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How To BREAK UP With Someone The RIGHT WAY | Katherine Woodward Thomas EP 436
Nov 17, 2023
Katherine Woodward Thomas, relationship expert, offers guidance on ending relationships with compassion. She emphasizes open communication and understanding to minimize hurt. Topics include managing intense emotions, creating positive choices, and expressing gratitude to listeners.
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- Conscious uncoupling involves breaking up in a loving and graceful way, acknowledging the pain but striving for effective suffering.
- Putting a name on each feeling experienced during a breakup can help regulate emotions and reduce emotional intensity.
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Conscious uncoupling: Breaking up with love and grace
Conscious uncoupling is about breaking up in a loving and graceful way, acknowledging that pain is inevitable but striving for effective suffering. It recognizes that our brains are hardwired to bond with our partners and that rupturing that attachment can be incredibly painful. One technique suggested is affect labeling, which involves putting a name on each feeling experienced during a breakup. By labeling emotions, we prevent feeling overwhelmed and can deescalate anger and rage. The goal is to harvest the seeds of growth within our feelings, taking self-responsibility, avoiding harm, and planting good seeds for the future.
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