If relationships were this easy, no one would ever argue and we would be out of a job! Expecting your partner to be able to read your mind and know your wants and needs is a fool’s errand. True connection involves the back and forth exchange of communicating. Asserting your needs, talking through challenges, learning to balance empathy for your partner’s feelings without getting swept away by them are all skills necessary for healthy relationships. So stop expecting the mind reading game to work and start practicing the skills that are vital for connected relationships.

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Cover art by Scott Thome

Music composed by Justin Breame

Disappointment might just be the most relatable emotion in the human experience. Whether on a big scale or small scale, disappointment is about managing negative emotions when expectations do not match up with reality. We have the power to burn it down in rage and tantrums, turn it inward and spiral into shame, or process it through a healthy perspective and pivot to a new reality. Follow along for insight into how to regulate through the disappointment cycle and come out on the other side.

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Cover art by Scott Thome

Music composed by Justin Breame

There is truly no win-win in the drama triangle. This miscommunication pattern is relatable to all of us mere mortals, no matter how we are wired or how we attach to others. However, we can find the antidote to this pattern by increasing and fostering self-awareness, curiosity, and compassion. Listen in as we explore how each role of the drama triangle plays out into a losing position and the necessity of leaning into the healthier choices of vulnerability, empowerment, boundaries, etc.

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Cover art by Scott Thome

Music composed by Justin Breame