This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success

podcast.

That is the Black Pines with a morning after she left. That is the Black Pines with a song The Morning After She Left.

When I listen to that song, I think about someone who has belatedly realized that maybe they made some mistakes in a relationship that it is now too late

to repair. And that kind of regret is what can happen when people over time realize that the

relationship that they've been in or the series of relationships that they've been in

have not always been the healthiest or best for them.

I think sometimes their partners feel that regret more than they do.

What we see our clients here at Growing Self describe is this feeling often of newfound liberation when they decide to stop engaging in relationships that are not good for them

and begin instead prioritizing their own health and happiness and well-being.

And it's such a joy to be part of.

And it's an important topic and one that I wanted to talk about on today's show because

we see a ton of people here at

Growing Self, a lot of relational work. We do couples counseling, relationship coaching, but we also

help a lot of individual clients who are trying to get clear about their relationships and about

themselves. And sometimes they're coming for help fixing a relationship,

maybe with a partner who doesn't want to come to couples counseling, so they feel like they

have to do it on their own. But sometimes it's from people who aren't quite sure if they're in a

relationship that they should spend a lot of time and energy

on fixing. You know, like somebody who's been in a relationship that for five years,

they're not married. It's, you know, kind of a mixed bag relationship. There are things that

they're not really happy with and the relationship

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