Podcasts about self abandonment

Send us Fan MailWhat happens when you stop asking, “Will they choose me?” and finally begin asking, “What do I actually want?”In this powerful conversation, Rachel Garrett is joined by Maraya, also known as Venus.In.Pisces, a feminine empowerment coach, depth facilitator, astrologer, and creator whose work explores decentering men, feminine energy, relationships, erotic embodiment, self-actualization, and spirituality.Maraya shares how she realized that despite years of personal growth, feminism, psychology, and self-awareness, much of her time, energy, and identity was still organized around male attention, relationships, and being chosen. That realization became the beginning of a much deeper journey back to herself.Together, Rachel and Maraya explore what “decentering men” really means—and why it isn't about rejecting men at all. It's about deconditioning the beliefs that teach women to prioritize being desirable, agreeable, nurturing, and chosen over knowing and honoring themselves.They also dive into whether manifestation and divine feminine teachings can unintentionally keep women focused on romantic validation, how to distinguish intuition from attachment and fantasy, feminine energy beyond the male gaze, sacred rage, boundaries, self-abandonment, and the true value of your time, attention, and energy.This conversation is an invitation to stop performing for love and start building a life that actually belongs to you.Because your time is valuable. Your energy is valuable. And coming home to yourself may be one of the most powerful spiritual practices there is. Support the showSpiritual Spotlight Series is hosted by Rachel Garrett, RN, CCH — Akashic Records Practitioner, Master Energy Healer, and Certified Crystal Healer.Conversations about the things we almost don't say out loud. For the ones who feel everything — but question it.Each episode features real stories of spiritual awakening, healing, and transformation from guests across all walks of life, alongside solo teachings on Akashic Records, crystal healing, nervous system support, and intuitive development.Healing doesn't have to be heavy.New: Join the monthly live Akashic reading → YouTube membership at $4.99/month → youtube.com/@rachelgarrett/membership✨ Explore More Spiritual Wisdom & Stay Connected

Are you constantly managing your partner's moods, avoiding conflict, or walking on eggshells? In this episode, discover how emotional over-responsibility can cause you to lose yourself in a relationship. Learn the difference between supporting your partner and carrying their emotions, how to reconnect with your needs and values, and how to stop making another adult's emotional stability your responsibility.

Send us Fan MailWhat if the person who betrayed you was not the beginning of the pattern, but the person who finally made it impossible for you to ignore?What if, long before someone lied or cheated, you had already learned to silence your intuition, sacrifice your needs, and stay loyal to people who were not loyal to you?In this episode of The Dimple Bindra Show, I sit down with award-winning spiritual psychology coach, bestselling author, and lineage healer Lainne Love for an honest conversation about betrayal trauma, self-betrayal, inherited relationship patterns, and breaking generational cycles.Lainne shares how her experiences with abuse, trauma, and a violent mugging forced her to examine the subconscious patterns she had carried for years. She explains why healing rarely happens through one dramatic breakthrough. More often, it develops through small, intentional choices that slowly rebuild safety, confidence, and self-trust.Together, we talk about:• Why betrayal can expose patterns that began much earlier• How ignoring your intuition can weaken your self-trust• The inherited belief that a good woman must stay, forgive, and hold everyone together• How childhood conditioning shapes what you tolerate in adult relationships• Why recognizing a pattern is different from changing it• How betrayal affects your sense of safety and nervous system• Why leaving can feel impossible when you are emotionally depleted• The importance of asking for practical, tangible support• How to break painful cycles and create a healthier legacyThis episode is for any woman who has ever asked herself:“Why do I keep repeating the same painful relationship patterns?”Or:“How can I trust myself again after betrayal?”If you are healing after infidelity, struggling with self-abandonment, or afraid of repeating the relationship patterns you witnessed growing up, this conversation will help you understand what may be keeping the cycle alive.Taking responsibility for your healing does not mean taking responsibility for another person's harmful choices. It means learning to hear your own voice again, honor what you know, and choose differently one step at a time.If you have recently been cheated on or are struggling after betrayal, you do not have to face it alone. Book a Betrayal Session with me through the link in the show notes.Connect with Lainne Love:Instagram: @lainneloveWebsite: http://www.lainne.com/✨ Not sure why you keep choosing pain over peace? Take the free WHY YOU GOT BETRAYED QUIZ and uncover the pattern you didn't even know was holding you back.If you can't eat, can't sleep, and keep replaying the betrayal in your head, this book was written for this exact moment. Pre-order Betrayal ER™ on Amazon.

Most of us think we're good at reading people — until something hits a nerve. Here's the quiet truth: you already know the truth about the person you're trying to figure out. You've just decided to believe the promise instead of the pattern. In this episode, I break down the difference between a pattern (what's already happened, more than once, without you asking) and a promise (what only lives in words) — and why reasonable, thoughtful people are the ones who stay the longest. It's not a romance problem. It's the same move in love, in friendship, and in business. I tell you the true stories that taught me this the hard way — including the fraudulent buyer we gave grace to for months while she quietly took everything, and why we let it happen: we weren't believing her, we were believing the sale. A promise gets its power not from the person making it, but from how badly you want it to be true. If you caught Episode 99, this is its companion — that one was about the conversations you replay; this one is about the promises you keep believing anyway. Take the free 4-minute quiz — how you specifically handle this under pressure: quittingculture.com/quiz If this resonated, there's probably an open loop of your own worth closing. My free Close the Loop tool walks you through it in about 15 minutes — a gentle place to start.

What if the exhaustion you keep calling burnout is actually your soul telling you that the life you've been building is not right for you?Josh Trent welcomes Mandy Balak, entrepreneur and author of Chasing Enough, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 830, to explore why burnout is not about doing too much but about self-abandonment in disguise, why the urge to chase more is always rooted in something deeper than ambition, and what it actually takes to stop performing productivity and start choosing presence instead.Attend The Gathering 2026 and save $150 on your ticket with code WISDOM

What if freedom isn't about escaping the world—but learning how to remain fully yourself within it? In this episode of The Lucas Mack Show, Lucas sits down with world traveler and wisdom seeker Dolores Gil for a powerful conversation about what it means to live with clarity, sovereignty, and connection in an increasingly disconnected world. Drawing from her experiences across cultures and countries, Dolores shares how travel stripped away layers of conditioning and changed the way she sees people, relationships, success, and herself. Together, Lucas and Dolores explore the difference between experience and true wisdom, why authentic freedom requires us to stop abandoning ourselves, and how technology, corporate greed, and cultural division can quietly disconnect us from our humanity. They also explore something deeper: the possibility that healing isn't only individual. It's collective. This conversation is an invitation to question what we've been taught, think for ourselves, see the humanity in one another, and remember that beneath our cultures, beliefs, identities, and differences, we are far more connected than we've been led to believe. In this episode: Why experience alone doesn't create wisdom What traveling the world can teach us about humanity Personal sovereignty without isolation Remaining authentic inside relationships How technology is changing human connection The danger of outsourcing our critical thinking Individual healing vs. collective healing Why freedom begins with knowing who you are Restoring dignity, respect, and humanity in a divided world Connect with Dolores: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doloresgill/ Thank you for listening – if you're struggling to break free and need support – go to my website and www.lucasmack.com. There's you'll find resources like videos and eBooks and information on how to work with me for coaching.

In this potent episode of The Feminine Frequency Podcast, divine feminine coach Amy Natalie connects with multi-dimensional guide, somatic therapist, and author Meghan O'Malley for a deeply enriching conversation on the art of reinvention, soul blueprints, and somatic reclamation. Together, they explore what it truly means to take up space, step out of the performative "good girl" conditioning, and activate a deeply rooted, embodied presence. Meghan shares her powerful concept of the "convergence window"—the high-pressure, alchemical space of identity shifts—and redefines how women can use human design as a somatic tool for liberation rather than another box to fit into. From the raw realities of post-travel integration to the sacred, nervous-system-testing initiation of birthing a TEDx talk on uncertainty, this episode serves as a masterclass in shifting from forced control to magnetic, feminine softness.ThemesWomen are often conditioned to perform, prove, and minimize their presence so as not to make others uncomfortable. Shifting the internal baseline from hyper-vigilance to authentic somatic softness allows women to stop abandoning themselves for the sake of over-responsibility.The nervous system naturally wants to orient to old, safe patterns of control, making conscious somatic integration essential for holding onto newfound expansion.True transformation requires moving through a pressurized middle column between intellectual insight and aligned action. This "convergence window" is an intense, often uncomfortable alchemical portal where the ego undergoes micro-deaths to build the capacity for who a person is becoming.Rather than using human design or the Enneagram to intellectualize personality types from the neck up, these frameworks serve as mechanical maps. Purpose is not a fixed destination, a career path, or a 3D achievement to conquer. From the lens of the divine feminine, purpose is an individual's unique energetic essence and the healingBy cultivating deep nervous system regulation, leaning into ecosystems of communal care, and practicing spiritual surrender, leaders can transmute heavy collective fear into creative intelligence.SPECIAL OFFER:

Ready to stop battling intrusive thoughts, difficult emotions, and nervous system activation? Explore the End The Anxiety Program at https://anxietyguyprograms.com. Episode Description: In today's episode, we look at how people pleasing, suppressed emotions, performance, and repeatedly overriding your internal "no" may contribute to anxiety, tension, and exhaustion. Instead of always asking, "How do I get rid of this symptom?", try asking, "What did I override?" Safety may not only be calmness; it may also be honesty, expression, boundaries, and living more in alignment with what feels true to you. Ask yourself: "What is my body trying to tell me right now, and what has it been trying to tell me all day?" ▶️ Listen and Subscribe

You keep replaying the conversation. Not because you don't understand it — but because you do. Sometimes you already know what happened. The real conflict isn't figuring them out. It's what the truth would require you to do about it. In this episode, I unpack how compassion — for someone's history, their pain, their good intentions — can quietly become a sophisticated form of self-abandonment... In this episode: Why you replay conversations you've already figured out The difference between explaining behavior and excusing impact How compassion, taken too far, becomes self-betrayal The one question that moves you from stuck to clear: not "Why did they do it?" but "What does this pattern require of me now?" "Explanation doesn't erase impact. You're allowed to hold both." — Take the free QUIZ - What's Your Communication Under Pressure Style? 

Why You Attract the Wrong Relationships | FT: Ada Gore CONNECT WITH CHARLENE On Instagram @mscharlenebyars ([https://www.instagram.com/mscharlenebyars] On YouTube @chosentraining (https://www.youtube.com/@lovestorieswithcharlenebyars)) Work with me HERE ([https://charlenebyars.com/](https://charlenebyars.com/)) CONNECT WITH ADA: On Instagaram @unfawningwithada (https://www.instagram.com/unfawningwithada//) On Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/p/UnfawningwithAda-Gore-61583811881569/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnFawningWithAdaJoin the Waitlist: https://adagore.com/unstuck-waitlist Join for a Practical.Guideline to be a Self-Centred Woman : https://www.adagore.com/enroll-scw Website : https://www.adagore.com/ Self-trust coach Ada Gore joins the podcast to unpack self-abandonment, the pattern of consistently putting everyone else first while ignoring your own needs, and how it silently sabotages dating, marriage, and self-worth. Ada explains how self-abandonment shows up specifically in dating (over-planning, over-texting, doing all the emotional labor) and marriage (trying to control your partner instead of trusting them), and introduces the most powerful reframe of the episode: resentment as a messenger, not an enemy, a signal that reveals exactly where you've abandoned your own needs. Full Timestamps: 00:00 — Intro: Meet Ada Gore, Self-Trust Coach 02:00 — Ada's Story: A Decade of Single Motherhood & Painful Dating 04:00 — The Dud, the Almost Man, and the Soulmate 06:30 — The Breakthrough: "I Didn't Love Myself" 09:00 — Why We Can Only Receive the Love We Give Ourselves 11:30 — What Self-Love Actually Means: Evidence Over Affirmations 14:00 — Keeping Tiny Promises to Yourself 16:30 — The "Going Pee When You Need To" Story 19:00 — Self-Abandonment as a Protective Mechanism 21:30 — How It Shows Up in Dating: Over-Planning & Control 24:00 — How It Shows Up in Marriage: Turning Him Into a Project 26:00 — Learning to Trust Yourself to Read the Red Flags 29:00 — "Trusting Someone Else Is Never About Them — It's About You" 32:00 — Signs You're Abandoning Yourself: The Resentment Test 35:00 — Ada's Postpartum Story: The Yoga Class She Never Took 39:00 — Why Resentment Is Always About You, Not Them 41:30 — Confusing Sacrifice With Healthy Love 44:00 — Selfish vs. Selfless vs. Self-Centered (The Pendulum) 47:00 — The Self-Centered Woman Program Introduction 49:00 — Permission Exercise: Speaking Your Resentment Out Loud 52:00 — Journaling vs. Speaking: Getting the Loop Out of Your Head 54:30 — The Dishes Story: Giving From Overflow vs. Depletion 58:00 — The Pygmalion Effect in Relationships 1:00:00 — How to Set Expectations Without Lying to Yourself 1:05:00 — Where to Start If You've Abandoned Yourself for Years 1:08:30 — Advice for Single Women: Resentment in Dating 1:11:00 — Ada's Viral Reel: The #1 Red Flag Before Marriage 1:16:00 — Life After Healing: "I'm Not Lonely Anymore"1:18:00 — Where to Find Ada + The Self-Centered Woman Program 1:21:00 — Closing Thoughts The episode also covers the difference between selfish, selfless, and "self-centered" (Ada's reframed, healthy middle ground), the Pygmalion effect and how the expectations you set for your partner shape how they show up, and concrete scripts for communicating trust and boundaries without nagging or lying to yourself. This is a deeply practical conversation for any woman who feels like she's disappeared inside her own relationships.

Listen to the Episode Someone praises your work and your hands are up before they finish the sentence. "It was a team thing." "It was nothing." You think you're being humble. In this solo episode, executive coach and certified counselor Jahmaal Marshall takes you underneath the reflex — to the subconscious origin belief that's been writing your brain chemistry, driving your over-functioning, and manufacturing a burnout no vacation ever seems to fix. This is root-cause work, not surface-level advice. If you've ever felt successful on the outside and quietly depleted on the inside, this one's the mirror.   What You'll Learn in This Episode Why a compliment can feel like a threat - the nervous-system reason your body braces, squirms, and deflects when you're praised The core belief hiding underneath the deflection: "I'm only worthy when I'm useful" - and where it got installed How high-functioning codependency and people-pleasing keep you running a reward system that can spend but can't receive The chemistry of burnout: why nothing you accomplish is ever allowed to count Emotional neglect of self, masked as empathy - the survival radar you were taught to call a gift Why you can't behavior-modify your way out of a belief-level pattern, and what actually moves it at the root For HR, Founders & Talent Acquisition Leaders The way you frame yourself isn't private, it's a broadcast. Deflect your value and you train the room to value you exactly as little as you value yourself. Fix the belief, and your framing changes on its own; and so does how you're perceived, paid, and promoted. That's not confidence you fake. That's alignment. Take the Next Step If something in your chest went "that's me," that's the invitation. Come do the root-cause work inside 12 Weeks of Transformation and stop leaking your worth into a system that only knows how to take it.  [Book a conversation with Jahmaal / Start 12 Weeks of Transformation]   → Visit: listenthenspeak.com  → Or DM the word CLARITY on Linkedin to check availability This is not a sales call. It is strategic, honest, and built for people who are done with insight without implementation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

From a marriage she knew was ending long before she admitted it to a 48-hour move from Silicon Valley to New York, Amber Rae and I talk about why some of us stay too long while others leap too fast. If you've ever wondered whether you're honoring your instincts or just avoiding discomfort, this conversation is for you. You'll discover: The question that reveals whether you're staying from love, fear, growth, or guilt The surprising way a “safe” relationship can fuel creativity, risk-taking, and reinvention How voicing sexual fear, shame, and insecurity can become the beginning of real intimacy Amber also gets candid about control, body image, Adderall, eating disorders, and the shift from chasing outward approval to choosing what actually feels good. We unpack people pleasing, direct communication, friendship dynamics, and learning to tolerate the discomfort of disappointing others when you stop abandoning yourself. If you feel stuck between knowing and doing, keep outgrowing old patterns but hesitate to make the leap, or find yourself looking for help figuring out what you already know deep down, listen up. Amber left me with a simple but powerful challenge: face the hard truths you've been avoiding, and freedom is often on the other side. SHOW NOTES & RESOURCES: Follow Amber on Instagram @heyamberrae Learn more about Amber Rae here | Feelings Journal Sign up for Amber's Newsletter Katie's Substack | Instagram: @letitouttt + @katiedalebout | Zine shop Katie's Creative Clinic If you liked this episode, try this one from the archive: Episode 477: Erin Claire Jones on Decision Making in Career & Relationships & How Human Design Can Help

What if midlife isn't a crisis to survive, but a sacred initiation to step into?In this episode, I sit down with astrologer and coach Raina Elkins to explore how astrology—particularly Saturn and Uranus transits—can help us understand the profound shifts that happen during midlife (ages 35-53). We dive deep into Sabian symbols, a unique astrological tool that adds powerful layers of meaning to your birth chart, creating a personalized blueprint for your soul's journey.Raina shares how women can move from self-abandonment to self-honoring, why everything falling apart might be the universe calling you home to yourself, and how to work with planetary transits instead of resisting them.In This Episode:What Sabian symbols are and how they reveal your soul's storyThe difference between natal charts and solar returnsWhy ages 42-43 are pivotal (hello, Uranus opposition!)Saturn returns at 30 and 60—what they mean for your evolutionMoving from self-abandonment to authentic alignmentHow to navigate midlife transitions without making rash decisionsUsing astrology for relationship readings and understanding your partnershipAbout Raina Elkins: Raina Elkins is an astrologer, coach, and healer specializing in midlife transitions. She blends astrology with coaching and healing work to help women understand major life transits—not as breakdowns, but as initiations into deeper truth and alignment. Raina works with Sabian symbols to add profound layers of meaning to astrological readings, helping clients connect with their soul's blueprint.Special Offer for Listeners: Get 40% off an astrology reading with Raina using code ASTRO40 Visit: rainaelkins.com✨ The deeper work lives on Substack and in my book.Rose Wippich — weekly essays on Remembering, Returning, and Reclaiming the energy, voice, and years that are yours.If you're ready to stop fading and start reigning, meet me there. Substack LinkRose Wippich is an Energy Alchemist, Reiki Master Teacher, qigong and yoga instructor, and author of Empress Rising. She's here for the woman who knows she's ready for something more — the one who feels the pull of her next chapter but isn't quite sure how to step into it.Through her book, podcast, and teaching, Rose inspires and guides women in midlife to reclaim their energy, identity, and voice — and step boldly into their Empress years.

You leave the conversation, but it doesn't leave you. You replay it — the words, the pause, the look on their face — and you start wondering whether you were too sensitive, too harsh, or finally paying attention. We tend to call that overthinking. It isn't. It's an Open Loop — something in that conversation that's still unsaid, undecided, or unaccepted. Your mind isn't punishing you. It's trying to complete something. In this episode, I get honest about a trap I lived in for years: explaining everyone else's behavior so well that I never said how it landed for me. Understanding them had quietly become a way of abandoning myself. We walk through: Why replaying is information, not a flaw The reasonable-one trap — when compassion becomes self-abandonment The three open loops: something unsaid, undecided, or unaccepted — and why the last one is grief, not confusion How to choose one honest next move: speak, decide, or release A three-column exercise you can do tonight You don't need a dramatic ending. You need a clear direction. Then ask yourself: what conversation are you still replaying — and what is it asking you to do? Free tool: Name the loop that's loudest and find your next move → closetheloopsnow.com/tool If this resonated, there's probably an open loop of your own worth closing. My free Close the Loop tool walks you through it in about 15 minutes — a gentle place to start.

This one's personal. I was the martyr for years — I inherited it from my mom, who was always the bigger person, always said yes, and whose quiet reward was bitterness. Here's the day I saw I was choosing the same role, and what I did about it. Most of us think we're being kind — until the flash of annoyance hits. You agreed to help. You said, "Of course, no problem." And then you're irritated, maybe resentful, replaying it in the car wondering why you always end up being the one who bends. In this episode, it's just you and me on the difference between a clean yes — chosen, and meant — and the yes-that-meant-no that quietly runs up a debt you'll be collecting on for weeks. We name the trap almost no one says out loud: the quiet martyr, the one who keeps saying yes, keeps absorbing the cost, and privately waits to be appreciated for a sacrifice nobody asked them to make. The catch? No one else can see the ledger you've been keeping. Here's the part that puts the power back in your hands: every yes you don't mean teaches two lessons at once — you teach yourself your "no" doesn't count, and you teach other people how to treat you. So we walk through a simple, repeatable process to change it: Notice — catch the moment your automatic yes arrives faster than your honest one Name — why "I don't know yet" is one of the most honest sentences you own Negotiate — the third door most people miss, and why disappointment is information, not an instruction You'll leave with a 24-hour practice, a sentence you can use the next time you need more time to answer, and permission to let your yes mean yes again. Companion essay on Substack: "The Yes That's Been Costing You." If this resonated, there's probably an open loop of your own worth closing. My free Close the Loop tool walks you through it in about 15 minutes — a gentle place to start.

→ Aqua Tru |  Go to https://AquaTru.com now for 20% off (your purifier) using promo code DRG. AquaTru even comes with a 30-day best-tasting water guarantee. Episode Description: You eat perfectly all day. You are disciplined, productive, hitting every goal. And then night hits, the phone goes down, the day is over, and something takes over. You are not broken. You are wired. Amber Romaniuk is an emotional eating, hormone, and digestive health expert who has been doing this work for over a decade. She knows what it is to eat tables full of food in one sitting. To throw food away and go back to the dumpster for it. To lose and regain over a thousand pounds across five years. And she knows how that pattern started, what was underneath it, and how it ends. This conversation goes far beneath the behavior into the nervous system, the hormones, the gut, and the childhood wounds that drive the whole cycle. In this episode, you'll discover:  •   Why high achieving women who are disciplined in every other area of their lives are often the most susceptible to emotional eating, and why no amount of external success can fill the internal void that is driving it  •    How people pleasing drives cortisol, suppresses progesterone, tanks thyroid function, and creates the exact hormonal environment that makes nighttime cravings feel impossible to resist  •    The three questions to ask yourself the moment a craving hits at night to tell the difference between physical and emotional hunger, and how to start rewiring the neural pathway that has been lighting up every evening This is not about willpower. It is about what is underneath. Amber Romaniuk: Website: https://amberapproved.ca/ Instagram: ​​https://www.instagram.com/amberromaniuk/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - Rapid Fire: The Signs, the Patterns and Why Restriction Always Backfires 7:05 - Amber's Own Story: From Binge Eating to Digging Through a Dumpster 11:05 - The Moment She Realized This Was Never About Food 13:00 - Why the Most Disciplined, High-Achieving Women Often Struggle the Most Behind Closed Doors 19:00 - The Nervous System, Hormones and How They Drive Eating Behavior 28:00 - Why Emotional Hunger Feels Physical (And How to Tell the Difference) 34:00 - How Unresolved Trauma Lives in the Body and Shows Up at the Kitchen 42:00 - The Role of Shame, Self-Loathing and Negative Self-Talk in the Cycle 46:00 - Can Excess Weight Actually Be the Body Protecting Itself From Trauma? 51:00 - People Pleasing, Self-Abandonment and How They Fuel Disordered Eating 56:30 - What to Do Tonight When the Craving Hits — Three Grounding Questions 58:00 - The Two-Minute Body Check-In That Can Change Everything 59:00 - Where to Find Amber and How to Get Support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About The Mindset Meditation: Our guided visualizations, morning affirmations, and deep sleep stories are designed to help you release stress, find inner peace, and start your day with purpose.How to prepare for this session: Detox your mind and heart of the thoughts and emotions that no longer serve you. Find a quiet, comfortable space. Close your eyes, take a few slow, deep breaths, and begin focusing on relaxing every inch of your body.Start by wiggling and relaxing your toes.Rotate your ankles and relax your feet.Slowly work your way up your body, releasing the tension in your calves, your shoulders, and your mind. Within minutes, you will feel as if you are floating. Detach, let go, and give yourself permission to feel at peace.Connect with our Community:Instagram: https://instagram.com/themindsetmeditationpodcast?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=YouTube: https://bit.ly/2RnSdjSPlease share this episode with a family member or friend who might need a moment of peace today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's a specific kind of heartbreak that doesn't happen the moment a promise is broken — it happens later, when you realize they were never who they said they were. And it doesn't just take your future; it rewrites your past. In this episode, Robin sits with the two kinds of broken promises — the ones others make to us, and the ones we quietly break to ourselves — and the one thing they both erode: self-trust. You'll hear: • Why the deepest wound isn't when they lied — it's the moment you knew and didn't listen • How to read the pattern: believe patterns, not promises • Why we override our own knowing (and what it costs us) • How to rebuild self-trust — starting with the smallest promises to yourself The takeaway: self-trust isn't the absence of people who let you down. It's the presence of a self you refuse to abandon. This week's invitation: make one small promise to yourself — and keep it.

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Hey lovers, we are finally back! After an eight-month hiatus of navigating the wild, destructive, and profoundly beautiful reality of raising a toddler (and saving our podcast equipment from him), we are back in the studio and so ready to reconnect with you all.In this episode, we dive straight into the deep end by unpacking our recent "7 Days of Sex" challenge. We share why we decided to treat intimacy as a devoted, daily practice, how we navigated the nights we were exhausted, and why calibrating your desires to the present moment is a game-changer for your relationship.Meg gets incredibly real about "self-abandonment" in sex—why so many women endure rather than communicate their true desires, and how fully inhabiting your pleasure in the bedroom transforms who you are out in the world. Jacob opens up about his recent internal shifts: letting go of the pressure to always be "useful," embracing his inherent worth, and deciding to stop living in the "when/then" scarcity trap.We also explore the illusion of control in relationships, why you shouldn't tie your ability to relax to whether or not your partner takes out the bins, and how to hold the visionary desire for more while remaining deeply anchored in the beauty of right now.Grab a coffee (or a glass of wine), and let's get into it. Enjoy the episode!Connect with us:Follow Meg on Instagram: @themegoneillFollow Jacob on Instagram: @thejacoboneillLoved this episode? Please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with your lover or a friend who needs to hear it!

Many women are hustling to manage lives that don't resonate with their true selves. We often think success means adopting new strategies, but what if the real magic lies in reconnecting with who we truly are? 

What happens when speaking up for yourself doesn't just feel uncomfortable, but unsafe?In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of being “good”, when agreeability, accommodation, and self-sacrifice become survival strategies that disconnect us from our own voice.We unpack:•Why asking for what you want can trigger shame, fear, or collapse•How early relational dynamics shape patterns of self-abandonment•The difference between healthy negotiation and domination dynamics•How to recognize when someone is unable to meet you•What it means to stay with yourself in the face of pushbackThis is a conversation about reclaiming your voice, building self-trust, and learning to choose yourself, without losing your capacity for care and connection.Read more on the blog.For ongoing practice and deeper learning, I warmly invite you to become a member of The School of Human Connection. Twice a month, I host live calls where members bring real relationship dilemmas. We slow things down and I'll help you see what's actually happening and how to respond with more integrity, strength and care.You will find a safe space for live discussions and a supportive community of like-minded, open-hearted humans. Stay updated on new episodes and resources by subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts or visiting yvetteerasmus.com.Here are more ways to connect with me:Join the School of Human ConnectionHop on my free Wednesday live callFollow me on YouTube

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"Can I forgive someone and still keep healthy boundaries?" "Why does forgiveness still feel impossible?" Forgiveness is one of the most beautiful teachings of the Christian faith—and one of the most misunderstood. Many of us learned that forgiveness meant moving on quickly, letting go of our anger, or restoring a relationship before trust had been rebuilt. But what if forgiveness isn't about minimizing harm at all? In this episode, Dr. Alison Cook sits down with theologian, author, and advocate Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing to explore a richer, more biblically grounded understanding of forgiveness. Together they unpack the difference between forgiveness, reconciliation, justice, and repair—and why naming the truth of what happened is an essential part of healing. Whether you're navigating family wounds, betrayal, church hurt, or simply wondering why forgiveness feels so difficult, this conversation offers both compassion and hope. You'll learn: Why forgiveness is not the same as reconciliation. How forgiveness differs from denying or minimizing harm. Why anger can be a healthy and necessary part of healing. How forgiveness and justice can exist together. What Scripture teaches about forgiveness after abuse or betrayal. Why forgiveness is often a journey rather than a single decision. How God's grace empowers forgiveness without requiring self-abandonment. Forgiveness isn't pretending the wound never happened. It's telling the truth about what was lost while slowly allowing God's grace to heal what was broken. Make sure to check out Amy's new book, “Forgiveness: Reclaiming Its Power in a Culture of Outrage and Fear” More Resources: You can now preorder Dr. Alison's newest book, The Secure Soul, and immediately receive the first 3 chapters as well as early access to the companion guide! Connect further with @dralisoncook on Instagram Curious what Family Role may have shaped you? Take the Family Role Quiz to learn how you may be showing up in your relationships with others. Want to hear more like this? Start here: Episode 78: The Mental Health Benefits of Forgiveness and Thoughts on Grace with Max Lucado

Send us Fan MailMany women think their struggle with food is a discipline problem.Sara Stansberry thought the same.At one point, Sara found herself standing in the pantry late at night, eating chips not because she was hungry, but because she was overwhelmed, exhausted, and disconnected from herself.What followed was a journey that helped her lose 52 pounds, rebuild self-trust, improve her relationship with food, and uncover the deeper emotional patterns driving her behavior.In this episode, we talk about: Why emotional eating is often a signal, not the real problem  How people-pleasing and self-abandonment affect food choices  Why many women put everyone else's needs before their own  The connection between self-worth and healthy habits  Sara's three-question framework for difficult moments  How to stop relying on willpower and start building self-trust  Why showing up matters more than being perfect  The power of walking, strength training, and small daily actions  How to reconnect with yourself after years of putting yourself last If you've ever stood in front of the pantry wondering why you keep eating when you're not hungry, this conversation is for you.Connect with Sara:Website: sarastansberry.comSubstack: sarastansberry.substack.comInstagram: @sarastansberryTry The Consistency ResetMy new personalized coaching app for women 35–55 who are tired of starting over with diets, workouts, and healthy habits.Get simple daily actions, realistic workouts, practical nutrition habits, and Reset Mode to help you keep going when life gets busy.Take the quiz and build your personalized plan here: studio.com/turo/consistency-reset

I escaped a Buddhist monastery after 13 hours… and it became one of the most powerful dragon initiations of my life.In this live, I share the full story of what happened when I realized that a spiritual system I deeply respect was simply no longer aligned with my soul, and how walking away without needing permission, validation, or a dramatic explanation became a profound return to my own power.This transmission is about sovereignty, spiritual boxes, the vertical axis, self-abandonment, the fear of our own power, unity consciousness, and what it truly means to awaken the sleeping dragon within.If you have ever felt like you could not fit inside one tradition, one system, one lineage, one teacher, or one version of spirituality anymore…watch the replay.There are so many codes in this one.

In this episode, Britten closes her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Twelfth House. She explores the Twelfth House as a place where self-abandonment can happen when we refuse to take space for ourselves, shame the need to step away from ordinary time, or become enmeshed with someone else's way of coping with being here. The Emergence Astrology Pathway begins with a 9-month Hermitage so you can take some fucking space for yourself. The experience is one that will connect you to the longings and the wisdom of your 12th House Self.  Topics She Covers: The Twelfth House as the finale of this series, and as the house of Britten's Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Persephone in Pisces. Britten's relationship to promotion, voice, and the assignment she feels to get her teachings to those they are meant for. The question, "What are you looking for in astrology?" and why Emergence Astrology is more interested in expansive questions rather than fixed answers. The houses as spaces of self-healing, where we can recognize and begin clearing patterns of self-abandonment. The Twelfth House as self-undoing, solitude, retreats, hospitals, prisons, sleep, dreams, altered states, and the places that take us out of the day-to-day of life. Taking space for yourself as one of the most powerful ways to not self-abandon in the Twelfth House. The shame Twelfth House people can carry when their nature draws them away from behaviors that overculture applauds. Ritual devotion as a way to understand your Fourth, Eighth, and Twelfth Houses, and as a practice for receiving your own gnosis. Whether you have placements there or not, you have a 12th House, and you have not been encouraged by Overculture to go spend time there. You were told it's a waste of time, that it's unproductive, that it will un-do you. These lies stop now.     Through the lens of the Twelfth House, this episode explores what becomes possible when we make time outside of the schedule and let ritual become a doorway for receiving the information that wants to come through.   Join Britten Inside of the Emergence Astrology Pathway This is not a traditional astrology course. It's an experience you give yourself if you long to repair, recover, renew, and remember your power. Held inside the gentle embrace of this magical language.  Here Britten teaches what she's found and developed as an astrologer who helps people tune into the most authentic call within. Most of what she offers are techniques and insights that no human teacher taught her. Doors only once a year! Enrollment is now open through June 30. You can learn more and register here.  SAY YES IF THIS IS CALLING YOU IN! The call is the signal you are meant for this.  If you're reading this after June 30, and it's still July and you're dying to get in, please reach out to Britten's team at info@brittenlarue.com. We will help you catch up.    +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

In this episode, Britten continues her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Eleventh House. She explores the Eleventh House as a place where self-abandonment can happen when we stop trusting that our voice, hopes, dreams, weirdness, or heart-led vision for the world can be received, constellated around, and shared with others. Topics She Covers: Cancer season, the Moon, and why The Emergence Astrology Pathway begins with Cancer on purpose. The way Cancer invites us to leave home in order to come more fully home to ourselves. The Moon as the first voice that claimed Britten and invited her to come home, listen to herself, and name the no that would change her life. Astrology as a home inside the self, a living and responsive system that's a part of the interconnectedness of all things, and a way of building a place where it becomes safe to emerge. The Eleventh House as the house of good spirit, community, networks, patrons, groups, and those we constellate around us through shared hopes and dreams for the world. Self-abandonment in the Eleventh House as giving up on humans, magic, imagination, or the possibility of finding the people who want to build the world with us. Through the lens of the Eleventh House, this episode explores the restoration of wonder, pleasure, delight, and trust in people, and the possibility of singing the song of your Eleventh House spirit even before you know who will hear it.   Learn More About The Emergence Astrology Pathway: The Emergence Astrology Pathway is not a traditional astrology course. It's an experience you give yourself if you long to repair, recover, renew, and remember your power. Held inside the gentle embrace of this magical language.  Here Britten teaches what she's found and developed as an astrologer who helps people tune into the most authentic call within. Most of what she offers are techniques and insights that no human teacher taught her. Doors only once a year! Enrollment is now open through June 30. You can learn more and register here.   +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

What happens when you've spent so many years prioritizing everyone else's needs that you no longer know what you want?In this powerful conversation, Dr. Kelly Kessler sits down with Certified Family Law Specialist and divorce attorney Diana Romanov to discuss the emotional realities of divorce, self-abandonment, identity loss, and rebuilding your life after a relationship ends.Drawing from both her professional expertise and personal experience with divorce, Diana shares what she sees most often in women navigating separation: difficulty advocating for themselves, fear of hurting others, staying in unhappy relationships for the children, and making major decisions from guilt, exhaustion, or emotional overwhelm.In this episode, we discuss:• Why many women lose touch with what they truly want• The connection between self-abandonment and unhealthy relationship dynamics• Signs you may be staying in a relationship that no longer serves you• How divorce impacts children—and common misconceptions parents have• Why people-pleasing can lead to costly legal and financial mistakes• The emotional challenges of navigating custody, support, and asset division• How to advocate for yourself without becoming consumed by conflict• Practical steps to make empowered decisions during divorceWhether you're considering divorce, currently navigating one, or simply trying to reconnect with yourself after years of putting everyone else first, this conversation offers both practical wisdom and compassionate insight.Connect with Diana Romanov:https://www.romanovlaw.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanovska/https://www.facebook.com/FamilyLawCaliforniahttp://www.youtube.com/@Diana-RomanovConnect with Kelly:Ready to go deeper?If this episode resonated, start with my free Self-Abandonment Audit — a powerful first step to uncover where you may be putting everyone else first, overriding your needs, or talking yourself out of what you know is right for you.Get the audit here:⁠https://drkellykessler.com/selfaudit⁠Ready for more support? The Self-Respect Reset is my 4-week self-paced course designed for women who know what they need but struggle to follow through. You'll learn how to navigate guilt, build self-trust, create healthier boundaries, and stop abandoning yourself in the moments that matter most.Learn more here:⁠https://drkellykessler.com/selfrespectreset⁠Looking for personalized support? The Self-Loyalty Mentorship is for the woman who is ready to stop second-guessing herself, stay true to what she knows, and build the capacity to hold her boundaries and decisions with confidence even when it's uncomfortable.Learn more here:⁠https://drkellykessler.com/selfloyaltymentorship⁠Website:https://drkellykessler.com/Socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/drkellykessler⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drkellykessler⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkellykessler

There comes a moment in a woman's life when the old ways stop working.The people-pleasing. The over-functioning. The pushing through. The quiet self-abandonment.And something deeper begins to rise.In this episode of The Brave Table, I sit down with licensed psychotherapist, yoga and meditation expert, psychedelic-assisted therapist, and founder of The Haven, Ashley Turner, for a powerful conversation on perimenopause, menopause, mental health, nervous system healing, and why midlife is not a breakdown—it's an initiation into a new kind of power.Ashley opens up about her own experience navigating postpartum perimenopause after becoming a mother at 46, the unexpected depression and anxiety that followed, and how microdosing psilocybin became part of her healing journey. Together, we explore aging, identity shifts, self-compassion, trauma resurfacing, feminine power, and the emotional realities that so many women experience but rarely talk about.If you've been feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or questioning what this season of life is asking from you, this conversation will remind you that you're not alone.WHAT YOU'LL GET OUT OF THIS EPISODE...✨ What postpartum perimenopause actually is and why more women are experiencing it✨ The surprising mental health symptoms of perimenopause✨ How internalized ageism impacts women's self-worth✨ Why midlife can feel like a dark night of the soul✨ The connection between hormones, nervous system health, and emotional wellbeing✨ How unresolved trauma resurfaces during menopause✨ The science behind microdosing psilocybin✨ Why rest is a radical act of rebellion✨ How to move from over-functioning into feminine power✨ Building self-compassion during life's biggest transitionsTimestamps - CONNECT WITH ASHLEY TURNERInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleyturner1The Haven: https://yoga-psychology.co/the-havenYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleyTurner1Ashley Turner is a licensed psychotherapist, yoga-meditation expert, psychedelic-assisted therapist, and founder of The Haven, a global community helping women navigate healing, emotional well-being, spirituality, and midlife transformation.SUPPORT OUR GUEST

In this episode, Britten continues her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Tenth House. She explores the Tenth House as a place where self-abandonment can happen when we become entangled with caregiver strivings, overculture's templates for success, or the pressure to be known, recognized, and received in a certain way. Topics She Covers: The Emergence Astrology Pathway as a long container, a hermitage, and a structure for surrendering to time, personal gnosis, and what emerges through commitment. The Moon as the place that holds our stories of safety, belonging, emotional security, and the need to be held. The Tenth House as public reputation, public role, what we are known for, and what we bring out into the world. Self-abandonment in the Tenth House as getting hooked into caregiver strivings, overculture's ideas of success, achievement, performance, and who we think we have to be. The paradox of clearing old templates around success while still honoring an authentic public call, offering, or life force that wants to move through us. Through the lens of the Tenth House, this episode explores how we begin to separate from inherited strivings, return to our own agency, and tend to the roots that make authentic public contribution possible.   Learn More About The Emergence Astrology Pathway: The Emergence Astrology Pathway is not a traditional astrology course. It's an experience you give yourself if you long to repair, recover, renew, and remember your power. Held inside the gentle embrace of this magical language.  Here Britten teaches what she's found and developed as an astrologer who helps people tune into the most authentic call within. Most of what she offers are techniques and insights that no human teacher taught her. Doors only once a year! Early Bird tuition is now open through June 23. You can learn more and register here.   +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

Many gay men believe their struggles stem from anxiety, loneliness, dating frustrations, low self-esteem, or difficult relationships. But underneath many of these challenges lies a quieter and often overlooked pattern: self-abandonment. In this episode, Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, explores how gay men learn to disconnect from their feelings, needs, boundaries, anger, instincts, and even their dignity in order to preserve connection, approval, desirability, or emotional safety. Drawing from more than 30 years of clinical work, Ken explains how childhood experiences of conditional acceptance, invisibility, bullying, and self-monitoring can evolve into adult patterns of self-suppression that quietly erode self-respect and intimacy. Topics include: What self-abandonment actually is Why many gay men learn to prioritize acceptance over authenticity How self-abandonment masquerades as maturity, patience, and understanding The hidden resentment created by chronic self-suppression Nine common forms of self-abandonment in everyday life How to set boundaries without guilt The difference between healthy compromise and self-betrayal Why authentic relationships require self-respect If you've ever found yourself laughing off hurt feelings, staying too long in one-sided relationships, over-explaining your boundaries, suppressing your anger, or making yourself smaller to keep the peace, this episode offers a framework for understanding what's happening—and how to begin reconnecting with yourself.

I tend to neglect myself in relationships so I can focus more on creating peace + wellbeing in others, over my own. A good, healthy relationship will provide space to become more yourself. I have never experienced this. I feel this tendency to erase myself and nurture others with that extra energy. “Love is not staying. Love is showing up. If you cannot stay and show up then what your offering is not intimacy, it's absence with good intentions.” - Justin ScottThe Inspiration Videos: Justin Scott on relational self erasure: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8sG1g1g/Amber Akilla's Video on Detachment: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ssKsMv/Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Britten continues her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Ninth House. She explores the Ninth House as a place where self-abandonment can happen when we cede our authority to dogmas, teachers, books, spiritual leaders, or inherited beliefs that keep us from trusting our direct relationship with the divine. Topics She Covers: Self-abandonment as something we often cannot see clearly until we are taught to notice the signals and call it what it is. Britten's early relationship with self-sabotage, the saboteur archetype, and the realization that we may sabotage ourselves because we are terrified of our own empowerment. The Emergent No as the beginning of her mystical, healing, entrepreneurial, and erotic path. The Chariot, congruence, and the way unconscious parts of us can pull against what we consciously want. The Ninth House as personal cosmology, belief, worldview, imagination, divinity, teachers, spiritual authority, and the way we project what is possible onto the universe. Self-abandonment in the Ninth House as over-trusting external authorities instead of cultivating sovereignty, personal gnosis, and a direct collaboration with the cosmos. Through the lens of the Ninth House, this episode explores sovereignty, imagination, and the possibility of being held by the universe in a way that helps us move through the world without abandoning ourselves to stay safe with others.   Learn More About The Emergence Astrology Pathway: The Emergence Astrology Pathway is not a traditional astrology course. It's an experience you give yourself if you long to repair, recover, renew, and remember your power. Held inside the gentle embrace of this magical language.  Here Britten teaches what she's found and developed as an astrologer who helps people tune into the most authentic call within. Most of what she offers are techniques and insights that no human teacher taught her. Doors only once a year! Early Bird tuition opens this Sunday, June 21. You can learn more here and join the newsletter for more updates when doors open by clicking here.   +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

Midlife Reckoning: Rock the Boat, Choose Yourself with The Selfish Year Author Valerie JonesWhat happens when you realize the life you've built no longer fits?In this powerful conversation, Wendy sits down with Valerie Jones, author of The Selfish Year, coach, entrepreneur, and host of The Selfish Woman Podcast, to explore what it really means to choose yourself in midlife.After decades of being the good girl, people pleaser, and selfless woman who always put everyone else first, Valerie reached a breaking point. Living in a beautifully restored apartment in Spain with her second husband, she had everything she thought she wanted. Yet she was deeply unhappy.That realization sparked a life-changing experiment:What if she spent one year being selfish?What followed transformed her life, her work, and her understanding of self-trust.Together, Wendy and Valerie discuss:

#384: On this solo episode, Emily Elizabeth shares a personal experience and finally begins to open up about her previous relationship experience and valuable insights that may be helpful for you to hear, especially if you often feel like you are alone or others might not understand in the same way.What you'll learn:Finding the sweet spot between empathy for another's experience and looking out for yourself and own needsBeing aware of what can happen if you are a strong empathSignals that you are not being fully embraced for who you areBILT Credit Card Info (Pay Rent and Earn Points):https://bilt.page/r/HQ06-ZV7OReceive weekly personal insights from Emily's email newsletter and subscribe hereWatch Full Episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whatfulfillsyou/videosENJOY 10% OFF THE WHAT FULFILLS YOU? CARD GAME AT www.whatfulfillsyou.com - code "WHATFULFILLSYOU10"Follow the What Fulfills You? Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatfulfillsyouFollow Emily Elizabeth's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyeduong/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your girl is in one of the most transformative seasons of her life - including my Saturn return gettin' started, a complete identity unraveling (back to 'factory settings' and who I really am), and (yay happy news!!)- getting engaged. And in the midst of it allll since last Fall, I realized something I never saw coming: I had become so good at optimizing my life/success that I accidentally optimized myself out of my true 100% genuine self expression & joy. In this deeply personal episode, I'm sharing the surprising subconscious patterns that shaped my ambition, how/why my body started speaking louder than my mind ever could, and the profound difference between your survival identity and your true essence. If you've ever felt like you're performing your life instead of fully living it, or existing too in your 'head' and the 'strategy' of it all instead of the authentic pleasure of this life experience for the sake of LIFE ITSELF, this conversation will help you come home to the version of you that is TRUEST.  PSSST - some serious breakthough questions at the end of this episode for ya, GRAB YOUR JOURNAL!!!!!   ⭐️  Join us in Dreamaway TO TAP ON THISSSS (see below) + for so many resources to help you get UNSTUCK including 40+ Dreamaway-exclusive tapping sessions (90 minutes of deep-dive subconscious rewiring/EFT tapping), visualizations, 40+ tapping "Money Dates" (abundance programming), daily tapping videos, weekly energy readings, astrological updates, and so much more! https://haleyhoffmansmith.com/dreamaway I ALWAYS KNEW: From Who You Had to Be, to Who You Always Were | Saturday, June 20th 1:00-2:30pm ET This session is about returning to YOU. Not the optimized version of you… not your 'survival identity' who learned to perform, succeed, people-please, shape-shift, or stay palatable. We're talkin' the REAL you. The one who has existed underneath all the conditioning the entire time and looks a lot like your preteen self, dreaming big for your beautiful life.   We're going deep on the subtle identities we unconsciously built in order to be loved, chosen, safe, impressive, productive, "good," or successful… and clearing the exhaustion of carrying versions of yourself that were never fully true. Because somewhere along the way, many of us learned to disconnect from our natural desires, our creativity, our softness, our weirdness, our joy, our bigness, our voice in order to 'win approval' or 'stay safe'. This session is the return…. And the reactivation of best case scenario future envisioning, on YOUR unique terms. No one else's. Time to step back onto your custom blueprint life timeline and experience more success and bliss than ever as a result.

Join Britten this Thursday, June 18, at 7 PM Eastern, for Abundance Begins With No, a workshop for activating congruence voice. This is one of Britten's major teachings and has catalyzed thousands of students over the years to immediately anchor into deeper truth and clear the path ahead.   Comes with a live (replay-able) workshop, a pdf handout, and a meditation. If you're remotely resonating, Abundance Begins With No is the best $27 of your year. Register here: https://living-emergence.mn.co/plans/1985895?bundle_token=947c27ba71719226a75c77c18387149f&utm_source=manual  +++ In this episode, Britten continues her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Eighth House. She explores the Eighth House as a place where self-abandonment can become especially nuanced, because this house asks us to give ourselves into contact with another without losing our own attunement, discernment, or trust in what we know. Topics She Covers: Podcasting as a kind of Eighth House reach into the unknown, where Britten extends her voice into the dark and trusts that someone is there to receive it. Emergence Astrology as a relationship with both "this side" astrology and "that side" astrology: technique, lineage, and the mysteries that come through personal and collective gnosis. Year One of The Emergence Astrology Pathway as an exploration with the Moon, self-attunement, personal gnosis, energy training, intuition, and learning to trust your own voice. The Eighth House as other people's resources, debt, inheritance, therapy, caretaking, surgery, intimacy, and the vulnerability of being supported where we most need help. The question of how to become approachable to what is hidden: in ourselves, in reality, in the universe, and among the gods. Britten's relationship with Matt as an example of surrendering into trust, creating repair over time, and building a new body of evidence that intimacy could hold. Through the lens of the Eighth House, this episode explores surrendering into trust, staying in touch with resonance in the body, and noticing where refusing the high sensation of intimacy may be another way we leave ourselves behind.   Learn More About The Emergence Astrology Pathway: The Emergence Astrology Pathway is not a traditional astrology course. It's an experience you give yourself if you long to repair, recover, renew, and remember your power. Held inside the gentle embrace of this magical language.  Here Britten teaches what she's found and developed as an astrologer who helps people tune into the most authentic call within. Most of what she offers are techniques and insights that no human teacher taught her. Doors only once a year! Early Bird tuition opens on June 21. You can learn more here and join the newsletter for more updates when doors open by clicking here.   +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

#1 Mantra to Stop Self-Abandonment (Heal Codependency & Childhood Trauma) A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano, Breakthrough Life Coach Have you ever felt overwhelmed by your emotions, pulled back into old patterns, or triggered by people who once had power over you? Do you find yourself aware of your past, but still struggling to break free from it in real time? If so, you are not broken. You are awakening. And awakening requires new tools. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano shares the #1 mantra that helped her break free from codependency, self-abandonment, and the emotional chaos of childhood trauma. With deep psychological insight and spiritual clarity, Lisa explains how one simple phrase can help you stay grounded, present, and connected to your true self, even in the most triggering moments. This is not about perfection. It is about remembering yourself. In This Episode You'll Discover:

Sometimes resentment does not begin with a dramatic betrayal. Sometimes it begins in the small moment when you said yes before you were clear.  In this episode of The Liberated Life, Robin Quinn Keehn explores the quiet cost of the resentful yes — the yes that looks generous on the outside but feels dishonest on the inside. She unpacks the difference between a clean yes and a yes given from fear, guilt, image management, habit, or avoidance.  Through personal stories and practical language, Robin shows how unclear commitments become Open Loops: unfinished truths that quietly drain time, energy, peace, and trust. This episode is not about becoming selfish, unavailable, or unwilling to sacrifice. It is about becoming honest. It is about learning to pause before agreeing, renegotiate when needed, and close the loop with clarity before resentment becomes distance.  If you have been the dependable one, the flexible one, the easy one, or the one who always makes it work, this conversation will help you listen to resentment without weaponizing it — and begin rebuilding self-trust one honest sentence at a time.  Free resource:  Download the free Close One Loop tool at closetheloopsnow.com/tool.  Coming June 29 Robin's 5-Day Detox Your To-Do List Challenge will help you identify the unfinished commitments, conversations, and quiet yeses that keep draining your time, energy, and peace. Ready to do this together, with my guidance & support?  Register here.  Robin's book, Stop Stealing From Yourself, is available now on Amazon If this episode resonated with you, you might enjoy our free People Skillz community — a structured space to practice steadier, more intentional communication. We also created a short Communication Patterns Quiz to help you identify how you respond under pressure. You'll find both here.

Of all the protective patterns in this series, people pleasing is the one I've struggled with most. By far.In this episode, I share what I've learned about people pleasing, why it's not the same thing as kindness, and how it can quietly lead us to abandon ourselves in the pursuit of approval, acceptance, and keeping the peace.We'll talk about where people pleasing comes from, how it shows up, the hidden costs, and practical ways to build healthier boundaries while staying compassionate and connected.You do not have to earn love by making everyone else comfortable.

Sexual self-abandonment is what happens when we stop having sex for ourselves. We may or may not actually stop having sex -- we might be doing it for someone else. For their desire, on their timeline, their idea of what sex should look like, while our own wants, our own pace, our own boundaries quietly went missing somewhere along the way.That's what this episode is about. How we get there — there are three really common pathways, and I've lived through all three myself — and more importantly, how to find your way back to your own body, your own desires, and your own pleasure. This episode is about hope, and about a door that's still open to you no matter how long you've been on the other side of it.In this episode:The three pathways into sexual self-abandonment — through approval-seeking, through abusive relationships, and through trauma and dissociation — and why they so often overlapWhy "sacred sexuality" group spaces can actually be dangerous if you haven't done this work yetThe six steps back to yourself, including the grief that's part of the process (and why that grief is a good sign, not a setback)What it actually means to come home to your own body, your own erotic self, and your own yes and no — and why that's the foundation everything else gets built onTopics: sexual self-abandonment, somatic sex coaching, sexual trauma recovery, de-shaming, erotic self, intimacy coach, body-based healing, dissociation, reconnecting with your body, feminist sex coachGet my free guide: Get Out of Your Head: A Starter Guide to Releasing the Pressure, Shame, and "Shoulds" Around Intimacy at https://laurajurgens.com/guideMore links: Substack at https://laurajurgens.substack.com/Pleasure Path Diagnostic here: https://laurajurgens.com/diagnostic/About me, testimonials, blog, bookings: https://laurajurgens.com/Wheel of Erotic emotions, go to: https://laurajurgens.com/wheelCopyright notice: All content in this podcast is copyrighted and copying, scraping, data mining, or using the content to train AI is prohibited. 

In this episode, Britten continues her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Seventh House. She explores the Seventh House as a place where self-abandonment can happen so easily because our desire for connection, safety, and intimacy can become tangled with fear, projection, old agreements, and the need to be loved or validated. Topics She Covers: The Emergence Astrology Pathway Year One as a slow, deep curriculum for identifying when you are not in yourself and learning to anchor back into your own knowing. Gnosis as your own knowing: the thing no one can take away from you. The Seventh House as one-on-one relationships, including romantic relationships, friendships, partnerships, and the ways we find out who we are through others. Projection, intimacy, trust, boundaries, and the difference between intuition and projection in relationship. Energetic contracts and agreements, including the old relational patterns we may have agreed to when we were younger and the fear that arises when we want to update them. The deep vulnerability of intimacy and the ways we can protect ourselves from being hurt by closing our hearts, projecting fear, or refusing to listen in conflict How difficult it can be to stop self-abandoning in relationship because we cannot control how another person will respond when we grow, change, or update the terms of connection.  Through the lens of the Seventh House, she invites listeners to consider the relational agreements they may still be living inside, the fear that keeps those agreements in place, and the possibility of repair through real-time relationship, deeper self-responsibility, and learning to hold our own emergence without abandoning ourselves.   Learn More About The Emergence Astrology Pathway: The Emergence Astrology Pathway is not a traditional astrology course. It's an experience you give yourself if you long to repair, recover, renew, and remember your power. Held inside the gentle embrace of this magical language.  Here Britten teaches what she's found and developed as an astrologer who helps people tune into the most authentic call within. Most of what she offers are techniques and insights that no human teacher taught her. Doors only once a year! Early Bird tuition opens on June 21. You can learn more here and join the newsletter for more updates when doors open by clicking here.   +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

"You have set up this pattern where you completely abandon yourself unconsciously and make it about the other person because you believe on an unconscious level that that is the way that you will get love, connection, and ultimately survive."Codependency is one of those words I've avoided for a long time, not because it isn't real, but because I think it gets oversimplified in a way that misses what's actually happening. The deeper I go in my own process and the deeper I take my clients who've been doing this work for a while, the more I see that the layers of codependency we're dealing with aren't just behavioral. They're energetic. They started before we had language for any of it. And they've been running silently underneath every relationship, every decision, and every moment we've felt depleted, resentful, or like we're hitting a wall, without understanding why.What I've been uncovering, for myself and for the women I work with, is that so much of what we think is just "who we are" is actually a set of coping mechanisms we created in childhood to survive the emotional environment we were in. The way we automatically say yes. The way we absorb other people's feelings and lose track of our own. The way we don't even realize we have a choice. In this episode, I'm diving into what the deeper layers of codependency actually look like energetically, why they're so hard to see, and what it's meant for me to start pulling on these threads in real time, including some very personal things I've been navigating.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTSWhy codependency goes far deeper than its mainstream definitionHow childhood coping mechanisms get wired into the nervous system as survival responses, not conscious choicesThe mother wound as the blueprint for every relationship pattern that followsThe Boomer generation, Pluto in Leo, and why narcissistic tendencies in parents are more common than most people realizeWhy highly sensitive, empathic women often can't tell the difference between their own feelings and everyone else'sThe moment I recognized I'd been operating from guilt and shame every time I said yesHow the same patterns that come from trauma become your greatest gifts once they're alchemizedThe energetic and astrological context for why so many of us are in a deep unraveling right nowThe questions to ask yourself when you're stuck, depleted, or repeating the same patterns**WAYS TO ENTER MY WORLD**When you leave a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and send us a screenshot of it, we'll send you a $250 credit that you can apply to anything else in my world.Check out Breathwork to Heal Anxiety on my YouTube channelJoin me in The Metamorphosis which is my 3-month, groundbreaking, flagship program to rapidly and efficiently clear the familial and ancestral trauma that is blocking you from experiencing the wealth and freedom that you desire.Starting a business or working with clients? You need to sign up for The Metamorphosis Method This is the only Breathwork and Trauma Certification Program that closes the gap between spirituality and therapy to create predictable and permanent results with your clients. We start again at the end of September.Questions? Let's jump on a call CONTACT ALYSEYouTube @alysebreathesalysebreathes.comIG @alyse_breathesinfo@alysebreathes.com

In this episode, Britten continues her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Sixth House. She explores the Sixth House as a place where shame often gathers around capacity, productivity, health, organization, and what it means to tend to devotion without policing. Topics She Covers: The momentum of moving through the houses as a framework for attention, immersion, and revelation. Gnosis as the wisdom, truth, insight, and knowing that no one can take away from you. The Emergence Astrology Pathway as a space for cultivating personal and collective gnosis. Self-abandonment as something we have to learn to identify, name, and refuse so we can come back into innocence and bring ourselves home. The Sixth House as a realm of bodies, care, energetic health, daily systems, administrative life, and the commitment to living in a body on planet Earth. How shame can distort our relationship to health, capacity, productivity, care, systems, and the way we tend to what needs our attention. Britten reflects on how difficult it can be to know how to care for ourselves inside systems and cultures that do not prioritize care. She names the shame many of us carry around our bodies, our capacity, our administrative lives, and the day-to-day systems that support our health and ability to function. Through the lens of the Sixth House, she invites listeners to imagine tending to these parts of life without shame as the authority: not from punishment, anti-aging, productivity, or inherited conditioning, but because we are people who turn toward life. This episode is an invitation to decondition the shame of the Sixth House and return to a more loving, clear, and present-time commitment to being here with ourselves, in this body, every day.   Learn More About The Emergence Astrology Pathway: The Emergence Astrology Pathway is designed for those who ever find themselves in a position to support another. Whether you're an established therapeutic practitioner, a leader, a parent, or simply a human being with the sincere desire to show up in your fullest integrity, the Emergence Astrology Pathway will be the remembering and the revelation that you most yearn for. It's impossible to fully fathom the riches that flow your way because you claimed this experience of yourself.  Here Britten teaches what she's found and developed as an astrologer who helps people tune into the most authentic call within. Most of what she offers are techniques and insights that no human teacher taught her. Doors only once a year! Early Bird tuition opens on June 21. You can learn more here and join the newsletter for updates when more doors open by clicking here.   +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

In this episode, Britten continues her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Fifth House. She explores the Fifth House as a place where energy flows into what we love, what we create, what we pour ourselves into, and what carries something of us out into the world. Topics She Covers: The Moon as the beginning of Britten's relationship with mystery, intuition, energy, and lunar cycles. The new Emergence Astrology Pathway Year One curriculum as a return to her lunar teachings, with three strands: lunar transmissions, intuition skills building, and ritual wisdom. The Fifth House as children, hobbies, romance, students, creativity, pleasure, and the generous movement of energy through and beyond us. How self-abandonment shows up when we believe our generative capacity is worthless, unproductive, selfish, or not valuable to ourselves or others. The spiritual consequences of shutting down our creative channel, denying ourselves play, or pouring all of our energy into a job, partner, friend, or relationship that demands everything from us. Britten reflects on the way the Moon first claimed her in 2017 and led her into a life organized around listening, mystery, and creative devotion. From there, she traces how her lunar teachings have evolved over time and why the reimagined Emergence Astrology Pathway is built to move slowly, gently, and deeply. Through the lens of the Fifth House, she invites listeners to notice where they may be withholding their energy, denying their right to pleasure, or believing they have nothing to give. This episode is a call to repair the shame around creativity and to remember that our energy is meant to run, move, pour into something, and be shared.   Learn More About The Emergence Astrology Pathway: The Emergence Astrology Pathway is a path through Britten's most refined, mature, and powerful curriculum. This experience is designed for those who ever find themselves in a position to support another. Whether you're an established therapeutic practitioner, a leader, a parent, or simply a human being with the sincere desire to show up in your fullest integrity, the Emergence Astrology Pathway will be the remembering and the revelation that you most yearn for. Enrollment for Britten's deepest dive is only once a year! Doors open for Early Bird tuition on June 21. You can learn more here and join the newsletter for updates when more doors open by clicking here.   +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

What if midlife awakening isn't about having all the answers?What if it's about finally telling yourself the truth?In this deeply personal solo episode, Wendy reflects on her own midlife awakening and the long journey toward self-trust, listening to her body, and no longer explaining away what she knew deep down.For years, she became a master at minimizing discomfort, rationalizing away red flags, and convincing herself that things were "fine." Sound familiar?This episode explores the quiet ways many women lose touch with themselves through people pleasing, self-abandonment, and the habit of putting everyone else's needs ahead of their own.Wendy shares:✨ Why awakening has its own timing

What happens when you realize you've spent your entire life abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable?In this deeply powerful episode of Casa De Confidence, Julie DeLucca-Collins welcomes back author, energy healer, and boundary expert Stephanie McAuliffe for an honest conversation about generational trauma, emotional healing, boundaries, people pleasing, and learning to trust yourself again.Stephanie shares her personal story of growing up in a family where emotions were silenced through alcohol, how those patterns shaped her relationships and career, and how she ultimately transformed her life after the collapse of her marriage and Wall Street career.This episode dives into:emotional healinggenerational traumafamily dynamicspeople pleasingself abandonmentenergy protectionpersonal boundariesinner child healinglearning to trust yourselfIf you've ever felt emotionally exhausted, disconnected from yourself, or stuck repeating unhealthy patterns, this conversation will resonate deeply.

In this episode, Britten continues her series on self-abandonment through the houses of the birth chart, turning toward the Fourth House: a realm of home, lineage, childhood context, caregivers, private life, and the places we come from. She explores the Fourth House as the context of you, encompassing the emotional, energetic, and ancestral field that shaped how you learned to take up space, come home to yourself, and understand what safety feels like. Topics She Covers: The houses as zones of terrestrial human life, where our most pleasurable and painful experiences unfold. Why Emergence Astrology begins with intuition, energy, personal gnosis, and learning to hear yourself before learning astrology. Shame as a context we often don't realize we're seeing through, and unshaming as the practice of removing those lenses. The Fourth House as the childhood home, caregivers, lineage, land, family, and the energetic quality of the place you came from. How individuation asks us to identify and surpass the core strivings of our caregivers so we can reclaim our own foundation. The Fourth House as the place where we learn to build a home within ourselves, cultivate safety, and create a private life that can truly hold us. Britten reflects on how difficult it can be to see the Fourth House clearly because it is often the very context we grew up inside. Until we begin to individuate, or until a major transit wakes this part of the chart up, the Fourth House can feel mysterious or hard to describe. Through the lens of Emergence Astrology as a path of repair, presence, and congruence, she invites listeners to consider how self-abandonment forms inside early contexts and how we can begin to untangle from inherited patterns, come back into our own house, and let the Fourth House become a frame that holds us.   Learn More About The Emergence Astrology Pathway: The Emergence Astrology Pathway is a path through Britten's most refined, mature, and powerful curriculum. This experience is designed for those who ever find themselves in a position to support another. Whether you're an established therapeutic practitioner, a leader, a parent, or simply a human being with the sincere desire to show up in your fullest integrity, the Emergence Astrology Pathway will be the remembering and the revelation that you most yearn for. Enrollment for Britten's deepest dive is only once a year! Doors open for Early Bird tuition on June 21. You can learn more here and join the newsletter for updates when more doors open by clicking here.   +++   E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue Order Living Astrology Join my newsletter here Check out my new podcast CRYSTAL BALLERS on Spotify, Podbean, and Apple.   +++   Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe. 

What if the thing you keep chasing isn't actually better... just more familiar? In this solo Q&A episode, John Kim reflects on fantasy, gratitude, emotional presence, and the difference between intensity and real love. From surfing in Costa Rica to answering listener questions about confidence, breakups, infidelity, and self-abandonment in relationships, this episode explores what happens when you stop escaping yourself and start paying attention to what's actually here. Key points covered: • Why we romanticize the past and overlook the present • The difference between intensity and consistency in love • How healthy relationships create clarity instead of confusion • What confidence actually comes from • Signs you may be abandoning yourself in a relationship • Whether couples can rebuild after infidelity If this episode helped you, send it to someone who may need to hear it. Follow, rate, and share the podcast to support the show.