Have you ever been told, “You need to lower your expectations”? This kind of advice is often given after you’ve expressed feeling hurt in a relationship. It could be that you were hurt by your partner, a parent, a sibling, or a friend, and this advice is intended to ease your suffering. However, I believe that suffering is a part of the human experience. In fact, it’s also part of feeling the most happiness and joy.

In this episode, I share why lowering your expectations is a myth, how it can actually contribute to more suffering in certain situations, and how it’s often used to suppress emotions rather than help someone express themselves. I break this all down and more in this episode.

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