
Ep 137: Fight Loops in Relationships - Finding Empowerment
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The Circular Dance of Relationships
In relationships we are always negotiating our distance and closeness all the time. We're constantly kind of going back and forth maintaining a very specific distance from that person or a very specific closeness to that person. And as we do that, oftentimes we don't see our unconscious need for that person to play their same part. So you might be the person who is responsible for venting all of the anger for both partners in the relationship. One person might do the one who pushes away and that means the other person has to cling.We all are playing a role that maintains the status quo.
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