#152 - How to Break Up With Someone You Care About
Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In my role as a therapist, life coach and breakup recovery coach here at Growing Self, I have had the honor and privilege to walk along side many people as they make agonizing decisions about whether or not to stay in a relationship.
They often have deep ambivalence about the relationship: They love their person, and they acknowledge that the relationship has many good aspects, and yet they simply feel in their heart that it is not the right relationship for them.
So they stay. Sometimes, for years.
If this is familiar to you (or someone you know) this podcast is for you. In this episode I'm addressing:
- Why people get stuck in an unhappy relationship
- What goes on inside of someone in the weeks and months leading up to a breakup
- Why (and when) breaking up can be the most compassionate thing for all parties
- How to break up with someone you care about (especially if they argue with you about it)
- Underlying factors that can contribute to people having "commitment issues"
- What relationship patterns need to be addressed, lest they follow you into your next relationship
- What to discuss in couple' counseling if you want to give it one more shot
I hope this perspective helps!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby and you're listening to the love, happiness, and success podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | And usually we open up this show with a musical interlude, a song that kind of captures the essence of the discussion. |
| 0:16.5 | But I just wasn't feeling that inspired today. |
| 0:20.2 | I was thinking about songs for our topic and listening |
| 0:23.8 | to different things and was like, nope, nope, nope. So we're just winging it today. No music. If you |
| 0:32.6 | guys listen to this podcast and have any suggestions for what would have been a good song. |
| 0:37.9 | You tell me in the comment section on growingself.com. |
| 0:41.1 | We'll compile a little playlist together for music that accompanies people on this particular |
| 0:48.2 | journey because it's a rough journey today. |
| 0:52.0 | We are going to be talking about how to end a relationship with someone |
| 0:58.9 | that you really love. You care about them. There are a lot of good things in the relationship. |
| 1:06.3 | These certainly don't dislike them or wish them harm, but but that you know in your heart of hearts |
| 1:12.5 | that this is not your person and that you need to release each other back to the universe so that |
| 1:21.1 | you can both find the person that you are meant to be with or a better feeling partner. |
| 1:28.6 | So that's what we're talking about today. |
| 1:31.0 | It certainly deserves a soundtrack and I'll be very interested to hear what your suggestions are. |
| 1:37.3 | But if this is your first time listening to the show, thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:42.0 | I'm glad that you found me and that you found this. |
| 1:45.8 | The Love, Happiness and Success podcast is all about you. And hopefully, helpful advice to help |
| 1:53.9 | you be a happier, more fulfilled person, have better relationships, and achieve the goals that are most important to you. |
| 2:03.3 | That's what we're all about. |
| 2:04.9 | And I am your host, Dr. Lisa Murray-Bobby. |
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