If you feel like you are carrying the weight of every relationship in your life... Always giving, always adjusting, always making it work, then this one's for you!
In this episode of the Feeling and Healing Podcast, Danielle sits down with Karyn Spetz, Relationship Coach and Social Worker, to explore Relational Life Therapy (RLT), people pleasing, nervous system patterns, resentment, accountability, and why the relationship with yourself is the foundation for every other relationship in your life.
This episode covers:
- What relational life therapy (RLT) is and how Terry Real’s approach differs from traditional couples therapy
- People pleasing: Where it starts in childhood, how it shows up in adult relationships, and how to shift it
- Why healthy relationships can feel uncomfortable and why your nervous system prefers familiar even when familiar is toxic
- Neuroplasticity and building new relationship pathways: The brain analogy that finally makes it click
- How to communicate your needs in a relationship even when speaking up never felt safe
- Accountability in relationships and why the absence of it is a direct pipeline to resentment
- Resentment as the silent relationship killer and Gottman’s Four Horsemen
- Why one person cannot fill every cup and what realistic healthy expectations actually look like
- Conflict is not the enemy: Harmony disharmony and repair is the real rhythm of healthy relationships