We have all been there, toxic relationships. The kind that leaves us feeling defeated and knocked down when it is all done and said. The toxic cycles that repeat over and over again, ultimately making us lose trust. Whether you have been affected by someone toxic or been the toxic person yourself, this is something we have all experienced.

But how does it affect our lives when we allow this toxicity? What are the effects it has on your business life? Can your business really thrive and grow with this toxicity looming over it? Or maybe the effect on you is so heavy your focus can't even begin to help your business flourish.

This is deep. Thankfully, there are approaches to take to fix toxic cycles in your business relationship but it requires reevaluating these toxic relationships and taking these necessary steps. This week I am getting real with you, challenging you to take a deep look into those toxic relationships and giving you insights on what you can do to fix these toxic cycles.

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Biggest Takeaways:

1:00 Mind Explained on Netflix

4:13 What happens if we allow it?

6:09 How it affects your work business

9:12 How do we fix it?

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Toxic cycles in relationships, both business and personal, can leave us feeling untrusting. That is why having a support system behind you and your business is so important. Who you surround yourself with makes a huge difference. As business owners, we want a group of supportive people we can rely on, lean on in times of need and grow with. The Mastermind Group is a community of like-minded business owners looking to grow and scale their businesses. With years of HR questions answered, business guidance, community calls, and 1:1 mentoring, the Mastermind is where business owners grow. Toxic cycles can attribute to the downfall of your business, you owe it to yourself to invest in a place where you can flourish.

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Transcript

This is episode 317 of Bella in Your Business. Hi there, I'm Bella Vasta from Jump Consulting. You might know me from CBS, NBC, Fox, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, or maybe you've seen me speak on stage or read my book, The Four Dogs That Every Business Owner Needs. In any case, get ready because you're about to get your hashtag Bella Butt Kickin' in this next episode of Bella in Your Business.

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So my eight-year-old got me sick. She had a fever for like a day, and then I was knocked out for three days. Hi, Bella Vasta here again. While I was sitting there on the couch, Netflix and chilling, I saw this series and it kind of inspired this podcast episode: Are the toxic relationships in your life ruining your business?

Yeah, stay with me. Ooh boy, we’re gonna get into it today. But first, the show that really sparked this for me—it was called The Mind, Explained. There are two seasons on it, and just to give you an idea of what they talk about, they're like about 20-ish-minute episodes, so good bite sizes: how to focus, teenage brain, personality, creativity, brainwashing, memory, dreams, anxiety, mindfulness, and psychedelics. Like I said, there are two seasons, and it was really interesting because I watched maybe four or five of them, and I just kind of really started thinking about how our brain is affected by our environment.

I also started thinking about toxic relationships because we have all either been the toxic person in a relationship—let’s be honest—or we have experienced a toxic relationship. And then depending on, of course, how we were brought up or how healed we are, it depends on how we’ve tolerated them. And unfortunately, in being a nurturer and empathetic pet lover, a lot of people that I come across are people pleasers and don’t have strong boundaries, kind of like we alluded to and talked about on the last e...