You're listening to On Attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience relationships

and where you'll gain the guidance, knowledge and practical tools to overcome insecurity

and build healthy, thriving relationships.

I'm your host, relationship coach Stephanie Rigg,

and I'm really glad you're here.

Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of On Attachment.

In today's episode, we're talking all about receiving,

specifically five signs that you struggle with receiving in your

relationships. So receiving is probably not something that you've turned your mind to

very consciously. I think for a lot of us it's really not. And yet I think for so many people,

it can be a real struggle and it can keep us stuck in relationships that are

really imbalance, not really knowing why or what to do about it. And as we'll talk about, I think

we can often blame the other person for the fact that maybe our needs are not being met or we're

not feeling considered or acknowledged or supported.

And yet, as always, there's probably a little more to it than meets the eye in that we're

responsible in part for the creation and perpetuation of a dynamic that feels

imbalanced or asymmetrical in terms of contribution or who's being accommodated.

Because for a lot of us, as much as we can bemoan the fact that it's always all about the other person.

Receiving is actually really vulnerable and can be really challenging if that's not the seat that you have traditionally sat in in your

relationships. So let me talking a little bit about that today and sharing some signs that

you might struggle with this, as I think many of you will. I certainly have in the past and still

really have to consciously open myself to receiving and

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