In this episode, I get really raw about relationships and why they are one of the biggest sources of stress, burnout, and growth in our lives. While I am not a relationship coach, I have learned through my own experiences that the quality of our relationships is directly tied to our ability to navigate conflict and sit in discomfort.

I share personal reflections on how high performers often avoid emotional pain by problem-solving, staying busy, or positively bypassing difficult moments. I talk openly about my own abandonment wound, the pressure to constantly heal or fix myself, and how that mindset actually reinforced the belief that something was always wrong with me.

This episode is an invitation to stop avoiding the messy emotions and start seeing them as feedback rather than failure. I explore how emotional suppression affects our nervous system, our health, and our relationships, and why learning to sit with pain, fear, and vulnerability is what ultimately builds deeper connection, security, and love, both with others and with ourselves.

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Key Takeaways

• The strength of your relationships depends on your ability to sit in discomfort, not your ability to find quick solutions
• High performance is often driven by unresolved wounds like fear of abandonment or not feeling good enough
• Avoiding or positively bypassing emotional pain delays healing and weakens connection

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Episode Highlights: relationships and burnout, navigating conflict in relationships, emotional avoidance, sitting with discomfort, relationship stress, emotional healing, high achievers and relationships, nervous system regulation, fear of abandonment, emotional suppression

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