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Valuing your partner’s values for relationship longevity

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Valuing Your Partner’s Values for Relationship Longevity
Valuing Your Partner’s Values for Relationship Longevity
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Valuing Your Partner’s Values for Relationship Longevity
January 31, 2018

Do you value what your partner values? If not, you may be in for a rude awakening when they suddenly get upset with you for seemingly no reason.

What’s important to you may not be important to them, and vice versa, but it might be a good idea to make it important to you since your relationship’s longevity may depend on it.

Transcript for this episode is here.

Filed Under: anger, Divorce, Fears, Marriage, Relationships, Values Tagged With: I always forget important anniversaries, I always forget my partner's birthday, My partner is upset I forgot

What did you sign up for in the relationship?

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What did you sign up for in the relationship?
What did you sign up for in the relationship?
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What did you sign up for in the relationship?
September 12, 2021

When you sign up for a relationship, you sign up for who they are now. But are you signing up for who you hope they’ll be as well?

Are there expectations that should be met when it comes to a relationship? And if they aren’t met, do you have every right to demand they be met, “or else?”

Sometimes we need to revisit the contract we signed getting into a relationship and what it means for us if who we thought they were isn’t really who they are.

Filed Under: Communication, Divorce, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: I didn't sign up for this, relationship disagreements, Relationship issues

When you have to make a big decision about the relationship

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When you have to make a big decision about the relationship
When you have to make a big decision about the relationship
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When you have to make a big decision about the relationship
May 27, 2020

Sometimes when you’re in a relationship with someone, you might not know where it’s going or if it will even make it. I prefer taking action instead of waiting for things to happen.

In this episode, I share some ways to take action when there’s a decision to be made about the relationship. Visit and for more episodes on relationships

Filed Under: Decisions, Divorce, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: How do I decide to get a divorce?, How do I make the decision to stay in the relationship or leave?, Should I stay in my marriage or leave?

Are difficult people really doing the best they can?

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Are difficult people really doing the best they can?
Are difficult people really doing the best they can?
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Are difficult people really doing the best they can?
November 14, 2021

Everyone is capable of improving themselves, at least in the way they treat others.

The problem is that some people are not ready to change. At least, not in the moment. So sometimes we have to see people for who they are today, not who we, or they, believe they will become tomorrow.

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Filed Under: Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic Behavior, Toxic People Tagged With: Can hurtful people change?, When will they stop emotionally abusing me?, Why can't they see they are hurting me?

Getting comfortable letting go of what no longer serves you

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Getting comfortable letting go of what no longer serves you
Getting comfortable letting go of what no longer serves you
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Getting comfortable letting go of what no longer serves you
April 5, 2020

Can you get back up after a big fall? If you’re struggling to do so, your foundation may not be as stable as you’d hoped.

The components that make up your life: Your job, your family, your home, the city you live in, your car, etc, all have some sort of meaning or value to you. When you start to let go that which no longer serves you, you start to free yourself from the toxic components.

What do you value and what gives you heartburn every time you think about it? Sometimes removing one small thing from your life can make a big change.

Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Codependency, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Family, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: Am I holding on for too long?, How can I let the past go?, Should I let things go or hold on to them?

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