
- 6:55it
- 6:55down
- 6:55and
- 6:55we
- 6:56look
- 6:56at
- 6:56it
- 6:57well,
- 6:57that
- 6:57resentment,
- 6:58like,
- 6:58is
- 6:59coming
- 6:59from
- 7:00within.
- 7:00In
- 7:00what
- 7:01way
- 7:01am
- 7:01I
- 7:02shape
- 7:03shifting,
- 7:04self
- 7:04abandoning,
- 7:05you
- 7:05know,
- 7:05not
- 7:05speaking
- 7:06my
- 7:06truth,
- 7:06not
- 7:06sticking
- 7:07up
- 7:07for
- 7:07myself?
- 7:09And.
- 7:09And
- 7:09where
- 7:10did
- 7:10I
- 7:10learn
- 7:10to
- 7:10do
- 7:11that?
- 7:11Why
- 7:11has
- 7:11it
- 7:11become
- 7:12such
- 7:12a
- 7:12necessity?
- 7:13And
- 7:13that
- 7:13anger
- 7:13is
- 7:14now
- 7:14being
- 7:14put
- 7:14on
- 7:15to
- 7:15my
- 7:15partner.
- 7:16Right.
- 7:16And
- 7:16does
- 7:17it
- 7:17really
- 7:17belong
- 7:17there?
- 7:18Maybe
- 7:18some
- 7:18of
- 7:18it,
- 7:20yeah.
- 7:21But,
- 7:22you
- 7:22know,
- 7:22is
- 7:23that
- 7:23resentment
- 7:24really
- 7:24about,
- 7:24like.
- 7:25Yeah,
- 7:26a
- 7:26caregiver
- 7:26or
- 7:27somebody
- 7:27who
- 7:27was
- 7:28important
- 7:28to
- 7:28me
- 7:28that
- 7:29didn't
- 7:29allow
- 7:29me
- 7:30to
- 7:30use
- 7:30my
- 7:30voice?
- 7:31You
- 7:31know,
- 7:31there
- 7:31wasn't
- 7:31space
- 7:32for
- 7:32me
- 7:32to
- 7:32use
- 7:32my
- 7:33voice,
- 7:33and
- 7:34that's
- 7:34really
- 7:34what's
- 7:35sticking.
- 7:35So
- 7:36it
- 7:36is
- 7:36hard
- 7:37to
- 7:37recognize
- 7:39unless
- 7:39we
- 7:40just
- 7:40really
- 7:40have
- 7:41the
- 7:41knowing
- 7:41that
- 7:42a
- 7:42lot
- 7:42of
- 7:42our
- 7:43belief
- 7:43systems
- 7:44and
- 7:44early
- 7:44learnings
- 7:45do
- 7:45really
- 7:45come
- 7:46from
- 7:46early
- 7:46childhood.
- 7:47Childhood.
- 7:47That
- 7:47is
- 7:47the
- 7:48one
- 7:48thing
- 7:48that
- 7:48I
- 7:48will
- 7:48say
- 7:48is
- 7:49that
- 7:49if
- 7:49we
- 7:49look
- 7:49at,
- 7:49you
- 7:50know,
- 7:50the
- 7:50things
- 7:50that
- 7:51we're
- 7:51often
- 7:52thinking
- 7:52about
- 7:53or
- 7:53our
- 7:54reactions
- 7:55to
- 7:55things,
- 7:56then
- 7:56that's
- 7:57where
- 7:57we
- 7:57can
- 7:57begin
- 7:57to
- 7:58become
- 7:58a
- 7:58little
- 7:58bit
- 7:58curious,
- 7:59like,
- 7:59where
- 7:59is
- 8:00this
- 8:00coming
- 8:00from?
- 8:01Why
- 8:01does
- 8:01this
- 8:02continue
- 8:02to
- 8:02happen
- 8:03in
- 8:03these
- 8:03relationships?
- 8:04Why
- 8:05do
- 8:05I
- 8:05feel
- 8:05so
- 8:06isolated?
- 8:07You
- 8:07know,
- 8:07that's
- 8:07where
- 8:08we
- 8:08can
- 8:08then
- 8:08explore,
- 8:08okay,
- 8:09where
- 8:09did
- 8:10you
- 8:10know,
- 8:10I
- 8:10maybe
- 8:11abandon
- 8:11myself?
- 8:13And
- 8:14what
- 8:14maybe
- 8:14led
- 8:15to
- 8:15me
- 8:15learning
- 8:15that
- 8:16I
- 8:16needed
- 8:16to
- 8:16do
- 8:17that.
- 8:17You
- 8:17know,
- 8:18am
- 8:18I
- 8:18pleasing
- 8:18the
- 8:19people
- 8:19around
- 8:19me
- 8:20instead
- 8:20of
- 8:20really
- 8:21saying
- 8:21yes
- 8:21or
- 8:21saying
- 8:22no
- 8:22to
- 8:22the
- 8:22things
- 8:22that
- 8:23are
- 8:23important
- 8:23to
- 8:23me?
- 8:23Am
- 8:24I
- 8:24speaking
- 8:24up?
- 8:25And
- 8:26so
- 8:26if
- 8:26we
- 8:26consider
- 8:27like
- 8:27just
- 8:27the,
- 8:29at
- 8:29the
- 8:29core
- 8:29of
- 8:29it,
- 8:31the
- 8:31way
- 8:31that
- 8:33we
- 8:33speak
- 8:34to
- 8:34ourselves
- 8:34or
- 8:35our
- 8:35own
- 8:35self
- 8:35talk
- 8:36or
- 8:36the
- 8:36way
- 8:36that
- 8:36we
- 8:37view
- 8:37ourselves
- 8:37and
- 8:37the
- 8:38way
- 8:38we
- 8:38relate
- 8:38to
- 8:38ourselves
- 8:39often
- 8:40does
- 8:40come
- 8:41from
- 8:41early
- 8:41experiences
- 8:43in
- 8:43terms
- 8:43of
- 8:43how
- 8:44our
- 8:44caregivers
- 8:45spoke
- 8:45to
- 8:45us,
- 8:46how
- 8:46they
- 8:46spoke
- 8:47of
- 8:47themselves.
- 8:48Right.
- 8:48And
- 8:49how
- 8:49they
- 8:49spoke
- 8:49to
- 8:49each
- 8:50other.
- 8:50That
- 8:50becomes
- 8:51our
- 8:51understanding
- 8:52of
- 8:52what
- 8:52relationships
- 8:54are
- 8:54and
- 8:55should
- 8:55be,
- 8:56should
- 8:56be
- 8:57like,
- 8:57and
- 8:58who
- 8:58I
- 8:58need
- 8:58to
- 8:59be
- 8:59within
- 8:59those
- 8:59relationships
- 9:00in
- 9:00order
- 9:01to,
- 9:01you
- 9:02know,
- 9:02a
- 9:02feel
- 9:02safe
- 9:03but
- 9:03also
- 9:03feel
- 9:03a
- 9:04sense
- 9:04of
- 9:04connection.
- 9:06So
- 9:06that
- 9:06knowing,
- 9:07I
- 9:07think
- 9:08at
- 9:08the
- 9:08core
- 9:08can
- 9:09create
- 9:09curiosity
- 9:10around
- 9:10some
- 9:11of
- 9:11the
- 9:11behaviors
- 9:11or
- 9:12reactions
- 9:12that
- 9:12we
- 9:12have
- 9:12within
- 9:13relationships.
- 9:14Because
- 9:14that's
- 9:14really
- 9:14how
- 9:14it'll
- 9:15manifest
- 9:16through
- 9:16self
- 9:17esteem,
- 9:17self
- 9:18worth,
- 9:18and
- 9:19then
- 9:19how
- 9:19we
- 9:20feel
- 9:20and
- 9:20respond
- 9:21to
- 9:21our
- 9:21relationships.
- 9:23Exactly.
- 9:23So
- 9:24in
- 9:24there,
- 9:24I
- 9:24heard
- 9:24about
- 9:2514
- 9:25different
- 9:26examples
- 9:26of
- 9:26how
- 9:27you're
- 9:27showing
- 9:27up.
- 9:28So
- 9:28you're
- 9:28a
- 9:28people
- 9:29pleaser.
- 9:29So
- 9:29you're
- 9:30not
- 9:30saying,
- 9:30you
- 9:30know,
- 9:30it's
- 9:31like
- 9:31if
- 9:31you're
- 9:31sitting
- 9:31there,
- 9:31you're
- 9:32going,
- 9:32well,
- 9:32how
- 9:32do
- 9:32I
- 9:32know?
- 9:33And
- 9:33that's
- 9:34one
- 9:34of
- 9:34the
- 9:34things
- 9:34I
- 9:35always.
- 9:35That's
- 9:35one
- 9:35of
- 9:36my
- 9:36first
- 9:36questions
- 9:36to
- 9:36people.
- 9:37When
- 9:37you
- 9:37want
- 9:37to
- 9:38do
- 9:38something
- 9:38and
- 9:38somebody
- 9:39you're
- 9:39dealing
- 9:39with,
- 9:39and
- 9:40it
- 9:40doesn't
- 9:40matter
- 9:40whether
- 9:40it's
- 9:40a
- 9:41spouse,
- 9:41a
- 9:41child,
- 9:41a
- 9:42friend,
- 9:42a
- 9:42coworker,
- 9:43if
- 9:43somebody
- 9:43wants
- 9:44to
- 9:44do
- 9:44something
- 9:44else,
- 9:45how
- 9:45quickly
- 9:46are
- 9:46you
- 9:46to
- 9:46just
- 9:46give
- 9:46in?
- 9:47How
- 9:48quickly?
- 9:48That's
- 9:48the
- 9:49number
- 9:50one
- 9:50key
- 9:50to
- 9:50me.
- 9:51Because
- 9:51the
- 9:51people
- 9:52pleasing
- 9:52and
- 9:52that
- 9:53need
- 9:53for
- 9:54either
- 9:54love
- 9:54and
- 9:55not
- 9:55being
- 9:55abandoned
- 9:56or
- 9:56them
- 9:56not
- 9:56being
- 9:56angry
- 9:57with
- 9:57you
- 9:57or
- 9:58accepting
- 9:58you
- 9:58for
- 9:59whatever,
- 9:59that
- 10:00is
- 10:00one
- 10:00of
- 10:00the
- 10:00biggest.
- 10:01Because
- 10:01it's
- 10:02at
- 10:02the
- 10:02core
- 10:02of
- 10:03I'm
- 10:03not
- 10:03good
- 10:03enough
- 10:04or
- 10:04I'm
- 10:04not
- 10:05worthy.
- 10:05So
- 10:06if
- 10:06you
- 10:06just
- 10:06find
- 10:07yourself,
- 10:07if
- 10:07somebody,
- 10:08you
- 10:08know,
- 10:08if
- 10:08you
- 10:08don't
- 10:09like
- 10:09Chinese
- 10:09food
- 10:09and
- 10:09your
- 10:10best
- 10:10friend
- 10:10says,
- 10:10hey,
- 10:11let's
- 10:11go
- 10:11get
- 10:11Chinese
- 10:12food.
- 10:12And
- 10:12you're
- 10:12like,
- 10:13okay,
- 10:14right?
- 10:15Big
- 10:15smile,
- 10:15big
- 10:16happy
- 10:16smile.
- 10:16And
- 10:17the
- 10:17whole
- 10:17time
- 10:17you're
- 10:17thinking,
- 10:18why
- 10:18can't
- 10:18I
- 10:18just
- 10:19say,
- 10:19I
- 10:19don't
- 10:19even
- 10:19like
- 10:20Chinese
- 10:20food?
- 10:21There's
- 10:21reasons
- 10:21for
- 10:22that.
- 10:22Like,
- 10:22so
- 10:22the
- 10:23people
- 10:23pleasing,
- 10:23the
- 10:24perfectionism,
- 10:25the
- 10:25being
- 10:25attracted
- 10:26to
- 10:26the
- 10:26bad
- 10:26relationships
- 10:27in
- 10:27general.
- 10:29You
- 10:29know,
- 10:30sometimes
- 10:30if
- 10:30you're
- 10:30always
- 10:31picking,
- 10:31I,
- 10:31I
- 10:31don't
- 10:32know
- 10:32how
- 10:32many
- 10:32times
- 10:32my
- 10:33clients
- 10:33have
- 10:33said
- 10:33to
- 10:33me,
- 10:34it
- 10:34doesn't
- 10:35matter
- 10:35I
- 10:35see
- 10:35the
- 10:36red
- 10:36flags
- 10:36and
- 10:36I
- 10:36do
- 10:37it
- 10:37anyway,
- 10:39you
- 10:40know,
- 10:41but.
- 10:42And
- 10:42there's
- 10:42so
- 10:43many
- 10:43different
- 10:43ways
- 10:44it
- 10:44can
- 10:44show
- 10:44up,
- 10:45right.
- 10:45And
- 10:45some
- 10:45of
- 10:46them
- 10:46aren't
- 10:46even
- 10:46necessarily,
- 10:49you
- 10:49know,
- 10:49visibly
- 10:51unhealthy.
- 10:52Right.
- 10:52Like,
- 10:52we
- 10:52can
- 10:52see
- 10:53it
- 10:53in
- 10:53high
- 10:53achievers,
- 10:54in
- 10:55people
- 10:55who
- 10:57are
- 10:57very
- 10:58focused
- 10:58on
- 10:59maybe
- 10:59perfection
- 10:59or
- 11:00performance,
- 11:01right?
- 11:01Performance
- 11:02based
- 11:02approval,
- 11:03performance
- 11:03based
- 11:04connection.
- 11:05That's
- 11:06where,
- 11:06like,
- 11:06sure,
- 11:06you
- 11:06might
- 11:07be
- 11:07really
- 11:07successful
- 11:08with
- 11:08work,
- 11:09so
- 11:09it
- 11:09doesn't
- 11:09seem
- 11:10like
- 11:10it's
- 11:10a
- 11:10problem.
- 11:10Right.
- 11:11And
- 11:11that's
- 11:11the
- 11:11other
- 11:11thing,
- 11:11is
- 11:12that
- 11:12some
- 11:12of
- 11:12these
- 11:12patterns,
- 11:14they.
- 11:14They
- 11:14work
- 11:15for
- 11:15us
- 11:15until
- 11:16they
- 11:16don't.
- 11:17But
- 11:17these
- 11:18patterns,
- 11:18what
- 11:18keeps
- 11:18them
- 11:19sustained
- 11:19is
- 11:19even,
- 11:20even
- 11:20if
- 11:20it's
- 11:21unhealthy,
- 11:22we're
- 11:23getting
- 11:23something
- 11:23out
- 11:24of
- 11:24it.
- 11:24Whether
- 11:24it's
- 11:25allowing
- 11:25us
- 11:25to
- 11:25avoid
- 11:26a
- 11:26conflict
- 11:26out
- 11:27of
- 11:27love
- 11:27and
- 11:27desire
- 11:28to
- 11:28feel
- 11:28connected,
- 11:29or
- 11:29it's
- 11:30a
- 11:30sen.
- 11:31Like,
- 11:31I
- 11:31have
- 11:31a
- 11:31role
- 11:32now,
- 11:32right?
- 11:32By.
- 11:32By
- 11:33taking
- 11:33ownership
- 11:33of
- 11:34everybody's
- 11:34stuff
- 11:35and
- 11:35being
- 11:36the
- 11:36fixer.
- 11:37I'm
- 11:38important
- 11:38here,
- 11:39right?
- 11:39So
- 11:39there's
- 11:40so
- 11:40many
- 11:40different
- 11:40ways
- 11:41it
- 11:41can
- 11:41show
- 11:41up
- 11:41in.
- 11:42In
- 11:42terms
- 11:42of,
- 11:43yeah,
- 11:43I,
- 11:44I
- 11:44need
- 11:44to
- 11:44be
- 11:45the
- 11:45good
- 11:45girl
- 11:45or
- 11:46boy,
- 11:46right.
- 11:47I
- 11:47can't
- 11:47ever,
- 11:48you
- 11:48know,
- 11:48start
- 11:48any
- 11:49fights.
- 11:49I
- 11:49don't
- 11:50say
- 11:50that
- 11:50thing.
- 11:51It
- 11:51can
- 11:51show
- 11:52up
- 11:52as
- 11:52people
- 11:52pleasing.
- 11:53It
- 11:53can
- 11:53show
- 11:53up
- 11:54as
- 11:54taking
- 11:54ownership
- 11:55of
- 11:55people's
- 11:56reactions,
- 11:57like
- 11:57it
- 11:57was
- 11:57a
- 11:58reflection
- 11:58of
- 11:58me,
- 11:59or
- 11:59I
- 11:59could
- 11:59have
- 11:59done
- 12:00something
- 12:00to
- 12:00stop
- 12:00it
- 12:00or
- 12:01fix
- 12:02can
- 12:02show
- 12:02up
- 12:03as
- 12:03performance,
- 12:04you
- 12:04know,
- 12:04it
- 12:04can
- 12:04show
- 12:05up
- 12:05as
- 12:05perfection.
- 12:05It
- 12:06can
- 12:06show
- 12:06up
- 12:06as
- 12:06hyper
- 12:07independence.
- 12:08It
- 12:08could
- 12:08show
- 12:09up
- 12:09as
- 12:09hyper
- 12:09vigilance.
- 12:10Right?
- 12:10So
- 12:11that's
- 12:11why
- 12:11it's
- 12:12kind
- 12:12of
- 12:12hard
- 12:12to
- 12:12say,
- 12:12like,
- 12:13exactly,
- 12:13like,
- 12:14what
- 12:14are
- 12:14the
- 12:14signs?
- 12:15It's,
- 12:15it's
- 12:15more
- 12:16a
- 12:16matter
- 12:16of,
- 12:16like,
- 12:16let's
- 12:17get
- 12:17curious
- 12:17in
- 12:18terms
- 12:18of,
- 12:18like,
- 12:18where,
- 12:19where
- 12:19is
- 12:19that
- 12:19coming
- 12:20from?
- 12:20There's
- 12:20a
- 12:20root
- 12:20here,
- 12:21you
- 12:21know.
- 12:21Right.
- 12:22And.
- 12:22And
- 12:22I
- 12:23always
- 12:23say,
- 12:23if
- 12:23it's
- 12:23something
- 12:24that
- 12:24you're
- 12:24doing
- 12:24and
- 12:24you
- 12:25get
- 12:25that
- 12:25gut
- 12:25instinct,
- 12:26like,
- 12:26I
- 12:26don't
- 12:27want
- 12:27to
- 12:27be
- 12:27doing
- 12:28this
- 12:28doesn't
- 12:28make
- 12:28me
- 12:28happy,
- 12:29or
- 12:29this
- 12:29doesn't
- 12:29feel
- 12:30like
- 12:30me,
- 12:31then
- 12:31it's
- 12:32something
- 12:32that's
- 12:32curious,
- 12:33it's
- 12:34worth
- 12:34looking
- 12:34at
- 12:35because
- 12:35a
- 12:35lot
- 12:35of
- 12:35people
- 12:35say,
- 12:36you
- 12:36know,
- 12:36becoming
- 12:36the
- 12:37new
- 12:37you
- 12:37or
- 12:37becoming.
- 12:38You're
- 12:38not
- 12:38becoming
- 12:38the
- 12:39new
- 12:39you.
- 12:39You're
- 12:40going
- 12:40back
- 12:41and
- 12:41you're
- 12:41reconnecting
- 12:42with
- 12:42the
- 12:42you
- 12:42that
- 12:42you
- 12:43were
- 12:43born
- 12:43until
- 12:44someone
- 12:44changed
- 12:44the
- 12:45way
- 12:45you
- 12:45looked
- 12:45at
- 12:45the
- 12:45world.
- 12:46Like,
- 12:46you're
- 12:47not,
- 12:47you
- 12:47know,
- 12:47I
- 12:47mean,
- 12:48I,
- 12:48I
- 12:48don't.
- 12:49I
- 12:49feel
- 12:49like
- 12:49I
- 12:50was
- 12:50born
- 12:50this
- 12:50amazing,
- 12:51happy,
- 12:51beautiful,
- 12:52joyous
- 12:52creature.
- 12:52And
- 12:53then
- 12:53somewhere
- 12:53along
- 12:54the
- 12:54line,
- 12:55somebody
- 12:56told
- 12:56me
- 12:56I
- 12:56didn't
- 12:56deserve
- 12:57that,
- 12:57or
- 12:57I
- 12:57wasn't
- 12:58worthy
- 12:58to
- 12:58have
- 12:59that,
- 12:59or
- 13:00those
- 13:01things.
- 13:01Like,
- 13:02the
- 13:02me
- 13:02was
- 13:02not
- 13:04good
- 13:04enough
- 13:04to
- 13:05step
- 13:05out.
- 13:05And
- 13:06I'm
- 13:06like,
- 13:06you're.
- 13:06You
- 13:07were
- 13:07there
- 13:07the
- 13:07whole
- 13:07time.
- 13:08So
- 13:08what
- 13:09are
- 13:09your
- 13:09thoughts
- 13:09on,
- 13:10like,
- 13:10just
- 13:10the
- 13:10general
- 13:11expression,
- 13:11because
- 13:11I
- 13:12say
- 13:12this
- 13:12all
- 13:12the
- 13:12time,
- 13:12is.
- 13:14It's
- 13:14all
- 13:14inside
- 13:15of
- 13:15you.
- 13:15You
- 13:16have
- 13:16to
- 13:16look
- 13:16inside
- 13:17of
- 13:17you.
- 13:17What
- 13:18are
- 13:18your
- 13:18thoughts
- 13:18on
- 13:18that
- 13:19general
- 13:19expression?
- 13:19Because
- 13:20I
- 13:20use
- 13:20it
- 13:20all
- 13:20the
- 13:20time,
- 13:21and
- 13:21I
- 13:21know
- 13:21my
- 13:21people
- 13:22are
- 13:22sick
- 13:22of
- 13:22hearing
- 13:22it,
- 13:22but
- 13:23it's
- 13:23so
- 13:23true.
- 13:25It
- 13:25is.
- 13:25It
- 13:25is
- 13:26so
- 13:26true.
- 13:26I
- 13:27call
- 13:27it.
- 13:27It's
- 13:27so
- 13:28funny
- 13:28that
- 13:28you're
- 13:28saying
- 13:28this
- 13:28because
- 13:29I
- 13:29use
- 13:30the
- 13:30same
- 13:30expressions.
- 13:30Like,
- 13:31everything
- 13:31begins
- 13:32within
- 13:33every
- 13:34single
- 13:34thing,
- 13:34right?
- 13:35Like,
- 13:36and
- 13:36take.
- 13:36There's
- 13:37so
- 13:37many
- 13:37emotions
- 13:37that
- 13:38we're
- 13:38taught,
- 13:38like,
- 13:38in
- 13:39society.
- 13:39Like,
- 13:40oh,
- 13:40that's
- 13:41bad,
- 13:41right?
- 13:41Like,
- 13:42it's
- 13:42like
- 13:42jealousy,
- 13:43for
- 13:43example.
- 13:44And
- 13:44I
- 13:44swear
- 13:44I'm
- 13:45going
- 13:45somewhere
- 13:45with
- 13:45this.
- 13:46But,
- 13:46like,
- 13:46jealousy
- 13:47taught
- 13:47is
- 13:47like,
- 13:48oh,
- 13:48you
- 13:48know,
- 13:48it's
- 13:48bad
- 13:49to
- 13:49be
- 13:49jealous.
- 13:49Only.
- 13:50Only,
- 13:50you
- 13:51know,
- 13:51bad
- 13:51people
- 13:52are
- 13:52jealous.
- 13:52When
- 13:53in
- 13:53reality,
- 13:53like,
- 13:54jealousy
- 13:55is
- 13:55a
- 13:55valid
- 13:56emotional
- 13:57experience.
- 13:57It
- 13:58stands
- 13:58for,
- 13:59I'm
- 13:59seeing
- 13:59something
- 14:00outside
- 14:00of
- 14:01myself
- 14:02that
- 14:02I
- 14:02want,
- 14:03that
- 14:03I
- 14:03don't
- 14:03have,
- 14:05that
- 14:05I
- 14:05deserve
- 14:06and
- 14:06I
- 14:06should
- 14:07be
- 14:07able
- 14:07to
- 14:08achieve.
- 14:08And,
- 14:08like,
- 14:09yet
- 14:09this
- 14:09other
- 14:09person
- 14:09has
- 14:10it.
- 14:10Why
- 14:10don't
- 14:10I?
- 14:11Right.
- 14:11That's
- 14:12valid.
- 14:12It
- 14:12stands
- 14:13for
- 14:13not
- 14:13feeling
- 14:14completely
- 14:14fulfilled.
- 14:15Right.
- 14:16With
- 14:17that,
- 14:17we
- 14:17can
- 14:17look
- 14:17at
- 14:18it
- 14:18and
- 14:18say,
- 14:19okay,
- 14:19there's
- 14:20something
- 14:20here
- 14:20that
- 14:21I
- 14:21maybe
- 14:22am
- 14:22missing.
- 14:23Right?
- 14:23Even.
- 14:24What's
- 14:24the
- 14:24other
- 14:24one?
- 14:25The
- 14:25other
- 14:25one
- 14:25is
- 14:25judgment.
- 14:27Right?
- 14:27If
- 14:27we
- 14:27find
- 14:28ourselves
- 14:28judging
- 14:29somebody
- 14:29else
- 14:30or
- 14:31others,
- 14:32well,
- 14:32how
- 14:33much
- 14:33am
- 14:33I
- 14:33judging
- 14:33myself?
- 14:34Where's
- 14:35the
- 14:35measuring
- 14:35stick?
- 14:36Is
- 14:36it
- 14:36already
- 14:36inside
- 14:37of
- 14:37me?
- 14:37Right?
- 14:38So
- 14:38everything
- 14:39begins,
- 14:40I
- 14:40believe,
- 14:41with
- 14:41it.
- 14:41Right?
- 14:41If
- 14:42we're
- 14:42treating
- 14:42ourselves
- 14:42with
- 14:43compassion,
- 14:44with
- 14:46kindness,
- 14:46and
- 14:47we
- 14:47are
- 14:47honoring
- 14:48our
- 14:49individual
- 14:49needs
- 14:50and
- 14:50boundaries,
- 14:51then
- 14:51we're
- 14:51gonna
- 14:51have
- 14:52more
- 14:52patience
- 14:52for
- 14:52other
- 14:53people's,
- 14:53too.
- 14:54Like,
- 14:54we're
- 14:54gonna.
- 14:55We're
- 14:55gonna
- 14:56be
- 14:56able
- 14:56to
- 14:56extend
- 14:57compassion
- 14:57and
- 14:58understanding
- 14:58to
- 14:58others
- 14:59because,
- 14:59well,
- 14:59I've
- 15:00been
- 15:00there.
- 15:00I
- 15:00get
- 15:00it.
- 15:01I've
- 15:01been
- 15:01in
- 15:02your
- 15:02shoes.
- 15:02Like,
- 15:02maybe
- 15:03they've
- 15:03got
- 15:03a
- 15:03lot
- 15:03going
- 15:03on,
- 15:04and
- 15:04that's
- 15:04why
- 15:04they're,
- 15:05you
- 15:05know,
- 15:05absent
- 15:06right
- 15:06now.
- 15:06Maybe
- 15:07it's
- 15:07not
- 15:07me,
- 15:07you
- 15:08know?
- 15:09Right.
- 15:10So
- 15:10with
- 15:11that,
- 15:11though,
- 15:11because
- 15:12these
- 15:12people,
- 15:13like,
- 15:13people
- 15:13that
- 15:13grew
- 15:14up
- 15:14in
- 15:14that
- 15:14chaotic,
- 15:15traumatic.
- 15:15You
- 15:16know,
- 15:16I
- 15:16mean,
- 15:17I
- 15:17just
- 15:17meet
- 15:18so
- 15:18many
- 15:18people
- 15:18and
- 15:18their
- 15:19stories,
- 15:19like,
- 15:19it's
- 15:20heartbreaking.
- 15:20And
- 15:20they
- 15:21say,
- 15:21well,
- 15:21no
- 15:21one
- 15:21ever
- 15:22loved
- 15:22me.
- 15:22No
- 15:22one
- 15:22ever
- 15:23did
- 15:23this.
- 15:23No
- 15:24one.
- 15:24And
- 15:24I
- 15:24get
- 15:25it.
- 15:25I
- 15:25mean,
- 15:26I
- 15:26was
- 15:26told
- 15:26every
- 15:26day
- 15:26of
- 15:27my
- 15:27life,
- 15:27you
- 15:27know,
- 15:27I
- 15:28wish
- 15:28you
- 15:28had
- 15:28never
- 15:28been
- 15:28born.
- 15:29So
- 15:30what
- 15:30did
- 15:30I
- 15:30feel
- 15:31until
- 15:31I
- 15:31started
- 15:32actually
- 15:32working
- 15:32on
- 15:33myself
- 15:33and
- 15:33looking
- 15:34within
- 15:34and
- 15:34seeing
- 15:35someone
- 15:35that
- 15:35was
- 15:35worth
- 15:36liking?
- 15:37Felt
- 15:37like
- 15:37I
- 15:37shouldn't
- 15:37have
- 15:37been
- 15:38born.
- 15:38So
- 15:40what
- 15:40do
- 15:40you.
- 15:41It's
- 15:42kind
- 15:42of
- 15:42like
- 15:42a
- 15:42difficult
- 15:42concept
- 15:43because
- 15:43you're
- 15:43taking
- 15:44someone.
- 15:44And
- 15:45what
- 15:45are
- 15:45your
- 15:46tips
- 15:46that
- 15:46you
- 15:46would
- 15:46give
- 15:47people
- 15:47on
- 15:47how
- 15:47to
- 15:48start.
- 15:48If
- 15:48you
- 15:49know
- 15:50that
- 15:50you
- 15:50had
- 15:50this,
- 15:51I
- 15:51don't
- 15:51want
- 15:51to
- 15:51say
- 15:51crappy
- 15:52childhood,
- 15:53but
- 15:53really
- 15:53that's
- 15:53what
- 15:54it
- 15:54is
- 15:54sometimes.
- 15:56And
- 15:56you
- 15:56know
- 15:57that
- 15:57you
- 15:57have
- 15:57these
- 15:57issues
- 15:58and
- 15:58you
- 15:58know
- 15:58that
- 15:59you
- 15:59want
- 15:59to
- 15:59be
- 15:59happier
- 16:00and
- 16:00you
- 16:00want
- 16:00to
- 16:00feel
- 16:00that
- 16:01fulfillment
- 16:01and
- 16:01you
- 16:02want
- 16:02to
- 16:02do
- 16:02that.
- 16:02What
- 16:03would
- 16:03you
- 16:03say?
- 16:03Or
- 16:04what.
- 16:04Or
- 16:04maybe,
- 16:05I
- 16:05don't
- 16:05know,
- 16:05like,
- 16:05again,
- 16:06I
- 16:06don't
- 16:06know
- 16:06if
- 16:06you
- 16:06went
- 16:06through
- 16:07this
- 16:07process
- 16:07or
- 16:08not,
- 16:08but
- 16:09what
- 16:09would
- 16:09be
- 16:09some
- 16:09tips
- 16:10that
- 16:10you
- 16:10would
- 16:10say
- 16:10to
- 16:11people
- 16:11out
- 16:11there
- 16:12just
- 16:12starting
- 16:12out
- 16:13to
- 16:13start
- 16:13doing,
- 16:14to
- 16:14start
- 16:15feeling
- 16:16that
- 16:16worth?
- 16:17Yeah,
- 16:18well,
- 16:18I.
- 16:19There's
- 16:19so
- 16:19many
- 16:20things
- 16:20I
- 16:20can
- 16:20say.
- 16:20I
- 16:21know.
- 16:21Okay,
- 16:22pick.
- 16:22Pick
- 16:22one
- 16:22or
- 16:23two.
- 16:24The
- 16:24first
- 16:24thing
- 16:25is,
- 16:25is
- 16:25that
- 16:27our
- 16:27emotions
- 16:28are
- 16:28cues.
- 16:30They're
- 16:30signals,
- 16:31they're
- 16:31tools,
- 16:32right?
- 16:32They're.
- 16:32They
- 16:33are
- 16:33our
- 16:33inner
- 16:33compass.
- 16:34So
- 16:34if
- 16:34you're
- 16:35experiencing
- 16:35something,
- 16:37it's
- 16:37valid.
- 16:38Like,
- 16:38that's
- 16:39it.
- 16:39It
- 16:39doesn't
- 16:40have
- 16:40to
- 16:40even
- 16:40make
- 16:40sense.
- 16:41I
- 16:41don't
- 16:41even
- 16:41have
- 16:41to
- 16:42necessarily
- 16:42know
- 16:43why
- 16:43I'm
- 16:43feeling
- 16:43this.
- 16:44I
- 16:44can
- 16:44start
- 16:45with
- 16:45just
- 16:45like,
- 16:45okay,
- 16:46I'm
- 16:46feeling
- 16:46something.
- 16:47You
- 16:47know,
- 16:47there's
- 16:48something
- 16:48here,
- 16:49and
- 16:50it's.
- 16:50It's
- 16:50valid
- 16:51and
- 16:51there's
- 16:51a
- 16:51reason
- 16:51why
- 16:51I'm
- 16:52feeling
- 16:52it.
- 16:52What
- 16:52is
- 16:53it
- 16:53telling
- 16:53me
- 16:53about
- 16:53what
- 16:54I
- 16:54need?
- 16:55Right?
- 16:56I
- 16:56may
- 16:56be
- 16:56missing
- 16:57something
- 16:57or
- 16:57not
- 16:58getting
- 16:58something,
- 16:59and
- 16:59I
- 16:59need
- 16:59it.
- 17:00And
- 17:00then
- 17:00how
- 17:00can
- 17:01I
- 17:01give
- 17:01that
- 17:01to
- 17:02myself,
- 17:02right?
- 17:02So
- 17:03if
- 17:03I've
- 17:03experienced.
- 17:04If
- 17:04I'm
- 17:05feeling
- 17:05angry
- 17:05about
- 17:06something,
- 17:06anger
- 17:07is
- 17:07valid.
- 17:08We're
- 17:08taught,
- 17:08don't
- 17:08be
- 17:09angry,
- 17:09but
- 17:09anger
- 17:09is
- 17:09valid.
- 17:10It
- 17:10stands
- 17:11for
- 17:11unfairness
- 17:12and
- 17:12injustice
- 17:13that
- 17:13I've
- 17:13experienced.
- 17:14So
- 17:15I
- 17:15need
- 17:15some
- 17:15kindness,
- 17:16I
- 17:16need
- 17:16some
- 17:16fairness.
- 17:17How
- 17:17can
- 17:17I
- 17:17create
- 17:17that
- 17:18internally?
- 17:18Okay,
- 17:19well,
- 17:19I
- 17:19can
- 17:19be
- 17:19kinder
- 17:20to
- 17:20myself,
- 17:20even
- 17:20right
- 17:21here,
- 17:21right
- 17:21now,
- 17:21with
- 17:21a
- 17:22sense
- 17:22of,
- 17:22like,
- 17:22I
- 17:22don't
- 17:22know
- 17:23why
- 17:23I'm
- 17:23feeling
- 17:23this,
- 17:24but
- 17:24I'm
- 17:24going
- 17:24to
- 17:25comfort
- 17:25myself
- 17:25through
- 17:26it
- 17:26with
- 17:27no
- 17:27other
- 17:27story,
- 17:28no
- 17:28other
- 17:28judgment,
- 17:29no
- 17:29other.
- 17:29I'm
- 17:30always
- 17:30this
- 17:31or
- 17:31I'm
- 17:31not
- 17:31this.
- 17:32That's
- 17:32the
- 17:32conditional
- 17:34early
- 17:34learning
- 17:35speaking,
- 17:35right?
- 17:36That's
- 17:36the
- 17:36trauma
- 17:36speaking.
- 17:37So
- 17:38I
- 17:38think,
- 17:38considering,
- 17:39if
- 17:39I
- 17:39had
- 17:40to
- 17:40boil
- 17:40it
- 17:40down
- 17:40a
- 17:40little
- 17:41simpler,
- 17:41just
- 17:42considering
- 17:42that
- 17:42whatever
- 17:43emotional
- 17:43experience
- 17:44you're
- 17:44having,
- 17:44right?
- 17:45Or
- 17:45even
- 17:45if
- 17:45you're
- 17:45experiencing
- 17:46more
- 17:46of,
- 17:46like,
- 17:46the
- 17:47negative
- 17:47thoughts
- 17:47for
- 17:48My
- 17:48folks
- 17:48who
- 17:48have
- 17:48learned
- 17:49to
- 17:49suppress
- 17:49emotions,
- 17:50it
- 17:50really
- 17:50then
- 17:51comes
- 17:51up
- 17:51as
- 17:52thoughts
- 17:53instead
- 17:53of
- 17:54emotions.
- 17:54So
- 17:54in
- 17:54that
- 17:54sense,
- 17:55if
- 17:55I'm
- 17:55experiencing
- 17:56any
- 17:56sort
- 17:57of,
- 17:57like,
- 17:57you
- 17:57know,
- 17:58negative
- 17:58thought
- 17:58or
- 17:59emotion,
- 17:59there's
- 18:00a
- 18:00reason
- 18:00for
- 18:01that
- 18:01thought.
- 18:01I'm
- 18:01really
- 18:02feeling
- 18:02something
- 18:02underneath
- 18:03this.
- 18:03I.
- 18:03I
- 18:03don't
- 18:04even
- 18:04know
- 18:04what
- 18:04that
- 18:04feeling
- 18:05is,
- 18:05but
- 18:06there's
- 18:07something
- 18:07I
- 18:07need
- 18:07that
- 18:08I'm
- 18:08not
- 18:08getting.
- 18:08How
- 18:09can
- 18:09I
- 18:09give
- 18:09that
- 18:09to
- 18:10myself?
- 18:10Which
- 18:10is
- 18:11a
- 18:11tricky
- 18:11one
- 18:11if
- 18:11you.
- 18:12Those
- 18:12needs
- 18:12have
- 18:12never
- 18:13been
- 18:13met.
- 18:14So,
- 18:14Grace,
- 18:15giving
- 18:15yourself
- 18:16grace,
- 18:16you
- 18:16don't
- 18:16have
- 18:17to
- 18:17have
- 18:17all
- 18:17the
- 18:17answers.
- 18:19Yes,
- 18:20absolutely.
- 18:21And
- 18:21you're
- 18:21saying
- 18:22a
- 18:22couple
- 18:22things.
- 18:22Again,
- 18:23I
- 18:23like
- 18:23this
- 18:23to.
- 18:24And
- 18:24if.
- 18:24I
- 18:25don't
- 18:25know
- 18:25if
- 18:25you've
- 18:25ever
- 18:25listened
- 18:25to
- 18:26any
- 18:26of
- 18:26my
- 18:26podcast
- 18:26episodes,
- 18:27I
- 18:27like
- 18:27to
- 18:27give
- 18:27tidbits.
- 18:28I
- 18:28like
- 18:28to
- 18:28give
- 18:28tips
- 18:29and
- 18:29tricks
- 18:29and,
- 18:30and
- 18:30strategies
- 18:31because
- 18:32again,
- 18:32people
- 18:33that
- 18:33are
- 18:33new
- 18:33to
- 18:33this
- 18:34healing
- 18:34world,
- 18:34they
- 18:35hear
- 18:35these.
- 18:36These
- 18:36words,
- 18:36these
- 18:37cliches
- 18:37and
- 18:38these,
- 18:38you
- 18:38know,
- 18:39look
- 18:39into
- 18:39yourself
- 18:40and
- 18:40it
- 18:41comes
- 18:41within.
- 18:42And
- 18:42it's
- 18:42like,
- 18:42well,
- 18:42how
- 18:42do
- 18:43I
- 18:43do
- 18:43that
- 18:43exactly?
- 18:43It's
- 18:44like.
- 18:44It's
- 18:44like
- 18:44the
- 18:44first
- 18:45time
- 18:45someone
- 18:45tells
- 18:45you,
- 18:46you
- 18:46know,
- 18:46if
- 18:46you
- 18:46want
- 18:47to
- 18:47get
- 18:47better,
- 18:48you're
- 18:48eventually
- 18:48going
- 18:48to
- 18:48have
- 18:49to
- 18:49surrender.
- 18:50And
- 18:50you're
- 18:51sitting
- 18:51here
- 18:51going,
- 18:51okay.
- 18:52It's
- 18:52like,
- 18:52so,
- 18:53okay,
- 18:55what
- 18:55does
- 18:55that
- 18:55mean?
- 18:55And
- 18:56how
- 18:56do
- 18:56I
- 18:56do
- 18:56it?
- 18:57You
- 18:57know,
- 18:57so
- 18:57I'm.
- 18:58I'm
- 18:58just.
- 18:58Like
- 18:59I
- 18:59said,
- 18:59I'm
- 18:59picking
- 19:00apart
- 19:00what
- 19:00you're
- 19:00saying
- 19:01just
- 19:01so
- 19:01that
- 19:01I
- 19:01can
- 19:02dig
- 19:02a
- 19:02little
- 19:02deeper
- 19:03to
- 19:03get.
- 19:03If
- 19:03that's
- 19:04okay.
- 19:05Yeah,
- 19:05absolutely.
- 19:06It's
- 19:06valid.
- 19:07Yeah.
- 19:08Because
- 19:08your
- 19:08perspective
- 19:09on
- 19:09it
- 19:09is
- 19:09different
- 19:10than
- 19:10the
- 19:11211
- 19:12other
- 19:12people
- 19:12I've
- 19:12talked
- 19:13to
- 19:13on
- 19:13my
- 19:13podcast.
- 19:13Their
- 19:14perspective
- 19:14is
- 19:14a
- 19:14little
- 19:15different.
- 19:15And
- 19:16I
- 19:16truly
- 19:16believe
- 19:16that
- 19:17what
- 19:17gets
- 19:17said
- 19:18on
- 19:18this
- 19:18podcast
- 19:18gets
- 19:19said
- 19:19because
- 19:19somebody
- 19:20out
- 19:20there
- 19:20near
- 19:21needs
- 19:21to
- 19:21hear
- 19:21it.
- 19:22So,
- 19:23hey,
- 19:23well,
- 19:24and,
- 19:24and,
- 19:24and
- 19:24it's
- 19:25valid
- 19:25because
- 19:25if
- 19:25you
- 19:26think
- 19:26about
- 19:26it,
- 19:26what
- 19:27we're
- 19:27really
- 19:27talking
- 19:27about
- 19:28is
- 19:28I've.
- 19:28Alyssa,
- 19:29like,
- 19:29I've
- 19:29never
- 19:30learned
- 19:31to
- 19:31do
- 19:31that.
- 19:31I've
- 19:31always
- 19:32been
- 19:32told,
- 19:32you
- 19:33know,
- 19:33don't
- 19:33feel,
- 19:34or,
- 19:35you
- 19:35know,
- 19:36we
- 19:36don't
- 19:36do
- 19:36that
- 19:36in
- 19:37this
- 19:37house,
- 19:37or,
- 19:38you
- 19:38know,
- 19:39you
- 19:39think
- 19:39you're
- 19:39having
- 19:39a
- 19:40bad
- 19:40day.
- 19:40Right.
- 19:40So
- 19:41the,
- 19:41the
- 19:41ask
- 19:42of
- 19:42connecting
- 19:42with
- 19:42yourself,
- 19:44that
- 19:44may
- 19:44be
- 19:45so
- 19:45foreign.
- 19:46So
- 19:46foreign.
- 19:47Right.
- 19:48And
- 19:48scary
- 19:48and
- 19:49overwhelming.
- 19:49And
- 19:49I've
- 19:50built
- 19:50all
- 19:50of
- 19:50these
- 19:51walls
- 19:51and
- 19:51protective
- 19:52mechanisms
- 19:53so
- 19:53that
- 19:53I
- 19:53could
- 19:53survive.
- 19:55So
- 19:55a
- 19:55hundred
- 19:56percent.
- 19:57But
- 19:57I
- 19:57think
- 19:57giving
- 19:58yourself
- 19:58grace
- 19:59is
- 19:59a
- 19:59great
- 19:59place
- 20:00to
- 20:00just
- 20:00start.
- 20:01Is
- 20:01like,
- 20:02so
- 20:02if
- 20:02you're
- 20:02having
- 20:03negative
- 20:03thoughts,
- 20:04right?
- 20:04Because
- 20:05again,
- 20:05if
- 20:05you
- 20:05grew
- 20:05up
- 20:06in
- 20:06a
- 20:06household
- 20:06where
- 20:07emotions
- 20:07were
- 20:07suppressed
- 20:08and
- 20:08not
- 20:08Allowed,
- 20:09then
- 20:10it's
- 20:10going
- 20:10to
- 20:10come
- 20:10up
- 20:10as
- 20:11more
- 20:11negative
- 20:12thoughts.
- 20:12Okay,
- 20:12let
- 20:13me
- 20:13interrupt
- 20:13these
- 20:13thoughts.
- 20:14Yes,
- 20:15let
- 20:15me.
- 20:16You
- 20:16know,
- 20:16even
- 20:17just
- 20:17changing
- 20:18my
- 20:18environment
- 20:19for
- 20:19five
- 20:19minutes,
- 20:20going
- 20:20outside,
- 20:22looking
- 20:22at,
- 20:22you
- 20:22know,
- 20:23the
- 20:23sky
- 20:23or
- 20:23the
- 20:23birds,
- 20:24and
- 20:24I
- 20:24know
- 20:24that
- 20:24sounds
- 20:25like
- 20:25woo
- 20:25woo,
- 20:25and
- 20:26maybe
- 20:26a
- 20:26little
- 20:26bit
- 20:27like,
- 20:27oh,
- 20:27how
- 20:27is
- 20:27that
- 20:27really
- 20:28gonna
- 20:28help?
- 20:28Like,
- 20:28come
- 20:29on,
- 20:29you're
- 20:29asking
- 20:29me
- 20:29to
- 20:29go
- 20:29look
- 20:30at
- 20:30the
- 20:30sky.
- 20:31But
- 20:31it
- 20:31is
- 20:31a
- 20:32matter
- 20:32of
- 20:32getting
- 20:32out
- 20:33of
- 20:33your
- 20:33own,
- 20:34you
- 20:34know,
- 20:35echo
- 20:35chamber.
- 20:36And
- 20:37it
- 20:37is
- 20:37a
- 20:37matter
- 20:37of
- 20:38getting
- 20:38out
- 20:38of
- 20:38the,
- 20:39the
- 20:39four
- 20:39corners
- 20:39of
- 20:40your
- 20:40mind
- 20:40or
- 20:40the
- 20:40four
- 20:40corners
- 20:41of
- 20:41the
- 20:41room
- 20:42and
- 20:43shifting
- 20:43your
- 20:44focus.
- 20:44That's
- 20:44what
- 20:45we
- 20:45want
- 20:45to
- 20:45do.
- 20:46And
- 20:47it,
- 20:47it
- 20:47can
- 20:47just
- 20:48start
- 20:48with
- 20:49validating
- 20:50like,
- 20:50this
- 20:51is
- 20:51hard.
- 20:51I'm
- 20:51experiencing
- 20:52something
- 20:52hard.
- 20:53I'm
- 20:53experiencing
- 20:54something
- 20:54difficult.
- 20:56Absolutely.
- 20:56And
- 20:57the
- 20:57idea
- 20:57of
- 20:57getting
- 20:58outside
- 20:58and
- 20:58walking,
- 20:58it
- 20:59does
- 20:59not
- 20:59sound
- 20:59woo
- 21:00woo.
- 21:00It's
- 21:00literally
- 21:01just
- 21:01changing.
- 21:01It's
- 21:02a,
- 21:02it's
- 21:02a
- 21:02pattern
- 21:03interrupt
- 21:03or
- 21:03a
- 21:04pattern.
- 21:04You
- 21:04know,
- 21:04it's
- 21:05a
- 21:05refocus.
- 21:05It's.
- 21:06That's
- 21:06why
- 21:07if
- 21:07you're
- 21:07having
- 21:07an
- 21:07anxiety
- 21:08attack,
- 21:08you
- 21:09do
- 21:09the
- 21:095,
- 21:094,
- 21:093,
- 21:102,
- 21:101.
- 21:10If
- 21:10you're
- 21:11sitting
- 21:11here
- 21:11first,
- 21:12you
- 21:12know,
- 21:12okay,
- 21:12this
- 21:12is
- 21:12feeling
- 21:13uncomfortable.
- 21:13And
- 21:14then
- 21:14you
- 21:14do
- 21:14the
- 21:14five
- 21:15things
- 21:15I
- 21:15can
- 21:15see
- 21:15and
- 21:16four
- 21:16things.
- 21:16And
- 21:16sometimes
- 21:17that's
- 21:17just
- 21:17changing
- 21:18your
- 21:18mind.
- 21:18It's,
- 21:19it's
- 21:19stopping
- 21:20what
- 21:20you
- 21:20were
- 21:20thinking
- 21:20about.
- 21:21Because
- 21:22as
- 21:22we
- 21:22all
- 21:22know,
- 21:22we
- 21:23are
- 21:23our
- 21:23own
- 21:23worst
- 21:24critics.
- 21:25And
- 21:25if
- 21:25we
- 21:25were
- 21:26thinking
- 21:26something
- 21:27bad,
- 21:28one
- 21:28thought
- 21:28and
- 21:29you
- 21:29don't
- 21:29stop
- 21:30it
- 21:30quickly,
- 21:31it's
- 21:31going
- 21:31to
- 21:31snowball.
- 21:32You
- 21:32know,
- 21:33you
- 21:33could
- 21:33spill
- 21:33a
- 21:33glass
- 21:33of
- 21:34water
- 21:34and
- 21:34the
- 21:34next
- 21:34thing
- 21:34you
- 21:35know,
- 21:35you're
- 21:35the
- 21:35worst
- 21:35person
- 21:36on
- 21:36the
- 21:36earth.
- 21:37Right.
- 21:37In
- 21:38your
- 21:38own
- 21:38mind.
- 21:39But
- 21:39if
- 21:39you
- 21:39can
- 21:40be
- 21:40like,
- 21:40oops,
- 21:40made
- 21:40a
- 21:40mistake,
- 21:41that
- 21:41sucks.
- 21:42Let's
- 21:42go
- 21:42outside,
- 21:42walk
- 21:43around,
- 21:43walk
- 21:43it
- 21:44off,
- 21:44shake
- 21:44it
- 21:44off.
- 21:44I
- 21:45mean,
- 21:45move
- 21:45your
- 21:45body.
- 21:46Sometimes
- 21:46just
- 21:47moving
- 21:47your
- 21:47body
- 21:47helps.
- 21:48Yep,
- 21:49always,
- 21:50I
- 21:50think.
- 21:51Yeah.
- 21:52The
- 21:525,
- 21:524,
- 21:523,
- 21:532,
- 21:531.
- 21:53I
- 21:53actually
- 21:54have
- 21:54another
- 21:54one
- 21:54that
- 21:55I've
- 21:55told
- 21:55clients
- 21:56about
- 21:57and
- 21:57I,
- 21:57I
- 21:58like
- 21:58this
- 21:58one,
- 21:59which
- 21:59is
- 22:00keep
- 22:00it
- 22:00simple.
- 22:01Like,
- 22:01name
- 22:01the
- 22:01colors
- 22:02that
- 22:02you
- 22:02see
- 22:02and
- 22:03just
- 22:03keep
- 22:03doing
- 22:04it.
- 22:04Like
- 22:04wherever
- 22:05you
- 22:05are,
- 22:05name
- 22:06all
- 22:06the
- 22:06colors.
- 22:06And
- 22:06if
- 22:06it's
- 22:07all
- 22:07blue,
- 22:07okay,
- 22:08you
- 22:08know,
- 22:08light
- 22:08blue,
- 22:09dark
- 22:09blue,
- 22:09navy
- 22:10blue,
- 22:10gray
- 22:11blue.
- 22:11And
- 22:12what
- 22:12will
- 22:12happen
- 22:12is
- 22:13because
- 22:13of
- 22:13the
- 22:13way
- 22:13the
- 22:13mind
- 22:14works,
- 22:16it's
- 22:16always
- 22:16going
- 22:16to
- 22:16find
- 22:17something
- 22:17new
- 22:17to
- 22:17think
- 22:17about.
- 22:18And
- 22:18maybe
- 22:18you
- 22:18see
- 22:19the
- 22:19dishes,
- 22:20right?
- 22:20It's
- 22:21like,
- 22:21okay,
- 22:21let
- 22:21me
- 22:22just
- 22:22go
- 22:22and
- 22:22do
- 22:22the
- 22:22dishes.
- 22:23And
- 22:23I
- 22:24can't
- 22:24change
- 22:24this,
- 22:24all
- 22:25this
- 22:25other
- 22:25stuff,
- 22:25but
- 22:25right
- 22:26now
- 22:26I
- 22:26can
- 22:26do
- 22:26the
- 22:26dishes
- 22:27or
- 22:27you
- 22:27see
- 22:27a
- 22:27book
- 22:28or
- 22:28a
- 22:28picture
- 22:28or
- 22:29something
- 22:29else
- 22:29that's
- 22:30going
- 22:30to
- 22:30change
- 22:30your
- 22:30focus,
- 22:31because
- 22:31that's
- 22:31really
- 22:32what
- 22:32we
- 22:32want
- 22:33to
- 22:33do.
- 22:33And
- 22:33that's
- 22:33if
- 22:34even
- 22:34if
- 22:34you're
- 22:34having
- 22:34a
- 22:35panic
- 22:35attack
- 22:35or
- 22:36you're
- 22:36stuck
- 22:36in
- 22:36a
- 22:36big
- 22:36emotion,
- 22:38no
- 22:38logic
- 22:38is
- 22:39going
- 22:39to
- 22:39help
- 22:39it
- 22:39be
- 22:39accessible
- 22:40in
- 22:40that
- 22:40moment,
- 22:41nor
- 22:41is
- 22:41it
- 22:41going
- 22:42to
- 22:42necessarily
- 22:42help.
- 22:43So
- 22:43we
- 22:43just
- 22:44need
- 22:44to
- 22:44interrupt
- 22:44it.
- 22:46Exactly.
- 22:46Exactly.
- 22:48So
- 22:48I
- 22:48want
- 22:48to
- 22:48ask
- 22:48you
- 22:49another
- 22:49question,
- 22:49which
- 22:49is
- 22:50one
- 22:50of
- 22:50the
- 22:50questions
- 22:50that
- 22:50you
- 22:50put,
- 22:50and
- 22:51this
- 22:51is
- 22:51kind
- 22:51of
- 22:51off
- 22:51topic
- 22:52now
- 22:52because
- 22:52it's
- 22:52not
- 22:53like
- 22:53it
- 22:53going
- 22:53right
- 22:54from
- 22:54where
- 22:54we
- 22:54were
- 22:54saying,
- 22:55but
- 22:55we
- 22:55hear
- 22:56the
- 22:56term
- 22:56relational
- 22:57healing
- 22:58a
- 22:58lot.
- 22:59Tell
- 22:59us
- 23:00your
- 23:01what
- 23:01that
- 23:01means
- 23:01to
- 23:02you.
- 23:02Because
- 23:02people
- 23:03here,
- 23:03I've
- 23:03had
- 23:03to
- 23:03actually
- 23:04two
- 23:04people
- 23:04tell
- 23:05me,
- 23:05you
- 23:06know,
- 23:06they're
- 23:06like,
- 23:06what
- 23:06does
- 23:06that
- 23:07just
- 23:07mean?
- 23:07My
- 23:07brother,
- 23:07my
- 23:07sister,
- 23:08my
- 23:08relations?
- 23:08Like,
- 23:09what
- 23:09is
- 23:09relational
- 23:09healing?
- 23:11Yeah.
- 23:12So
- 23:13as
- 23:13a
- 23:13therapist
- 23:13in
- 23:14my
- 23:14role,
- 23:14working
- 23:14with
- 23:14childhood
- 23:15trauma,
- 23:15generational
- 23:16patterns,
- 23:17I'm
- 23:17actually
- 23:17a
- 23:17relational
- 23:18therapist.
- 23:18Right.
- 23:19And
- 23:20so
- 23:20what
- 23:20if
- 23:21I'm
- 23:21using
- 23:21the.
- 23:22The
- 23:22context
- 23:22of
- 23:22therapy?
- 23:23Or
- 23:23even
- 23:23if
- 23:23you
- 23:23think
- 23:24about
- 23:24if
- 23:24you're
- 23:24a
- 23:24parent
- 23:25or
- 23:25a
- 23:25caregiver
- 23:26to
- 23:26someone,
- 23:26right.
- 23:27What
- 23:27a
- 23:27relational
- 23:28healing
- 23:28is,
- 23:30you're
- 23:30actually
- 23:30having
- 23:30a
- 23:31lived
- 23:31experience
- 23:33of
- 23:33a
- 23:34healthy
- 23:35relationship.
- 23:36Right.
- 23:36It
- 23:36can
- 23:37we.
- 23:37It
- 23:37can
- 23:38rewire
- 23:38the
- 23:38brain
- 23:39that,
- 23:40okay,
- 23:40actually,
- 23:40maybe
- 23:41this
- 23:41is
- 23:42safe.
- 23:42Does
- 23:42it
- 23:42happen
- 23:43right
- 23:43away?
- 23:43No.
- 23:44It's
- 23:44going
- 23:44to
- 23:44be
- 23:44terrifying
- 23:45to,
- 23:45like,
- 23:45you
- 23:46know,
- 23:46be
- 23:47open.
- 23:48I've
- 23:48been
- 23:48taught
- 23:49I
- 23:49need
- 23:49to
- 23:49be
- 23:49closed
- 23:50forever.
- 23:50Right.
- 23:51Like,
- 23:51in
- 23:52order
- 23:52to
- 23:52protect
- 23:52myself,
- 23:53though,
- 23:53that.
- 23:53That
- 23:54protective
- 23:55mechanism
- 23:55is
- 23:55there
- 23:55for
- 23:55a
- 23:56reason.
- 23:56It
- 23:56functions
- 23:57and
- 23:57serves
- 23:57a
- 23:58purpose.
- 23:58But
- 23:59relational
- 23:59healing,
- 24:00having
- 24:00the
- 24:01experience
- 24:01of
- 24:02somebody
- 24:03being
- 24:03with
- 24:03you
- 24:04through
- 24:04something
- 24:05really
- 24:05challenging
- 24:07and
- 24:07not
- 24:07turning
- 24:08away
- 24:08and
- 24:09not
- 24:09leaving
- 24:09you
- 24:10alone
- 24:10to
- 24:11deal
- 24:11with
- 24:11it
- 24:11by
- 24:11yourself
- 24:12or,
- 24:13you
- 24:14know,
- 24:14not
- 24:14rejecting
- 24:15you
- 24:15or
- 24:16criticizing
- 24:17you,
- 24:17but
- 24:18just
- 24:18being
- 24:18with
- 24:19you
- 24:19and
- 24:19allowing
- 24:20you
- 24:20to
- 24:20have
- 24:20your
- 24:20experience,
- 24:21you
- 24:21know,
- 24:22that
- 24:22is
- 24:22something
- 24:23that
- 24:24can
- 24:24rewire
- 24:25the
- 24:25experience
- 24:25of
- 24:25like,
- 24:25maybe
- 24:26I
- 24:26deserved
- 24:27that
- 24:27all
- 24:27along.
- 24:28Right.
- 24:28Or
- 24:28if
- 24:28you're
- 24:28a
- 24:29parent
- 24:29and
- 24:30you
- 24:30are
- 24:30really
- 24:31working
- 24:31through
- 24:31your
- 24:32own
- 24:32stuff,
- 24:32it's
- 24:32like,
- 24:33I
- 24:33can
- 24:33actually
- 24:33create
- 24:34that
- 24:34for
- 24:34my
- 24:34kids.
- 24:35They're
- 24:35having
- 24:36big
- 24:36emotions.
- 24:37I
- 24:37can
- 24:37be
- 24:37that
- 24:38model
- 24:38for
- 24:38them
- 24:38that
- 24:39maybe
- 24:39I
- 24:39needed.
- 24:39And
- 24:40at
- 24:40the
- 24:40same
- 24:40time,
- 24:41that's
- 24:41going
- 24:41to
- 24:41kind
- 24:42of
- 24:42open
- 24:42up.
- 24:42Like,
- 24:43okay,
- 24:44maybe
- 24:44that's
- 24:44something
- 24:45that
- 24:45I
- 24:45needed
- 24:45too,
- 24:46as
- 24:46a
- 24:46kid.
- 24:46So
- 24:47relational
- 24:47healing
- 24:47is
- 24:48really
- 24:48like
- 24:48a
- 24:48lived
- 24:49experience
- 24:50of
- 24:51something
- 24:52healthy.
- 24:53Okay.
- 24:54Okay.
- 24:55So
- 24:55it's
- 24:55a
- 24:55gen.
- 24:56You
- 24:56know,
- 24:56it's
- 24:56not
- 24:56something
- 24:57like,
- 24:58okay,
- 24:58I'm
- 24:58gonna
- 24:58go
- 24:58out
- 24:59today
- 24:59and
- 24:59I'm
- 24:59gonna
- 24:59relationally
- 25:00heal.
- 25:00Like,
- 25:01it's
- 25:01not
- 25:01something
- 25:02you
- 25:02can.
- 25:02It's
- 25:03just
- 25:03what
- 25:03you're
- 25:04That's.
- 25:04So
- 25:04that's
- 25:04what
- 25:04you're
- 25:04taught.
- 25:05It's
- 25:05just
- 25:05the
- 25:05actual
- 25:06experience
- 25:07of
- 25:08those.
- 25:08Those
- 25:09moments.
- 25:10And
- 25:10that
- 25:10has
- 25:11a
- 25:11lot
- 25:11to.
- 25:11And
- 25:12I
- 25:12can
- 25:12only.
- 25:13Well,
- 25:13I
- 25:13can
- 25:13imagine
- 25:14how
- 25:15tough
- 25:15that
- 25:15is
- 25:15in
- 25:16the
- 25:16beginning.
- 25:17And
- 25:18a
- 25:18lot
- 25:18of
- 25:18people,
- 25:19we
- 25:19are
- 25:19very
- 25:19good
- 25:20at
- 25:20doing
- 25:20for
- 25:20others
- 25:21what
- 25:21we
- 25:21can't
- 25:21do
- 25:22for
- 25:22ourselves.
- 25:23So
- 25:23I
- 25:24like
- 25:24to
- 25:24think
- 25:24that
- 25:25part
- 25:25of
- 25:25a
- 25:26good
- 25:26practice
- 25:27of
- 25:28getting
- 25:29ready
- 25:29to
- 25:29do
- 25:30that
- 25:30for
- 25:30yourself
- 25:30is
- 25:31being
- 25:31that
- 25:31person
- 25:32for
- 25:32someone
- 25:32else.
- 25:34Yeah.
- 25:34If
- 25:35you
- 25:35have
- 25:35kids
- 25:36or
- 25:36if
- 25:36you
- 25:36have
- 25:37a
- 25:37person
- 25:37in
- 25:37your
- 25:37life
- 25:38that
- 25:38you
- 25:38want
- 25:38to
- 25:39extend
- 25:39that.
- 25:39That
- 25:40offering
- 25:40to.
- 25:41Because
- 25:41really
- 25:41what
- 25:42you're
- 25:42giving
- 25:42somebody
- 25:43in
- 25:43that
- 25:43moment
- 25:43is
- 25:43a
- 25:44true
- 25:44sense
- 25:45of
- 25:45like,
- 25:46I
- 25:46see
- 25:46you
- 25:47and
- 25:47I
- 25:47hear
- 25:47you
- 25:48and
- 25:48you
- 25:48matter,
- 25:49and
- 25:49I
- 25:49want
- 25:49to
- 25:50know
- 25:50what's
- 25:50going
- 25:51on
- 25:51for
- 25:51you.
- 25:51Right.
- 25:52So,
- 25:52yeah,
- 25:52if
- 25:53that's
- 25:53accessible,
- 25:54sometimes
- 25:54it's
- 25:54not,
- 25:55because
- 25:55sometimes
- 25:55it's
- 25:56more.
- 25:56We
- 25:56project
- 25:57our
- 25:57stuff
- 25:57outward.
- 25:58Right.
- 26:00But
- 26:00yeah,
- 26:00if
- 26:00that
- 26:01is
- 26:01something
- 26:01that
- 26:01you,
- 26:02you
- 26:03know,
- 26:03is
- 26:03accessible
- 26:04and
- 26:04maybe
- 26:04a
- 26:04desire,
- 26:05then
- 26:05we
- 26:05can
- 26:06try
- 26:06it.
- 26:06Yeah.
- 26:07Yeah.
- 26:07But,
- 26:07yeah,
- 26:08it's
- 26:08not
- 26:08necessarily.
- 26:09This
- 26:09isn't
- 26:10easy.
- 26:10No,
- 26:11no,
- 26:11no,
- 26:11no,
- 26:11no.
- 26:11Absolutely
- 26:12not.
- 26:12I
- 26:13just
- 26:13know
- 26:13when
- 26:13I
- 26:13was
- 26:14first,
- 26:14everybody's
- 26:15like,
- 26:15you
- 26:15have
- 26:15to
- 26:15love
- 26:15yourself
- 26:16before
- 26:16you
- 26:16can
- 26:16love
- 26:17other
- 26:17people.
- 26:17And
- 26:17I'm
- 26:17like,
- 26:17that's
- 26:18not
- 26:18true.
- 26:18I
- 26:18love
- 26:18my
- 26:19this
- 26:19and
- 26:19I
- 26:19love
- 26:19my
- 26:20that,
- 26:20and
- 26:20I
- 26:20don't
- 26:20love
- 26:20myself.
- 26:21I
- 26:21don't
- 26:21need
- 26:21to
- 26:21love
- 26:21me.
- 26:22But
- 26:23for
- 26:23me,
- 26:23it
- 26:23was
- 26:24much
- 26:24easier
- 26:24to
- 26:26give.
- 26:27Well,
- 26:27obviously
- 26:28a
- 26:28people
- 26:28pleaser,
- 26:29but
- 26:29it
- 26:29was
- 26:30much
- 26:30easier
- 26:31to.
- 26:31To
- 26:31give
- 26:32and
- 26:32then
- 26:33feel
- 26:33like
- 26:34it
- 26:34made
- 26:34me
- 26:34feel
- 26:34good
- 26:35because
- 26:35usually
- 26:36I
- 26:36was
- 26:36just
- 26:36giving,
- 26:36giving,
- 26:37giving,
- 26:37because
- 26:37that's
- 26:37what
- 26:37was
- 26:37accepted
- 26:38expected
- 26:38of
- 26:38me
- 26:39as
- 26:39a
- 26:39child.
- 26:40But
- 26:40when
- 26:40you
- 26:40start
- 26:41giving,
- 26:41really
- 26:41with
- 26:42that
- 26:42honest
- 26:43compassion
- 26:43and
- 26:44empathy,
- 26:45it
- 26:45literally
- 26:45shifted
- 26:46all
- 26:46of
- 26:47a
- 26:47sudden.
- 26:47I
- 26:47was
- 26:47like,
- 26:47wow,
- 26:48look
- 26:48how
- 26:49they
- 26:49took
- 26:49that.
- 26:49That
- 26:49was
- 26:50kind
- 26:50of
- 26:50cool.
- 26:51So
- 26:51it
- 26:51was.
- 26:52It
- 26:52was
- 26:52all
- 26:52that.
- 26:52I
- 26:53mean,
- 26:53that
- 26:53worked.
- 26:53That
- 26:54was,
- 26:54I
- 26:54mean,
- 26:5425
- 26:55years
- 26:55ago.
- 26:55But
- 26:56I
- 26:56mean,
- 26:56heck,
- 26:57you
- 26:57did
- 26:57what
- 26:57you
- 26:57had
- 26:57to
- 26:57do,
- 26:58right?
- 26:58Yeah,
- 26:59so.
- 26:59Yeah,
- 27:00but
- 27:01it
- 27:01worked.
- 27:01But
- 27:01I
- 27:02just
- 27:02wanted
- 27:02you
- 27:02to
- 27:02kind
- 27:02of
- 27:02sum
- 27:03that
- 27:03up
- 27:03because
- 27:03that
- 27:04is
- 27:04one
- 27:04of
- 27:04those
- 27:04terms.
- 27:05There's
- 27:05so
- 27:06many
- 27:06of
- 27:06those
- 27:06just
- 27:08niche
- 27:08terms
- 27:09getting
- 27:09thrown
- 27:10around
- 27:10around
- 27:10right
- 27:11now.
- 27:11And
- 27:11I
- 27:11don't
- 27:12like
- 27:12to
- 27:12leave
- 27:12people
- 27:12hanging.
- 27:13Like,
- 27:13what
- 27:13does
- 27:13that
- 27:13mean?
- 27:14And
- 27:14that
- 27:15was
- 27:15one
- 27:15of
- 27:15them
- 27:15that's
- 27:17been
- 27:17kind
- 27:17of
- 27:18spinning
- 27:18in
- 27:18my
- 27:18head
- 27:18recently.
- 27:20But
- 27:22tell
- 27:22us
- 27:23a
- 27:23little
- 27:23bit
- 27:23more
- 27:24about
- 27:24what.
- 27:25What
- 27:25do
- 27:25you
- 27:25do?
- 27:26Like,
- 27:26I
- 27:26know
- 27:26you're
- 27:26a
- 27:26therapist
- 27:27and
- 27:27do
- 27:27you
- 27:27work
- 27:28online?
- 27:28Do
- 27:28you
- 27:28work
- 27:29with
- 27:29other.
- 27:29How
- 27:29do
- 27:30you
- 27:30work?
- 27:31Yeah,
- 27:31so
- 27:31we
- 27:32are
- 27:32a
- 27:32virtual
- 27:33group
- 27:33practice.
- 27:34We
- 27:35actually
- 27:35operate
- 27:35in
- 27:36five
- 27:36different
- 27:36states.
- 27:37So
- 27:37we
- 27:37have
- 27:37like
- 27:38staff
- 27:38on
- 27:38hand
- 27:39that
- 27:39are
- 27:39licenses
- 27:39and
- 27:40license
- 27:40in
- 27:40multiple
- 27:41states.
- 27:42So
- 27:43our
- 27:43reach
- 27:44right
- 27:44now
- 27:44is
- 27:44Florida,
- 27:45Missouri,
- 27:46New
- 27:46Jersey,
- 27:46Tech,
- 27:47Texas
- 27:47and
- 27:47New
- 27:48York.
- 27:49And
- 27:50you
- 27:50know
- 27:50what,
- 27:50what
- 27:50makes
- 27:51us
- 27:51actually
- 27:51I
- 27:51think
- 27:52a
- 27:52little
- 27:52bit
- 27:52different
- 27:53than
- 27:53any
- 27:53other
- 27:54like
- 27:54mental
- 27:54health
- 27:54practice
- 27:55is
- 27:56we
- 27:56incorporate
- 27:57whole
- 27:58person
- 27:58healing.
- 27:59So
- 28:00if
- 28:00you're
- 28:00a
- 28:00current
- 28:00therapy
- 28:01client,
- 28:01you
- 28:01have
- 28:02access
- 28:02to
- 28:02our
- 28:02wellness
- 28:03services
- 28:03in,
- 28:04you
- 28:04know,
- 28:04at
- 28:04no
- 28:04additional
- 28:05cost.
- 28:05And
- 28:05we
- 28:06have
- 28:06a
- 28:06mindfulness
- 28:07coach
- 28:07who's
- 28:07also
- 28:07a
- 28:07registered
- 28:08yoga
- 28:08teacher,
- 28:09certified
- 28:09mindfulness
- 28:10meditation
- 28:10teacher.
- 28:11We're
- 28:11bringing
- 28:12on
- 28:12a
- 28:12nutritionist
- 28:13and
- 28:13personal
- 28:14trainer.
- 28:15We're
- 28:15bringing
- 28:16on.
- 28:16Well,
- 28:16we
- 28:17have
- 28:17a
- 28:17self
- 28:17love
- 28:17coach.
- 28:18And
- 28:18so
- 28:19all
- 28:19of
- 28:19those
- 28:19services
- 28:20are
- 28:20available
- 28:20to
- 28:20public,
- 28:21but
- 28:21they
- 28:21are,
- 28:22you
- 28:22know,
- 28:23in
- 28:23order
- 28:23to
- 28:24practice
- 28:25some
- 28:25of
- 28:25these
- 28:25self
- 28:25compassion
- 28:26skills
- 28:26and
- 28:27extend
- 28:27it
- 28:27to
- 28:27different
- 28:27areas
- 28:28of
- 28:28your
- 28:28being,
- 28:29you
- 28:29know,
- 28:29that's
- 28:30something
- 28:30that
- 28:30we
- 28:30want
- 28:30to
- 28:31offer
- 28:31our
- 28:31clients
- 28:32so
- 28:32you
- 28:32can
- 28:32create
- 28:32change
- 28:33in
- 28:33the
- 28:33moment
- 28:33while
- 28:34we're
- 28:34working
- 28:34on
- 28:35that
- 28:35deeper
- 28:36relational
- 28:37stuff,
- 28:37which
- 28:37takes
- 28:38a
- 28:38little
- 28:38bit
- 28:38of
- 28:38time
- 28:39and
- 28:39rightfully
- 28:39so.
- 28:40Oh,
- 28:41absolutely.
- 28:42I
- 28:42mean
- 28:42I
- 28:43have
- 28:43people
- 28:43come
- 28:43to
- 28:43me,
- 28:43they're
- 28:44in
- 28:44their
- 28:4460s
- 28:44and
- 28:44I'm
- 28:45like,
- 28:45you
- 28:45didn't
- 28:45get
- 28:46like
- 28:46this
- 28:46in
- 28:46two
- 28:47days.
- 28:47It's
- 28:47not
- 28:48going
- 28:48to
- 28:48undo
- 28:48in
- 28:49two
- 28:49days.
- 28:49You
- 28:49don't
- 28:50just
- 28:50wake
- 28:50up
- 28:50one
- 28:50morning
- 28:50and
- 28:51go,
- 28:51okay,
- 28:51I
- 28:51love
- 28:52myself
- 28:52and
- 28:53here
- 28:53we
- 28:53go.
- 28:53Let's,
- 28:54this
- 28:54is
- 28:54a
- 28:54new
- 28:54world.
- 28:55But
- 28:55I
- 28:56mean
- 28:56I
- 28:56tell
- 28:56people
- 28:56every
- 28:57step
- 28:57that
- 28:57you
- 28:57make
- 28:57and
- 28:58every
- 28:58single
- 28:59action
- 28:59you
- 28:59take
- 28:59and
- 29:00decision
- 29:00you
- 29:00make
- 29:01and
- 29:01you
- 29:01know,
- 29:02your
- 29:02end
- 29:02goal
- 29:02and
- 29:03what
- 29:03is
- 29:03it
- 29:03for
- 29:03all
- 29:03of
- 29:04us
- 29:04is
- 29:04really
- 29:04just
- 29:05peace.
- 29:05I
- 29:06mean
- 29:06peace
- 29:06in
- 29:06our
- 29:06heart
- 29:07and
- 29:07our
- 29:07soul
- 29:07and
- 29:07our
- 29:08minds.
- 29:09So
- 29:10you
- 29:10know,
- 29:10it's
- 29:10just
- 29:10those.
- 29:11You
- 29:12what?
- 29:12And
- 29:13connection.
- 29:13That's
- 29:14really
- 29:15what
- 29:15is
- 29:16at
- 29:16the
- 29:16core
- 29:16of
- 29:17some
- 29:17of
- 29:17these
- 29:17patterns
- 29:18that
- 29:18or
- 29:18roles
- 29:18that
- 29:18we
- 29:19play
- 29:19is
- 29:20I've
- 29:20wanted
- 29:21to
- 29:21fit
- 29:22somewhere.
- 29:22I've
- 29:22wanted
- 29:23to
- 29:23feel
- 29:23like
- 29:23I
- 29:23belong
- 29:24somewhere.
- 29:24And
- 29:24like
- 29:25the
- 29:25relational
- 29:26healing
- 29:26is
- 29:26about
- 29:27I
- 29:27don't
- 29:27need
- 29:28to
- 29:28play
- 29:28that
- 29:28role.
- 29:29I
- 29:30didn't,
- 29:30I.
- 29:30It's
- 29:31not
- 29:31fair
- 29:31that
- 29:32I
- 29:32felt
- 29:32I
- 29:32had
- 29:33to,
- 29:34but
- 29:34I
- 29:34don't
- 29:35need
- 29:35to
- 29:35anymore.
- 29:36Right.
- 29:38And
- 29:38so
- 29:38how
- 29:39do
- 29:39you
- 29:39work
- 29:39with
- 29:40people
- 29:40to
- 29:40help
- 29:40them?
- 29:42Because
- 29:42I
- 29:42mean,
- 29:43I
- 29:43know,
- 29:43I
- 29:44mean
- 29:44there's
- 29:44several
- 29:44different
- 29:45roles
- 29:45that
- 29:45people
- 29:45kind
- 29:46of
- 29:46adopt
- 29:46when
- 29:47they're
- 29:47going
- 29:47through
- 29:48out
- 29:48of
- 29:49survival,
- 29:49like
- 29:49you
- 29:49said.
- 29:50And
- 29:51those
- 29:51roles
- 29:52just
- 29:52become
- 29:52their
- 29:53identity.
- 29:53I
- 29:54mean
- 29:54they
- 29:54literally
- 29:54become
- 29:54who
- 29:55they
- 29:55are.
- 29:56How
- 29:56do
- 29:56you
- 29:56help
- 29:57people
- 29:57or
- 29:57how.
- 29:58What
- 29:58are
- 29:58some
- 29:58tips?
- 29:59Maybe
- 29:59little
- 29:59things
- 30:00people
- 30:00can
- 30:00start
- 30:00doing
- 30:01to
- 30:01start
- 30:02understanding
- 30:03that
- 30:03they
- 30:03can
- 30:04let
- 30:04go
- 30:04of
- 30:04them
- 30:05without
- 30:06losing
- 30:06who
- 30:06they
- 30:07are.
- 30:08Well,
- 30:09I
- 30:09will.
- 30:09One
- 30:09thing
- 30:09I
- 30:10Will
- 30:10say
- 30:10is
- 30:12people
- 30:12pleasing
- 30:13is
- 30:13not
- 30:14a
- 30:14character
- 30:15trait
- 30:16behavior.
- 30:18Right.
- 30:18And
- 30:19all
- 30:19behavior
- 30:20is
- 30:20driven.
- 30:20I
- 30:20mean,
- 30:20this
- 30:20is
- 30:21straight
- 30:21from
- 30:21like
- 30:21cognitive
- 30:22behavioral
- 30:22therapy.
- 30:23But
- 30:23all
- 30:23behavior
- 30:23is
- 30:24driven
- 30:24by
- 30:24a
- 30:24thought
- 30:25and
- 30:25a
- 30:25feeling.
- 30:26And
- 30:26some
- 30:26thoughts
- 30:27are
- 30:27rational
- 30:27and
- 30:28some
- 30:28are
- 30:28not
- 30:28helpful.
- 30:29Right.
- 30:29And
- 30:29then
- 30:30feelings,
- 30:30some
- 30:31can
- 30:31exist
- 30:31on
- 30:31the
- 30:31surface,
- 30:32like
- 30:32anger.
- 30:33We
- 30:33can
- 30:33see
- 30:33that.
- 30:33But
- 30:34really
- 30:34what's
- 30:34underneath
- 30:35that
- 30:35anger
- 30:35is
- 30:35sadness
- 30:36and
- 30:36hurt.
- 30:37So
- 30:38ultimately,
- 30:39like,
- 30:39the
- 30:40behaviors
- 30:40that
- 30:40we're
- 30:41displaying
- 30:42are
- 30:42always
- 30:42driven
- 30:43by
- 30:43something
- 30:43else
- 30:44and
- 30:45getting
- 30:45away
- 30:45from
- 30:46labels.
- 30:46Right.
- 30:47Of
- 30:48good
- 30:48versus
- 30:49bad,
- 30:50of,
- 30:51you
- 30:51know,
- 30:52people
- 30:52pleasing
- 30:53or
- 30:53lazy
- 30:54or,
- 30:54you
- 30:55know,
- 30:55I'm.
- 30:55I'm
- 30:56just
- 30:56this
- 30:56way.
- 30:57Insert
- 30:57label
- 30:58here.
- 30:58You
- 30:59know,
- 30:59that.
- 31:00That
- 31:00piece
- 31:00of
- 31:00things
- 31:01can.
- 31:01Can
- 31:01also
- 31:02be,
- 31:03you
- 31:03know,
- 31:03a
- 31:03helpful
- 31:04way
- 31:04of,
- 31:05you
- 31:05know,
- 31:05being
- 31:06curious
- 31:06instead
- 31:06of
- 31:07judgmental,
- 31:08of
- 31:08offering
- 31:09a
- 31:09little
- 31:10bit
- 31:10of
- 31:10space
- 31:11between
- 31:11whatever's
- 31:12happening
- 31:13that's
- 31:13triggering
- 31:13this
- 31:14underlying
- 31:14stuff
- 31:15and
- 31:15my
- 31:16re.
- 31:17And
- 31:17I
- 31:18think
- 31:18if
- 31:18I'm
- 31:18going
- 31:19to
- 31:19model,
- 31:19like,
- 31:19what
- 31:20grace
- 31:20is,
- 31:21it
- 31:21is
- 31:21really
- 31:21truly,
- 31:22I
- 31:22think,
- 31:22about
- 31:23meeting
- 31:23yourself
- 31:24where
- 31:24you're
- 31:24at.
- 31:25Right.
- 31:25So
- 31:25I,
- 31:26for
- 31:26example,
- 31:26I
- 31:26have
- 31:27so
- 31:27much
- 31:27respect
- 31:28for
- 31:29people's
- 31:30protective
- 31:31mechanisms.
- 31:32Yeah.
- 31:32It's
- 31:33not
- 31:33my
- 31:33job
- 31:33to
- 31:34expect
- 31:34you
- 31:34to
- 31:35open
- 31:35up
- 31:35the
- 31:35door
- 31:36and
- 31:36unlock.
- 31:37Is
- 31:38not
- 31:38my.
- 31:39In
- 31:39my
- 31:39wheelhouse
- 31:40to,
- 31:41you
- 31:41know,
- 31:41hey,
- 31:41let
- 31:42me
- 31:42in.
- 31:43No,
- 31:44maybe
- 31:44I'm
- 31:45waving
- 31:45to
- 31:45you
- 31:45right
- 31:45from
- 31:46the
- 31:46front
- 31:46gate
- 31:46and
- 31:46I'm
- 31:47just
- 31:47letting
- 31:47you
- 31:47know
- 31:47I'm
- 31:48here.
- 31:48And
- 31:48then
- 31:48slowly,
- 31:49you
- 31:49know,
- 31:49we're
- 31:50on
- 31:50the
- 31:50porch
- 31:50and
- 31:51sharing
- 31:51a
- 31:51cup
- 31:51of
- 31:52tea.
- 31:52You
- 31:52know,
- 31:52obviously
- 31:53all
- 31:53figurative
- 31:54here,
- 31:54but
- 31:55the
- 31:55protective
- 31:56mechanisms
- 31:57are
- 31:57there
- 31:57for
- 31:57a
- 31:57reason.
- 31:57They
- 31:58have
- 31:58kept
- 31:58you
- 31:58safe.
- 31:59They
- 31:59have
- 31:59provided
- 32:00you
- 32:00with
- 32:00things
- 32:00even
- 32:01if
- 32:01they're
- 32:02not
- 32:02healthy
- 32:02and
- 32:02even
- 32:03if
- 32:04they're
- 32:04not
- 32:04giving
- 32:04you
- 32:05the
- 32:05results
- 32:05that
- 32:06you
- 32:06want
- 32:06it.
- 32:07Want
- 32:07anymore.
- 32:08So
- 32:09meeting
- 32:09yourself
- 32:10where
- 32:10you're
- 32:11at,
- 32:11I
- 32:11think
- 32:11is
- 32:13really
- 32:13key
- 32:13as
- 32:13well.
- 32:14Oh,
- 32:14absolutely.
- 32:15And
- 32:15that.
- 32:16That's
- 32:16just
- 32:16giving
- 32:17yourself,
- 32:17like
- 32:17you
- 32:18said,
- 32:18the
- 32:18grace
- 32:18with
- 32:18every
- 32:19situation
- 32:20be.
- 32:20And
- 32:20just
- 32:21don't
- 32:21beat
- 32:22yourself
- 32:22up.
- 32:22You
- 32:22know,
- 32:23when
- 32:23you
- 32:23have
- 32:23the
- 32:23bad
- 32:24day.
- 32:24It's
- 32:25not.
- 32:25You're
- 32:25not
- 32:25stupid.
- 32:26You
- 32:26just.
- 32:27I
- 32:27made
- 32:27a
- 32:27mistake,
- 32:28and
- 32:28that's
- 32:28human
- 32:29and
- 32:29I
- 32:30love
- 32:30me
- 32:30anyway.
- 32:31You
- 32:31know,
- 32:31it's
- 32:32because.
- 32:33Yeah,
- 32:33that's.
- 32:33Those
- 32:34protective
- 32:34mechanisms
- 32:35are
- 32:35so
- 32:37deeply
- 32:37ingrained.
- 32:38All
- 32:38of.
- 32:39All
- 32:39of
- 32:39stuff
- 32:39that
- 32:39happens.
- 32:40I
- 32:40mean,
- 32:40I
- 32:41People.
- 32:42I
- 32:42give
- 32:42examples
- 32:43to
- 32:43people,
- 32:43or
- 32:43people
- 32:44will
- 32:44come
- 32:44up
- 32:44with
- 32:44examples
- 32:45as
- 32:45we
- 32:45go
- 32:45back
- 32:45through,
- 32:46like,
- 32:46a
- 32:46timeline
- 32:46of
- 32:47when
- 32:47things
- 32:47happen
- 32:48and
- 32:48why,
- 32:49where
- 32:49they
- 32:49might
- 32:50have
- 32:50started
- 32:50to
- 32:50feel
- 32:50like
- 32:51this.
- 32:51And
- 32:52they'll
- 32:52say,
- 32:53oh,
- 32:53my
- 32:54gosh,
- 32:54yeah,
- 32:54you
- 32:55know,
- 32:55when
- 32:55I
- 32:55was
- 32:55seven.
- 32:56But
- 32:56it
- 32:57was
- 32:57no.
- 32:57It
- 32:57was
- 32:57no
- 32:58big
- 32:58deal.
- 32:58And
- 32:58I
- 32:58said,
- 32:58when
- 32:59you
- 32:59were
- 32:59seven,
- 32:59everything
- 33:00Is
- 33:00big.
- 33:02Yeah.
- 33:02Everything
- 33:03is
- 33:03big
- 33:03when
- 33:03you're
- 33:04a
- 33:04child.
- 33:04Yeah.
- 33:04You
- 33:05look
- 33:05back
- 33:05at
- 33:05it
- 33:05now
- 33:05and
- 33:06you
- 33:06go,
- 33:06that
- 33:06was
- 33:06so
- 33:06stupid.
- 33:07That
- 33:07changed
- 33:07the
- 33:07way
- 33:07I
- 33:07look
- 33:08at
- 33:08the
- 33:08world.
- 33:09Well,
- 33:09yeah,
- 33:09back
- 33:09then
- 33:10when
- 33:10you
- 33:10weren't
- 33:10making
- 33:10your
- 33:11own
- 33:11decisions
- 33:11and
- 33:11you
- 33:12had
- 33:12one
- 33:12person
- 33:12to
- 33:13trust
- 33:13and
- 33:13that
- 33:14one
- 33:14person
- 33:14did
- 33:15you
- 33:15wrong.
- 33:16That
- 33:16was
- 33:16huge,
- 33:16my
- 33:17friend.
- 33:19Yeah.
- 33:20So
- 33:20I'm
- 33:20like
- 33:21you
- 33:21now.
- 33:21You
- 33:21have
- 33:21to
- 33:22learn
- 33:22to
- 33:22love
- 33:22on
- 33:23that.
- 33:23Like
- 33:23what?
- 33:23Like,
- 33:24again,
- 33:24like
- 33:24you
- 33:24said,
- 33:24what
- 33:25do
- 33:25you
- 33:25need
- 33:25right
- 33:26now?
- 33:26Like,
- 33:27what
- 33:27can
- 33:27you
- 33:28do
- 33:28for
- 33:28yourself
- 33:29right
- 33:29now?
- 33:31What
- 33:31are
- 33:31some
- 33:31other
- 33:32maybe
- 33:33strategies
- 33:34or
- 33:34things
- 33:34that
- 33:34people
- 33:34can
- 33:35do
- 33:35just
- 33:35to
- 33:35start
- 33:36to
- 33:36kind
- 33:36of
- 33:36loosen
- 33:37their.
- 33:37There.
- 33:38I
- 33:38want
- 33:38to
- 33:38get
- 33:38better
- 33:39vibes.
- 33:41You
- 33:41know,
- 33:41I.
- 33:42I
- 33:42really
- 33:42come
- 33:43back
- 33:43to
- 33:43incorporating
- 33:44some
- 33:44new
- 33:45learnings
- 33:45into
- 33:46things.
- 33:46Right.
- 33:47That
- 33:48emotions
- 33:49are
- 33:49not
- 33:49bad,
- 33:50really.
- 33:50Getting
- 33:50away
- 33:51from
- 33:51those
- 33:51labels.
- 33:52They're
- 33:52there
- 33:52for
- 33:53a
- 33:53reason.
- 33:54Everything
- 33:55is
- 33:55driven
- 33:55by,
- 33:56you
- 33:57know,
- 33:57deeper
- 33:58needs
- 33:58or
- 33:58drives.
- 33:59That's
- 34:00for
- 34:00all
- 34:00of
- 34:00us.
- 34:01I
- 34:01have
- 34:01these
- 34:02things
- 34:02about
- 34:02me,
- 34:02sure,
- 34:03maybe
- 34:03that
- 34:03aren't
- 34:03working,
- 34:04but
- 34:05they're
- 34:06there
- 34:06in
- 34:06place
- 34:06for
- 34:07a
- 34:07reason.
- 34:07I
- 34:07might
- 34:07want
- 34:08to
- 34:08make
- 34:08changes
- 34:08and
- 34:08I
- 34:09can.
- 34:09It
- 34:09doesn't
- 34:09have
- 34:10to
- 34:10be
- 34:10this
- 34:10way
- 34:10all
- 34:10the
- 34:11time.
- 34:11So
- 34:11maybe,
- 34:12you
- 34:12know,
- 34:12those
- 34:12learnings
- 34:13can
- 34:13become
- 34:13just
- 34:14new
- 34:15incorporations
- 34:15into
- 34:16the
- 34:16narrative.
- 34:16Is
- 34:16it
- 34:17always
- 34:17easy?
- 34:17No,
- 34:18because
- 34:18life
- 34:18is
- 34:19going
- 34:19to,
- 34:19you
- 34:20know,
- 34:20trigger
- 34:21us
- 34:22in
- 34:22terms
- 34:22of
- 34:22like,
- 34:23you
- 34:23know,
- 34:23strategies.
- 34:24I
- 34:24think
- 34:25what
- 34:25we
- 34:26can
- 34:26also
- 34:27incorporate
- 34:27is
- 34:28pausing
- 34:29before
- 34:29reacting.
- 34:31I
- 34:31don't.
- 34:32I
- 34:32get
- 34:33to
- 34:33choose
- 34:33what
- 34:33I
- 34:34want
- 34:34to
- 34:34do
- 34:34with
- 34:34this
- 34:35emotion.
- 34:35Sure.
- 34:36It's
- 34:36big.
- 34:36Sure.
- 34:37Absolutely.
- 34:39And
- 34:39I
- 34:39maybe
- 34:39want
- 34:40to
- 34:40react
- 34:40in
- 34:40a
- 34:40big
- 34:41way
- 34:41towards
- 34:41myself
- 34:42or
- 34:42to
- 34:42our.
- 34:42Toward
- 34:42others
- 34:43around
- 34:43me.
- 34:44But
- 34:44let
- 34:44me
- 34:44take
- 34:44some
- 34:45space,
- 34:45let
- 34:45me
- 34:45breathe
- 34:46through
- 34:46it.
- 34:46Which
- 34:47I'll
- 34:47be
- 34:47honest,
- 34:48for
- 34:48some
- 34:48de.
- 34:49You
- 34:49know,
- 34:49deep
- 34:49breathing
- 34:50can
- 34:50also
- 34:50be
- 34:50triggering
- 34:51if
- 34:51there's,
- 34:51you
- 34:52know,
- 34:52history
- 34:52of
- 34:54physical
- 34:55abuse
- 34:55or
- 34:55sexual
- 34:56assaults.
- 34:57That's
- 34:57not
- 34:57necessarily
- 34:58always
- 34:58going
- 34:58to
- 34:58work.
- 34:59So
- 34:59it.
- 34:59It
- 34:59is
- 34:59a
- 35:00matter
- 35:00of
- 35:00trying
- 35:00a
- 35:00few
- 35:01different
- 35:01things.
- 35:01Maybe
- 35:01it's
- 35:02journaling.
- 35:03Right.
- 35:03If
- 35:03there's
- 35:03things
- 35:03that
- 35:03you
- 35:04want
- 35:04to
- 35:04say
- 35:04and
- 35:04you
- 35:04want
- 35:05to
- 35:05lose
- 35:05it,
- 35:05write
- 35:06it
- 35:06down,
- 35:07put
- 35:07it
- 35:07somewhere.
- 35:08It
- 35:08needs
- 35:08to
- 35:08come
- 35:09out,
- 35:09needs
- 35:10to
- 35:10get
- 35:10out.
- 35:10Yep.
- 35:11Yeah.
- 35:12So,
- 35:13yeah,
- 35:13I
- 35:13think
- 35:14it's
- 35:14a
- 35:14matter
- 35:14of
- 35:15like,
- 35:16lowering
- 35:17the
- 35:17intensity
- 35:18of
- 35:18the
- 35:18emotion
- 35:18that
- 35:19you're
- 35:19experiencing.
- 35:19And
- 35:20then
- 35:20logic
- 35:21can
- 35:22be
- 35:22accessed.
- 35:23Then
- 35:23some
- 35:23of
- 35:23the
- 35:23deeper,
- 35:24like,
- 35:24oh,
- 35:24get
- 35:25curious
- 35:25with
- 35:25yourself
- 35:26can
- 35:26be
- 35:26accessible.
- 35:28So
- 35:28the
- 35:28initial
- 35:29pieces
- 35:29of
- 35:30things
- 35:30is
- 35:31going
- 35:31to
- 35:31make
- 35:31it,
- 35:32I
- 35:32think,
- 35:32a
- 35:32little
- 35:33bit
- 35:33easier.
- 35:34And
- 35:34then
- 35:34boundaries.
- 35:36Right,
- 35:36the
- 35:37B
- 35:37word.
- 35:38Yeah.
- 35:40And,
- 35:41you
- 35:41know,
- 35:42in
- 35:42terms
- 35:42of
- 35:42strategies
- 35:43there,
- 35:43I.
- 35:43I
- 35:44do
- 35:44believe
- 35:44that
- 35:45that
- 35:45comes
- 35:45from
- 35:46a
- 35:46little
- 35:46bit
- 35:47of
- 35:48aware,
- 35:48like
- 35:48more
- 35:49Awareness
- 35:49and
- 35:49thinking
- 35:50about
- 35:50what
- 35:50does
- 35:51it
- 35:51mean
- 35:51to
- 35:51have
- 35:51boundaries?
- 35:52Yeah,
- 35:52it'll.
- 35:54So
- 35:54I
- 35:54actually
- 35:55have
- 35:55a
- 35:55good
- 35:55metaphor
- 35:56that
- 35:56a
- 35:56lot
- 35:56of
- 35:56clients
- 35:57say
- 35:57they
- 35:57like,
- 35:57which
- 35:58I
- 35:58can
- 35:58share
- 35:58that
- 35:59one,
- 35:59if
- 36:00you
- 36:00would
- 36:00like.
- 36:03So,
- 36:03I
- 36:03mean,
- 36:03going
- 36:04back
- 36:04to
- 36:04what
- 36:04you
- 36:04said
- 36:04is
- 36:05that,
- 36:05you
- 36:05know,
- 36:05that
- 36:06idea
- 36:06of
- 36:06everything
- 36:06beginning
- 36:07within,
- 36:08you
- 36:08know,
- 36:08we
- 36:09belong
- 36:09to
- 36:09ourselves
- 36:10long
- 36:10before
- 36:11that
- 36:11we
- 36:12belong
- 36:12to
- 36:13others
- 36:13in
- 36:13our
- 36:13adult
- 36:14life.
- 36:14Right.
- 36:15And
- 36:15so
- 36:16if
- 36:16you
- 36:16consider
- 36:17that
- 36:17you
- 36:18are
- 36:18your
- 36:19home,
- 36:20that,
- 36:20you
- 36:21know,
- 36:22you
- 36:22get
- 36:23to
- 36:23decide
- 36:23in
- 36:23your
- 36:24physical
- 36:25home
- 36:25who
- 36:26comes
- 36:26in,
- 36:27who's
- 36:28somebody
- 36:28you
- 36:28wave
- 36:28to
- 36:29from
- 36:29the
- 36:29gate,
- 36:30and
- 36:30who
- 36:30is
- 36:30somebody
- 36:31that,
- 36:31yeah,
- 36:31you
- 36:31sit
- 36:32down,
- 36:32you
- 36:32have
- 36:32a
- 36:32cup
- 36:32of
- 36:32coffee
- 36:33or
- 36:33a
- 36:33cup
- 36:33of
- 36:33tea
- 36:33with.
- 36:34Right.
- 36:34How
- 36:34far
- 36:35they
- 36:35get
- 36:35to
- 36:35come
- 36:36into
- 36:36your
- 36:36home,
- 36:36how
- 36:36long
- 36:36they
- 36:37get
- 36:37to
- 36:37stay.
- 36:38What
- 36:38are
- 36:38some
- 36:38expectations
- 36:39that
- 36:40I
- 36:40have
- 36:40in
- 36:41my
- 36:41house
- 36:41for
- 36:41the
- 36:42behavior
- 36:42that's
- 36:42acceptable,
- 36:43for
- 36:43the
- 36:43way
- 36:44that
- 36:44I
- 36:44want
- 36:44to
- 36:45be
- 36:45treated?
- 36:45The
- 36:45vibe,
- 36:46the
- 36:46energy,
- 36:47you
- 36:47know,
- 36:47in
- 36:47the
- 36:47same
- 36:47way
- 36:47you
- 36:47get
- 36:47to
- 36:48pick
- 36:48the
- 36:48paint
- 36:48colors
- 36:49and
- 36:49what
- 36:49goes
- 36:49on
- 36:49the
- 36:49wall,
- 36:49what
- 36:50kind
- 36:50of
- 36:50pillows
- 36:50you
- 36:50buy,
- 36:51we
- 36:52get
- 36:52to
- 36:52decide
- 36:52what
- 36:53our
- 36:53internal
- 36:53experience
- 36:54is,
- 36:54what
- 36:54we're
- 36:54going
- 36:54to
- 36:55tolerate
- 36:55or
- 36:55not
- 36:55tolerate.
- 36:56So,
- 36:57you
- 36:57know,
- 36:57maybe
- 36:58not
- 36:58in
- 36:58a
- 36:58moment
- 36:59of
- 37:00emotional
- 37:01emotionality,
- 37:02but
- 37:03in
- 37:03those
- 37:03calmer
- 37:04moments,
- 37:04you
- 37:04know,
- 37:05if
- 37:05you
- 37:05have
- 37:05them
- 37:05when
- 37:05you're
- 37:06by
- 37:06yourself
- 37:06or
- 37:07at
- 37:07night,
- 37:07like,
- 37:08kind
- 37:08of
- 37:08getting
- 37:08curious
- 37:08about
- 37:09what
- 37:09do
- 37:09I
- 37:09want
- 37:10to
- 37:10feel
- 37:10like
- 37:10internally
- 37:11and.
- 37:12And
- 37:12how
- 37:12can
- 37:12I
- 37:12create
- 37:12that?
- 37:13Maybe
- 37:13it
- 37:13is
- 37:13a
- 37:14matter
- 37:14of,
- 37:14like,
- 37:14I'm
- 37:14not
- 37:15going
- 37:15to
- 37:15put
- 37:15up
- 37:15with
- 37:15somebody
- 37:16speaking
- 37:16to
- 37:16me
- 37:16this
- 37:16way
- 37:17anymore.
- 37:17Want
- 37:18practice
- 37:19of
- 37:19it?
- 37:20That's
- 37:20the
- 37:20hard
- 37:20part.
- 37:21Right.
- 37:21That's
- 37:21might
- 37:21be
- 37:22where,
- 37:22okay,
- 37:23I
- 37:23asked
- 37:23for
- 37:23some
- 37:23help.
- 37:24Yeah,
- 37:25absolutely.
- 37:26Because
- 37:26it's.
- 37:27It's
- 37:28hard
- 37:28when
- 37:28you
- 37:28first
- 37:28start,
- 37:29you
- 37:29know,
- 37:29I
- 37:29mean,
- 37:30and
- 37:30again,
- 37:30a
- 37:30lot
- 37:30of
- 37:30people
- 37:30don't
- 37:31even
- 37:31know
- 37:31they
- 37:31were
- 37:31in
- 37:31that
- 37:31situation.
- 37:32It
- 37:32was
- 37:33my
- 37:33friend
- 37:33that
- 37:34finally
- 37:34said
- 37:34to
- 37:34me
- 37:35after
- 37:35I
- 37:35was
- 37:35married
- 37:35for
- 37:35a
- 37:36year
- 37:36or
- 37:36so,
- 37:36you.
- 37:37She
- 37:37was
- 37:37like,
- 37:37you
- 37:37know,
- 37:37Tammy,
- 37:38people
- 37:38don't
- 37:39talk
- 37:39to
- 37:39people
- 37:40that
- 37:40they
- 37:40love
- 37:40like
- 37:40that.
- 37:41And
- 37:41I
- 37:42was
- 37:42like,
- 37:42oh,
- 37:42really?
- 37:42That's
- 37:43still.
- 37:43I
- 37:43mean,
- 37:43I
- 37:43just.
- 37:44Whatever.
- 37:45Like,
- 37:45it
- 37:45didn't
- 37:45bother
- 37:45me.
- 37:46Yeah,
- 37:46it
- 37:46hurt
- 37:46my
- 37:46feelings
- 37:46a
- 37:47little
- 37:47bit.
- 37:47It
- 37:47stung
- 37:47a
- 37:48little
- 37:48bit,
- 37:48but
- 37:48I
- 37:48was
- 37:48so
- 37:49used
- 37:49to
- 37:49it.
- 37:50And
- 37:50then
- 37:50she's
- 37:50like.
- 37:51And
- 37:51then
- 37:51when
- 37:51I
- 37:51started
- 37:52going
- 37:52to
- 37:52therapy
- 37:52more
- 37:53and
- 37:53more,
- 37:53and
- 37:53that's
- 37:53when
- 37:54they
- 37:54sat
- 37:54me
- 37:54down
- 37:54and
- 37:54they're
- 37:55like,
- 37:55okay,
- 37:55you
- 37:56need
- 37:56to
- 37:56figure
- 37:56out
- 37:57what
- 37:57your
- 37:57values
- 37:57are,
- 37:58what
- 37:58you
- 37:58stand
- 37:58for,
- 37:59what
- 37:59you're
- 37:59willing
- 37:59to
- 37:59tolerate,
- 38:00what
- 38:00you're
- 38:00willing
- 38:01to
- 38:01put
- 38:01up
- 38:01with,
- 38:02and
- 38:02what
- 38:02will
- 38:03get
- 38:03you
- 38:04peace.
- 38:04Like,
- 38:04she
- 38:04was
- 38:05like,
- 38:05what
- 38:05do
- 38:05you
- 38:05want
- 38:05I
- 38:05said
- 38:05I
- 38:06want
- 38:06just
- 38:06peace
- 38:06in
- 38:07my
- 38:07head
- 38:07and
- 38:07my
- 38:07body,
- 38:07in
- 38:08my
- 38:08mind
- 38:08and
- 38:08my
- 38:08soul,
- 38:09you
- 38:09know?
- 38:10Well,
- 38:10you're
- 38:11gonna
- 38:11have
- 38:11to
- 38:11set
- 38:11some
- 38:12boundaries.
- 38:13But,
- 38:13and
- 38:14it,
- 38:14and
- 38:14it
- 38:14is
- 38:14hard
- 38:15at
- 38:15first,
- 38:15but
- 38:15I
- 38:16tell
- 38:16people,
- 38:16start
- 38:16small,
- 38:17you
- 38:18know,
- 38:18go
- 38:18to
- 38:18a
- 38:18restaurant,
- 38:18order
- 38:19something
- 38:19you've.
- 38:19That's
- 38:20not
- 38:20on
- 38:20the
- 38:20menu.
- 38:21Like
- 38:21it's
- 38:21not
- 38:22going
- 38:22to
- 38:22be
- 38:22detrimental
- 38:23to
- 38:23your
- 38:23world
- 38:23if
- 38:23they
- 38:24say
- 38:24no,
- 38:24but
- 38:24just
- 38:25start
- 38:25practicing
- 38:26it.
- 38:26Start
- 38:26it.
- 38:26Start
- 38:27it
- 38:27being
- 38:27a
- 38:27muscle
- 38:28memory
- 38:28or
- 38:28a
- 38:29muscle
- 38:30reaction
- 38:30that
- 38:31if
- 38:31you
- 38:32want
- 38:32something
- 38:32you,
- 38:33you
- 38:33don't
- 38:34look
- 38:34around
- 38:34first
- 38:34to
- 38:35see
- 38:35who's
- 38:35going
- 38:35to
- 38:35get
- 38:35mad
- 38:36at
- 38:36you
- 38:36for
- 38:36saying
- 38:36you
- 38:36want
- 38:37it,
- 38:37you
- 38:37just
- 38:37say
- 38:37it.
- 38:38Like
- 38:38that
- 38:38takes
- 38:39a
- 38:39long
- 38:39time
- 38:40or
- 38:41like
- 38:41you
- 38:41said,
- 38:41the
- 38:42boundaries
- 38:42of
- 38:43somebody
- 38:44maybe
- 38:44not
- 38:44being
- 38:45able
- 38:45to
- 38:46come
- 38:46through
- 38:46your
- 38:46gate,
- 38:47as
- 38:47you
- 38:47put
- 38:48it.
- 38:48That's.
- 38:49And,
- 38:50and
- 38:50I
- 38:50like
- 38:51to
- 38:51say
- 38:51now,
- 38:51I
- 38:52mean
- 38:52we
- 38:52weren't,
- 38:52we
- 38:52were
- 38:53children
- 38:53when
- 38:53all
- 38:53of
- 38:54this
- 38:54happened,
- 38:54when
- 38:54all
- 38:54of
- 38:55these
- 38:55mindset
- 38:55things
- 38:55happened,
- 38:56when
- 38:56all
- 38:56of
- 38:56these,
- 38:57our
- 38:57lens
- 38:58was
- 38:58put
- 38:58on,
- 38:58on
- 38:59how
- 38:59we
- 38:59look
- 38:59at
- 38:59safety
- 39:00and,
- 39:00and
- 39:00fear
- 39:01and
- 39:01all
- 39:01of
- 39:01that.
- 39:02We
- 39:02were
- 39:02children.
- 39:03We
- 39:03didn't
- 39:03have
- 39:03a
- 39:04choice.
- 39:05Now
- 39:05we're
- 39:05grown
- 39:06ass
- 39:06adults
- 39:07and
- 39:07we
- 39:07can
- 39:08unapologetically
- 39:09say
- 39:10no.
- 39:12You
- 39:12know,
- 39:12here's
- 39:12another
- 39:13one
- 39:13that
- 39:13I
- 39:13think
- 39:13is,
- 39:14people
- 39:14often
- 39:15find
- 39:16helpful
- 39:17is
- 39:18if
- 39:18we
- 39:18externalize
- 39:19it
- 39:19a
- 39:19little
- 39:19bit.
- 39:20And,
- 39:20and
- 39:20granted
- 39:21none
- 39:21of
- 39:21this
- 39:21stuff
- 39:22is,
- 39:22it
- 39:22is
- 39:22going
- 39:23to
- 39:23work
- 39:23for
- 39:23everybody.
- 39:24Not,
- 39:24I
- 39:24mean,
- 39:24not
- 39:24all
- 39:24of
- 39:25this
- 39:25stuff
- 39:25is
- 39:25going
- 39:25to
- 39:25work
- 39:26for
- 39:26everybody
- 39:26is
- 39:26actually
- 39:27what
- 39:27I
- 39:27mean
- 39:27to
- 39:27say.
- 39:29So
- 39:29it
- 39:29is
- 39:29a
- 39:29matter
- 39:30of
- 39:30kind
- 39:30of
- 39:30trying
- 39:30things
- 39:31on
- 39:31and
- 39:31seeing
- 39:32how
- 39:32it
- 39:32feels
- 39:32a
- 39:33little
- 39:33bit.
- 39:33But
- 39:34if
- 39:34we
- 39:34externalize
- 39:35our
- 39:36stories
- 39:36a
- 39:36little
- 39:36bit,
- 39:37right?
- 39:37Where
- 39:38let's
- 39:38say
- 39:38it
- 39:39almost
- 39:39as
- 39:39if
- 39:39we're
- 39:40reading
- 39:40a
- 39:40book
- 39:40about
- 39:41somebody
- 39:41that
- 39:41lived
- 39:42our
- 39:42lives
- 39:42or
- 39:43watching
- 39:43a
- 39:43movie,
- 39:44right.
- 39:44Of
- 39:44a
- 39:44little
- 39:44girl
- 39:45or
- 39:45a
- 39:46little
- 39:46boy
- 39:47living
- 39:47through
- 39:48the
- 39:48things
- 39:48that
- 39:48we
- 39:49did.
- 39:49Right?
- 39:51What
- 39:51did
- 39:51they
- 39:51really,
- 39:52did
- 39:52they
- 39:52deserve
- 39:53that?
- 39:53Right?
- 39:54What
- 39:55did
- 39:55they
- 39:56really
- 39:56like
- 39:56need
- 39:57in
- 39:57that
- 39:57moment?
- 39:58How
- 39:58scared
- 39:59or
- 39:59how
- 39:59alone
- 39:59did
- 40:00they
- 40:00actually
- 40:00feel?
- 40:01Like
- 40:01who
- 40:01did
- 40:02they
- 40:02talk
- 40:02to?
- 40:03That
- 40:03little
- 40:04girl
- 40:04or
- 40:04that
- 40:05little
- 40:05boy
- 40:06is
- 40:06you.
- 40:07And
- 40:07if
- 40:07they
- 40:08deserved
- 40:08it
- 40:08and
- 40:09this
- 40:09person
- 40:09isn't
- 40:10you,
- 40:10like
- 40:10you
- 40:11deserve
- 40:11it
- 40:11too,
- 40:12you
- 40:12know,
- 40:13so
- 40:13that's
- 40:14another
- 40:15piece
- 40:15of
- 40:15things.
- 40:16And,
- 40:16and
- 40:16I
- 40:16want,
- 40:17I
- 40:17really
- 40:17want
- 40:17to
- 40:18say,
- 40:18you
- 40:18know,
- 40:18in
- 40:18terms
- 40:19of
- 40:19meeting
- 40:19yourself
- 40:19where
- 40:20you're
- 40:20at,
- 40:20because
- 40:21I
- 40:21want
- 40:21to,
- 40:21I,
- 40:21I'm
- 40:22very
- 40:22big
- 40:22on
- 40:22setting
- 40:22like,
- 40:23you
- 40:23know,
- 40:23realistic
- 40:24expectations
- 40:25is
- 40:25like,
- 40:26this
- 40:27isn't
- 40:27easy.
- 40:28It's
- 40:28not
- 40:29easy
- 40:29work.
- 40:29This
- 40:30stuff
- 40:30is
- 40:30really
- 40:30kind
- 40:31of,
- 40:31it's,
- 40:31it's
- 40:32in
- 40:32there
- 40:32and
- 40:32it's,
- 40:33it's
- 40:33some
- 40:34of
- 40:34it
- 40:34stands
- 40:34also
- 40:35for,
- 40:35like,
- 40:36if
- 40:36I
- 40:36just
- 40:36keep
- 40:36operating
- 40:37this
- 40:37way,
- 40:37I
- 40:38don't
- 40:38have
- 40:38to
- 40:38feel
- 40:39how
- 40:39much
- 40:39of
- 40:39an
- 40:40impact
- 40:40that
- 40:40really
- 40:40had.
- 40:42And
- 40:43so
- 40:45is
- 40:45it
- 40:45like,
- 40:45oh,
- 40:46try
- 40:46this
- 40:46thing
- 40:46and
- 40:46it's
- 40:47gonna
- 40:47be.
- 40:47You're
- 40:47gonna
- 40:47be
- 40:47good?
- 40:48Like,
- 40:49no,
- 40:49if
- 40:49anything,
- 40:50you're
- 40:50gonna
- 40:50start
- 40:50to
- 40:51open
- 40:51up
- 40:51Pandora's
- 40:52box
- 40:52a
- 40:52little
- 40:52bit.
- 40:53You
- 40:53know,
- 40:53you
- 40:54start
- 40:54to
- 40:54set
- 40:54boundaries.
- 40:55People
- 40:55in
- 40:55your
- 40:55life
- 40:55are
- 40:56used
- 40:56to
- 40:56you
- 40:56operating
- 40:57as
- 40:57the
- 40:57people
- 40:57pleaser,
- 40:58as
- 40:58the
- 40:58fixer,
- 40:59as
- 40:59the
- 40:59mediator,
- 40:59the
- 41:00parent.
- 41:01So
- 41:01they
- 41:02might
- 41:02not
- 41:02like
- 41:02it.
- 41:02And
- 41:03then
- 41:03we
- 41:03have
- 41:03to
- 41:03build
- 41:04tolerance
- 41:04around
- 41:05like
- 41:05having
- 41:05other
- 41:05people's,
- 41:06allowing
- 41:07other
- 41:07people
- 41:07to
- 41:07have
- 41:07their
- 41:07emotions
- 41:08without
- 41:09or
- 41:09without
- 41:09reacting
- 41:10to
- 41:10it,
- 41:11to
- 41:11hold
- 41:11someone
- 41:11accountable
- 41:12to
- 41:12their
- 41:12reactions
- 41:13as
- 41:13well
- 41:14and
- 41:14not
- 41:14feel
- 41:15guilty
- 41:15about
- 41:15that.
- 41:16So,
- 41:17you
- 41:17know,
- 41:18taking
- 41:19it.
- 41:20It's
- 41:20a,
- 41:20it's
- 41:20a,
- 41:21it's
- 41:21a
- 41:21process.
- 41:22It's,
- 41:22it's
- 41:22such
- 41:23a
- 41:23process.
- 41:23And
- 41:23the
- 41:23best
- 41:24advice
- 41:24I
- 41:24give
- 41:24people,
- 41:25I,
- 41:25Well,
- 41:25I
- 41:26like
- 41:26to
- 41:26give
- 41:26people
- 41:27is
- 41:28when
- 41:28you're
- 41:28going
- 41:28through
- 41:29this
- 41:29whole
- 41:29thing
- 41:29because
- 41:30we
- 41:30are
- 41:31our
- 41:31own
- 41:31worst
- 41:31critics.
- 41:32We
- 41:32are
- 41:32so
- 41:33rough
- 41:33on
- 41:33ourselves.
- 41:33And
- 41:34like
- 41:34you
- 41:34said,
- 41:34if
- 41:34you,
- 41:35if
- 41:35you
- 41:35could
- 41:35see
- 41:35yourself
- 41:36as
- 41:36that
- 41:36five
- 41:37year
- 41:37old,
- 41:39if
- 41:39you
- 41:39re.
- 41:39Could
- 41:40understand
- 41:40that
- 41:41that's
- 41:41that
- 41:41person
- 41:41you
- 41:42are
- 41:42now
- 41:42like
- 41:42and
- 41:43like
- 41:43you
- 41:43said
- 41:43and
- 41:43love
- 41:44on
- 41:44them.
- 41:44So
- 41:45I
- 41:45tell
- 41:45people,
- 41:45like,
- 41:45in
- 41:46every
- 41:46situation,
- 41:47treat
- 41:47yourself
- 41:47like
- 41:47your
- 41:48own
- 41:48best
- 41:48friend.
- 41:49When
- 41:49you
- 41:49do
- 41:50something
- 41:50wrong,
- 41:52think
- 41:52to
- 41:52yourself.
- 41:53Instead
- 41:53of
- 41:53being
- 41:53like,
- 41:54oh,
- 41:54Tammy,
- 41:54you're
- 41:54so
- 41:54stupid.
- 41:55Be
- 41:55like,
- 41:55Tammy,
- 41:56if
- 41:56your
- 41:56daughter
- 41:56did
- 41:57that,
- 41:57would
- 41:58you
- 41:58be
- 41:58angry?
- 42:00No,
- 42:00it
- 42:00was
- 42:01a
- 42:01mistake
- 42:01and
- 42:01you
- 42:01would
- 42:02get
- 42:02over
- 42:02it.
- 42:02So
- 42:02be
- 42:03that
- 42:03person
- 42:03to
- 42:04yourself.
- 42:04You
- 42:05know,
- 42:05treat
- 42:05yourself
- 42:06like
- 42:06someone
- 42:07you
- 42:07love.
- 42:07And
- 42:08eventually
- 42:08you'll
- 42:09be
- 42:09like,
- 42:09wow,
- 42:10I
- 42:10like
- 42:10her.
- 42:12I
- 42:12really
- 42:13like
- 42:13her.
- 42:14So
- 42:14I
- 42:15mean
- 42:15that's.
- 42:15Oh,
- 42:16it's
- 42:16such
- 42:16a
- 42:16process
- 42:16though.
- 42:17Wow,
- 42:17Alyssa,
- 42:18this
- 42:18is
- 42:18really
- 42:18fun.
- 42:19I
- 42:19could
- 42:19talk
- 42:20to
- 42:20you
- 42:20forever
- 42:20and
- 42:20ever,
- 42:21but
- 42:22I
- 42:22was
- 42:23like,
- 42:23just
- 42:23look
- 42:23down.
- 42:23I'm
- 42:24like,
- 42:24wow,
- 42:24it's
- 42:24been
- 42:2445
- 42:24minutes,
- 42:25we've
- 42:25been
- 42:25chit
- 42:25chatting.
- 42:25Oh,
- 42:26wow.
- 42:27If
- 42:27people
- 42:27want
- 42:28to
- 42:28work
- 42:28with
- 42:28you,
- 42:28want
- 42:29to
- 42:29find
- 42:29out
- 42:29more,
- 42:29where
- 42:30do
- 42:30they,
- 42:30where
- 42:30do
- 42:30they
- 42:30find
- 42:31you?
- 42:31Easiest
- 42:31place.
- 42:32Easiest
- 42:33place
- 42:33is
- 42:34definitely
- 42:34our
- 42:34website.
- 42:35That.
- 42:36That's
- 42:36going
- 42:36to
- 42:37be
- 42:37the
- 42:37place
- 42:37that
- 42:37is
- 42:38100%
- 42:38just
- 42:38routed
- 42:39directly
- 42:39to
- 42:39our
- 42:40practice.
- 42:40We
- 42:41are
- 42:41on
- 42:41Instagram
- 42:41and
- 42:41Facebook,
- 42:42but
- 42:43I'm,
- 42:44I
- 42:44am.
- 42:44Oh,
- 42:45somebody's
- 42:45always
- 42:45looking
- 42:45at
- 42:46the
- 42:46email,
- 42:46right?
- 42:47So
- 42:47in
- 42:47that
- 42:47sense,
- 42:48I
- 42:48mean,
- 42:48which
- 42:48is
- 42:48me.
- 42:49So
- 42:49in
- 42:49that
- 42:49sense,
- 42:49that
- 42:49is
- 42:50the
- 42:50best
- 42:50place
- 42:50to
- 42:50reach
- 42:50us.
- 42:51And
- 42:51our
- 42:51website
- 42:51is
- 42:52www.collive-therapy.com.
- 42:57yeah,
- 42:58we'll
- 42:58be
- 42:58happy
- 42:58to
- 42:58help.
- 42:59I
- 43:00love
- 43:00it.
- 43:00And
- 43:01you're
- 43:01not
- 43:01off
- 43:01the
- 43:02hook
- 43:02yet,
- 43:02though.
- 43:02I
- 43:02appreciate
- 43:03you
- 43:03coming.
- 43:03First
- 43:04of
- 43:04all,
- 43:04I
- 43:04got
- 43:04lots
- 43:05of
- 43:05little
- 43:05tips
- 43:05and
- 43:05tricks
- 43:06for
- 43:06people.
- 43:06That's
- 43:07what
- 43:07they're
- 43:07looking
- 43:07for.
- 43:08And
- 43:09if
- 43:09you
- 43:10could
- 43:10give
- 43:10somebody
- 43:11one
- 43:11word
- 43:12of
- 43:12wisdom
- 43:12or
- 43:12piece
- 43:13of
- 43:13advice
- 43:13or
- 43:13just
- 43:14something
- 43:14to
- 43:14make
- 43:14their
- 43:14day
- 43:15a
- 43:15little
- 43:15better
- 43:15today,
- 43:15what
- 43:16would
- 43:16it
- 43:16be?
- 43:18Give
- 43:19yourself
- 43:19permission
- 43:21to
- 43:21want
- 43:21something
- 43:22different.
- 43:25I
- 43:26love
- 43:26that.
- 43:28I
- 43:29love
- 43:29that.
- 43:30Give
- 43:30yourself
- 43:30permission
- 43:31to
- 43:31want
- 43:31something
- 43:32different.
- 43:33Absolutely.
- 43:34Thank
- 43:34you
- 43:34so
- 43:34much,
- 43:35Alyssa,
- 43:35for
- 43:35coming
- 43:35on.
- 43:36You're
- 43:36welcome.
- 43:37Thank
- 43:37you
- 43:37so
- 43:38much
- 43:38for
- 43:38having
- 43:38me.
- 43:38These
- 43:39conversations
- 43:39are
- 43:39so
- 43:40important,
- 43:41and
- 43:41they
- 43:41stand
- 43:42for,
- 43:42you
- 43:42know,
- 43:42really
- 43:43the
- 43:43love
- 43:44that
- 43:44we
- 43:44always
- 43:44deserved
- 43:45but
- 43:45maybe
- 43:45didn't
- 43:46get.
- 43:47So
- 43:47I'm
- 43:47happy
- 43:48to
- 43:48be
- 43:48part
- 43:48of
- 43:48this
- 43:48in
- 43:49any
- 43:49way
- 43:49I
- 43:49can.
- 43:50Well,
- 43:50I
- 43:50so
- 43:50appreciate
- 43:51it.
- 43:51And
- 43:51for
- 43:52everybody
- 43:52else
- 43:52out
- 43:52there
- 43:52listening,
- 43:53you
- 43:54heard
- 43:54it.
- 43:54Go
- 43:54to
- 43:55her
- 43:55website,
- 43:56check
- 43:56it
- 43:56out,
- 43:57and
- 43:57just
- 43:58know
- 43:58that
- 43:58you
- 43:59are
- 43:59worthy
- 44:00of
- 44:00all
- 44:00the
- 44:00love,
- 44:01whether
- 44:01you
- 44:01got
- 44:01it
- 44:02or
- 44:02not.
- 44:02As
- 44:02a
- 44:02kid,
- 44:02it
- 44:02doesn't
- 44:03matter.
- 44:03You
- 44:03can
- 44:03start
- 44:04to
- 44:04get
- 44:04it
- 44:04now.
- 44:04You
- 44:04can
- 44:05start
- 44:05to
- 44:05love
- 44:05yourself
- 44:05that
- 44:06way
- 44:06now.
- 44:07But
- 44:07you
- 44:07were
- 44:08always
- 44:08worthy,
- 44:08and
- 44:09you
- 44:09were
- 44:09always
- 44:09enough.
- 44:10And
- 44:10you're
- 44:10perfect
- 44:10just
- 44:11the
- 44:11way
- 44:11you
- 44:11are.
- 44:12So
- 44:12thank
- 44:12you
- 44:12all,
- 44:13and
- 44:13we
- 44:13will
- 44:13see
- 44:13you
- 44:14back
- 44:14next
- 44:14week.