The Baggage Reclaim Sessions Ep. 254: Are You Inadvertently Avoiding a Successful Outcome?
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Mar 11, 2022 AI Snips
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Repeating The Return-To-Relationship Pattern
- Natalie describes the common pattern of wanting to leave a painful situation but repeatedly returning to it despite knowing better.
- She explains no contact as a tool to grieve, self-care, and establish boundaries after a breakup.
Success Can Threaten Your Identity
- People resist succeeding at breaking cycles because success changes their identity and forces new responsibilities.
- Fear of what success will mean (loss, grief, new expectations) often blocks following through.
Boundaries Reveal Personal Agency
- Creating healthy boundaries can scare people because it proves they have agency and may force responsibility elsewhere.
- Success at boundaries threatens old roles and the stories people use to define themselves.