#186 - Breaking Free From a Toxic Relationship
Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
LEAVING a TOXIC RELATIONSHIP? Or thinking about it? If so, my heart goes out to you: You've already been through the wringer. As a therapist who specializes in toxic relationship addiction, and having researched and written a breakup recovery book, I know from years of experience that when you're addicted to a toxic relationship, it messes with your mind. Toxic relationships trash your self esteem. They damage your ability to trust. But even worse, after tolerating months or even years in a toxic relationship it can make you feel like you can't even trust your own judgement anymore.
In order to provide you with the empowering support and perspective that can support YOUR growth and recovery, I've invited writer Shannon Ashley to join me on the Love, Happiness and Success Podcast.
Shannon is not the type of "official" relationship expert that I often have on the show — she's so much more. She's a fellow traveler who has walked through the fire, and come out the other side. She has been able to give a voice to the experience that you're going through, and she has a unique perspective on what it really takes to heal from a toxic relationship. I'm so pleased that she's here to share her hard won wisdom with YOU today.
Wishing you all the best,
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| 0:00.0 | This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | I see the love in your mind. |
| 0:23.6 | I feel the love that keeps You love nothing. |
| 0:51.3 | Why do I want you? Why do I need you? |
| 0:57.8 | That, my friends, is the question we are wrestling with today on the love, happiness, and success podcast. |
| 1:04.7 | And what better band to set the mood for this topic then LA Witch amazing band. |
| 1:11.6 | The song is called You Love Nothing. |
| 1:15.6 | Everything by LA Witch is fantastic. |
| 1:17.6 | You should buy all their records. |
| 1:19.6 | And yeah, so let me tell you why we are going to be talking about toxic relationships today and how to break free from this |
| 1:33.4 | terrible spell. Let me read you a question that recently came in through the comment section |
| 1:41.1 | on the blog at growingself.com. |
| 1:56.0 | Dear Dr. Lisa, I am addicted to a toxic relationship with a person who treats me like crap, makes me feel horrible about myself. |
| 2:20.0 | What do I do? Please help. Any advice? That's not exactly the question, but this is the like punchline of probably three dozen questions that I've gotten through the blog at growingself.com, through Facebook, through Instagram, except with like three more pages of backstory, outlining all of the horrible, horrific ways that people have been mistreated by these people that they're in relationships with. |
| 2:24.3 | And then they ask, what do I do? |
| 2:27.7 | So, and that question almost implies that like there's an easy answer, right? |
| 2:34.7 | Like I'm going to tell you something and they'll be like, oh, okay, cool, yeah, I'll do that. |
| 2:38.2 | Thanks. |
| 2:39.1 | And I'm going to just take that hope away from you that there is not actually an easy answer. |
| 2:45.5 | What there is is growth. |
| 2:49.0 | There is a growth process that if you really want to break free from this and go on to have |
| 2:56.4 | healthy, happy relationships, you got to grow. And that involves getting self-awareness, |
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