Recognize the importance of maintaining emotional and mental health over momentary desires and commit to focusing on well-being.
Reflect on relationship boundaries and emotional needs to break free from damaging patterns, understanding that sitting with difficult emotions is essential for personal growth.
Deep dives
Shrina's Journey to Self-Discovery
Shrina reflects on her childhood trauma, leading her to seek therapy to understand her past and why she gravitates towards emotionally unavailable partners. She acknowledges the importance of maintaining emotional and mental health over momentary desires, and commits to focusing on her own well-being.
Reevaluating Relationships and Patterns
Shrina recognizes the need for self-reflection on relationship boundaries and emotional needs. By distinguishing between what she wants in the moment versus what she truly needs, she strives to break free from damaging patterns, understanding that sitting with difficult emotions is essential for personal growth.
Learning to Prioritize Self-Care
Shrina highlights the shift towards prioritizing her mental health and relationship standards. Embracing the message of self-worth, she aims to distance herself from unhealthy dynamics and focus on her emotional growth, striving for healthier and fulfilling relationships in the future.
Taking Steps Towards Healing
Shrina's voicemail underscores her progress in recognizing the difference between short-term desires and long-term needs. With a newfound understanding of the value in processing difficult emotions and setting healthy boundaries, she embarks on a journey of personal growth and self-care, paving the way for a more positive future.
Hello, Fellow Travelers. Our very first episode deals with a problem familiar to a lot of people: a breakup and a broken heart. Our guest Shrina struggles to understand why her boyfriend suddenly decided that he no longer loved her and she's questioning what changed and what she might have done wrong.
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