Having a crush, catching feels, or "like liking" someone can be really fun and exciting, but there are times when we can use those feelings for harm. On this episode, our hosts talk about the difference between attraction and feelings and how both are normal but still need to be responded to respectfully.

Aleigh's Recommendation: The Big Brunch on HBO Max

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Does it feel worse to be rejected or to reject someone? Whatever your answer, rejection is a difficult action and feeling. While there are many ways to respond to rejection, the most important thing is that our response is safe and respectful.

Arianna's Recommendation: Watch Avatar: The Way of Water

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Welcome back to Real-ationship Goals podcast - we're excited to be in Season 4, which is all about uncomfortable feelings that we experience in relationships. 

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This was the most challenging tension for us as hosts to hold -- that people who abuse have often experienced deep trauma, but at the same time there is absolutely no excuse for abusive behavior. It is important that we all recognize that both things are true, and doing so does not minimize the abuse or experience of survivors. 

Arianna's Recommendation: white chocolate mocha from Starbucks

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Boundaries are essential in healthy relationships -- they establish what we want and don't want, what we're going to do and not do, or share and not share. But what's the difference between a boundary and a border? How do we know that we're not just shutting people and connection out but calling it a boundary? We're discussing this tension on the podcast this week and hope to find nuance in this conversation

Aleigh's Recommendation: Brené Brown's interview with the Gottmans on her podcast, Unlocking Us

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Have you seen this TikTok? Or that meme? Or that your best friend from 7th grade who moved away is now off to college or having a baby or just made spaghetti for dinner? We ask questions like these of ourselves and others all the time because social media is all around us and part of our lives, for better or for worse. In this episode, our hosts wrestle through this tension and try to hold two things at once -- that social media keeps us connected and disconnected at the same time.

Kyla's Recommendation: Go for a drive with the windows down. 

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One core piece of a healthy relationship is support. Good friends and partners are there for one another when they need it. At the same time, we all have limits, and sometimes we're just at capacity. So how do these things fit together? What does it look like to support our friends and partners when we're maxed out? And how do we care for ourselves in the midst of it? 

Arianna's Recommendation: Create a stress jar or aquarium jar.

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Relationships aren't always 50/50, and that's okay. But when does that become not okay? How do we both hold our friends, partners, coworkers, etc. to high expectations while also giving them grace and flexibility that we all often need? 

Aleigh's Recommendation: Cook with someone and learn a new recipe (or just even perfect a recipe if you've made it before)

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Spending time with people we love is so good and important -- but sometimes it can be hard or even exhausting to do so after a long day, especially if work/school is already very people filled. We're hoping to balance this tension with compassion and encouragement as we highlight the many dynamics within this relationship contradiction.

Kyla's Recommendation: Tomato soup and a crispy grilled cheese

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What's the difference between taking space and avoiding conflict? How do we address our feelings while talking through conflict without boiling over in anger? And how do we respond to that anger in healthy ways? We're addressing all this and more as we talk about the tension between needing to talk but not wanting to do so while angry.

Blythe's Recommendation: Get a library card 

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