#284: Breaking Free from Toxic Friendships with Violet Benson

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Themes: Friendships, Boundaries, Toxic Relationships, Trauma, Childhood Patterns, Healing, Mental Health, Authenticity, Belonging, Self-Worth, Self-Love, Codependency Summary: Today I’m welcoming back my friend Violet Benson, comedian, motivational speaker, creator of Daddy Issues, and podcast host of the largest self-love podcast and movement for women, Almost Adulting. Tune into this episode to learn how to navigate toxic friendships, set healthy boundaries, stop giving others power over you, and reframe your past traumas to stop repeating patterns. Violet offers valuable advice for anyone looking to improve their relationships, and friendships, and prioritize self-love. Discover: How to navigate toxic friendships and set healthy boundaries The importance of not giving others power over you and how to reclaim your own power in relationships How discovering your patterns and choosing to stop the cycle can help you heal and chose a new path forward 00:00 Intro 00:54 Friendships aren’t always easy 05:19 Handling negative comments online 07:16 Letting go of toxic friendships 10:36 How the pandemic changed our identities 13:17 Posting for likes vs business 19:02 Prioritizing yourself over social media popularity 27:47 Creating the “Daddy Issues” Identity 32:29 The problem with idolization 35:54 Reinventing yourself and cutting ties with people who hold you back 39:57 Stop giving others power over you 46:07 The “I can change him/her” mindset 49:26 Repeating a pattern with friends 52:20 Childhood patterns shape our lives 57:48 Not everyone is a villain 1:00:47 Stop crossing your own boundaries 1:02:47 The reason we choose emotionally unavailable people 1:08:13 Children are our teachers 1:13:43 Generational traumas are passed down Links: Podcast IG - https://www.instagram.com/almostadulting/ Personal IG - https://www.instagram.com/violetbenson/ Meme IG - https://www.instagram.com/daddyissues_/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/daddyissues Almost Adulting on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7IY1Gjc1uktmDCmNLA0HXo Sponsors: Cured Nutrition | Use code CREATETHELOVE for 20% off all products at curednutrition.com/createthelove Create the Love Cards | Use code CTLCARDS15 for 15% off at createthelove.com/cards Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	The beautiful thing about rock bottom is that you're standing on something. So you can only go up from that.
0:08.6	Hi, my name is Mark Groves and I'm obsessed with understanding human behavior and why we do what we do.
0:14.7	In this podcast, I interview the world's most brilliant minds and hearts where I get to explore alongside you,
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0:43.2	let's dive in and transform our lives. Hello and welcome back to another episode today. I have
0:52.2	returning guest, Violetta. Benson, welcome. Hi, thank you so much for having me.
0:58.8	Oh my gosh, I'm so excited to have you back. You are very, very, very popular guests because, you know,
1:05.4	I think the insights mixed with the humor, anyone who can bring levity to wisdom and to life's pains is someone we want to be around.
1:14.4	So that's why I consider you such a good friend.
1:17.0	Well, I think we mesh well.
1:18.5	Everyone loves you on my podcast.
1:20.1	We did an episode together last month, and it was really fun.
1:23.5	People loved it.
1:24.7	And you're so insightful.
1:25.9	So I'm very thankful to be on your podcast as well. Thank you for having me.
1:31.6	Well, welcome back. I'm curious what's been stirring in your mind, what's been coming out. I mean, you are exposed to literally millions of people and millions of comments. And so you get sort of a deep insight to the collective
1:48.1	consciousness and what comes up for people. So I'm curious what you've witnessed and observed.
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