264. Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People with Lindsay C. Gibson

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Author and clinical psychologist, Lindsay C. Gibson, is back to share practical steps to disentangle ourselves from emotionally immature people (EIPs), emphasizing the importance of repetition, persistence, and consistency in communication as well as boundary setting. Lindsay addresses questions about being in relationship with EIPs including: Are people raised by EIPs prone to entering relationships with similar dynamics? What happens when we try to have conversations or engage in conflict with EIPs? How do we ACTUALLY HEAL as adult children of EIPs and maintain healthy detachment? For Part 1 of our conversation, check out: 263. Healing from Emotionally Immature Parents with Lindsay C. Gibson. Lindsay C. Gibson’s books can be found here: http://www.lindsaygibsonpsyd.com/books.html About Lindsay: Lindsay C. Gibson is an author and clinical psychologist, and practicing psychotherapist for over thirty years. She has written several books, including Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents and Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People. Dr. Gibson specializes in therapy and coaching with adults to attain new levels of personal growth and confidence in dealing with emotionally immature people. Website: http://www.lindsaygibsonpsyd.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:14.0	We have been holding our breath since last week.
0:19.5	And for the 40 years before that, yes.
0:22.2	Since the last episode.
0:23.4	The amazing world shifting, Lindsay C Gibson is here.
0:28.8	She fixed our lives by helping us realize
0:32.1	that we are not in fact as jacked up as we thought we were
0:34.9	we just may have been raised by emotionally immature people. We all had some
0:40.0	Eureka moments at the last episode that maybe we had some emotional immaturity in our families of origin.
0:48.0	We might have some people in our lives who are emotionally immature people.
0:54.0	You're looking right at me.
0:55.0	No, I just thought you might have someone in your life.
0:58.0	And last episode we discussed how important that is just that knowing.
1:05.6	Yes.
1:06.6	So go back and listen to the last episode to learn what an emotionally immature parent
1:11.9	or person might look like and what it might do to you
1:16.1	if you are in close contact with that person.
1:18.8	For anyone who is just listening to this episode, you might be able to do a little recap of some
1:26.1	the characteristics of an emotionally immature person.
1:29.7	Sure.
1:30.3	So what we talked about was that most basically the emotionally immature person has a line of development emotionally that has not kept pace with their
1:44.9	chronological age and emotional maturity falls on a continuum just like
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