You think the problem is your partner. But the truth is, the relationship is the mirror forcing you to face the unfinished parts of yourself. 

We have been sold the lie that love completes us. In reality, that belief is what traps us in resentment, cycles of chaos, and self-betrayal. 

As Terry Real says, your partner is the one who sticks the burning spear in your eye because that is where the work is. 

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You will learn in this episode: 

• Why conflict is not about fighting, it is your nervous system begging for connection
• How to spot when you are flooded and why arguing in that state never works
• The fix it trap, how trying to save your partner destroys the relationship
• Why peace can feel like boredom if your nervous system is addicted to chaos
• The difference between love and obligation, and why obligation kills desire
• How to risk the relationship by telling the truth and why that is the only way love survives 
  
  

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👉 Share this with someone stuck in the should I stay or go loop. It might shift everything.