Your Emotions. Not My Monkey. | Ep 146
Someone you love is anxious. They’re spiralling. They keep coming back to you with the same problem.
Does it support them when you making their emotions your responsibility?
In this episode, I share a recent experience with my mum that gave me the opportunity to practise mental fitness in real time.
I could feel myself being pulled into a very familiar pattern: Pleaser.
My automatic response to reassure her, keep explaining and problem-solving and having the same conversation over and over for however long she wants to...whilst becoming increasingly irritated and resentful.
Instead, I did…
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