Stop Setting Yourself on Fire To Keep Everyone Else Warm Part 2

Dr. Rob and Jena Jake continue their conversation about finding healthy relationships that you can model, the role of grief in love and healing, and tactics to empower yourself today, no matter what your healthy or unhealthy relationships with a spouse, partner, child or parent might look like. 

TAKEAWAYS:

[1:24] Pushing back against powerful but unhealthy attachments. 

[6:10] How could I not have know this was happening? 

[8:08] Making improvements within yourself.

[9:56] The role of grief in love and healing. 

[12:32] When is it finally time to stop and say no? 

[16:10] Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. 

[19:26] Tactics to empower yourself now.

[22:05] Identifying the patterns that create your actions.

[26:15] Jena’s final advice for empowerment. 

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QUOTES:

• “Change your familiar and your baseline for relationships.” 
• “You’re not trying to get someone, you’re trying to become someone.” 
• “It’s time to stop self-abandoning and start moving forward.” 
• “Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.” 
• “Empowering yourself empowers other people.”