449: How to Cope with Your Partner's Manic Mind | Feedback Friday
Dec 18, 2020
This discussion tackles the emotional rollercoaster of loving someone with bipolar tendencies, providing strategies to maintain balance. The hosts explore the psychological toll of chaotic relationships and the importance of setting boundaries. They also dive into the fallout from a failed business partnership, offering tips on navigating resentment and finding forgiveness. Additionally, the complexities of family expectations regarding difficult pregnancies are addressed, emphasizing the challenge of aligning personal beliefs with family pressures.
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Unstable Relationship
Someone who drains you emotionally and won't commit is a red flag.
Get support and set firm boundaries, or consider leaving.
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Living with Crazy
Jordan Harbinger shares his experience living with a difficult couple.
He eventually moved out, leading to significant improvements in his well-being.
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Bipolar Relationships
Accept your partner's condition and set boundaries.
Consider the long-term implications and protect yourself, especially financially.
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Your significant other is hyper-productive and passionate, but you suspect their motivation is hitched to bipolar tendencies that take their toll on you. What are some strategies you can build to deal with this type of personality and keep yourself sane? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!
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Your significant other is hyper-productive and passionate, but you suspect their motivation is hitched to bipolar tendencies that take their toll on you. What are some strategies you can build to deal with this type of personality and keep yourself sane?
A past business partnership turned sour and went bust. While you've moved on and started your own successful business since then, you can't help but harbor ill will for your past partner and how things went down. How can you just get over it, already?
Already the parents of a special needs child, you made the difficult decision to terminate a pregnancy that would have resulted in another. Unfortunately, your in-laws were religiously opposed to the option you chose and you had to exaggerate the diagnosis for their support. How do you strike a balance between the part these in-laws play in your life and your own family's autonomy?
In your 30s, you changed careers to a frontline job in healthcare. It gave you personal fulfillment and more money, but also a challenging lifestyle with lots of on-call time while raising two children. Now that your kids are older, should you commit your last working years to "contributing to the profession," or is it okay to finish out your career continuing to focus on giving great care to your patients?
On the networking list you created for Six-Minute Networking, you tend to mostly include older professionals with more experience. Is this the right way to go, or should you stay connected with your peers as well?
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