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Relationship Advice

383: Giving Up Too Much To Make Everyone Happy?

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Are you a people pleaser? It's not the worst thing in the world to identify as one, however, you may be sacrificing your own happiness in the name of keeping everyone around you happy. You may also grow resentful and have a lot of anxiety around keeping those around you happy. Listen to today's show to learn how to create boundaries, communicate your needs and live a more fulfilling life.  In this episode with Tonya Lester, we discuss relationship advice topics that include: Traits that may indicate you're a people pleaser and need to create better boundaries for yourself Learning how to engage in healthy conflict instead of always saying yes or bending over backwards to assist others The importance of not talking ourselves out of our feelings How to understand and communicate your expectations in relationships The importance and tools for identifying our needs and communicating them in relationships And much more! Sponsors BetterHelp: Relationship Advice is sponsored by BetterHelp, an online therapy platform that will assess your needs and match you with your own licensed professional therapist. Start living a happier life today and get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/IDO. Like A Kitten curates adult subscription boxes created to inspire and influence female sexual wellness. Like A Kitten is offering our listeners 15% off AND free shipping when you go to LikeAKitten.com/ido OR enter code IDO at checkout. Spark My Relationship Course: Get $100 off our online course. Visit SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock for our special offer just for our I Do Podcast listeners! If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! – Chase & Sarah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

We all want to feel more connected in our relationships, but we don't always know where to start.

0:08.4

If you're here and listening, you've already made a huge step in the right direction

0:12.4

to strengthen and deepen your relationship.

0:15.5

Listening and learning to experts is definitely key.

0:18.8

But turning that advice into actionable steps on your own is a whole other thing.

0:23.9

But don't worry, we have done the heavy lifting for you.

0:27.6

We've designed the course, Spark My Relationship, for you to create more passion, improve

0:32.5

your communication, and build a stronger, more intimate connection with your partner in

0:37.2

less than 90 days.

0:39.3

When life gets busy and stressful, your relationship does not have to take a back seat.

0:44.2

This course has helped thousands of couples reignite that spark, and the best part about

0:49.6

it is that it's all fun.

0:51.9

In this course, you'll learn from 15 different psychologists and therapists, the strategies

0:56.6

that marriage therapists teach their clients.

0:59.6

Are you ready to access the joy and connection that makes a relationship feel like a well-oiled

1:04.2

machine?

1:05.2

Well, register for Spark My Relationship today.

1:08.7

Plus, we have a very special offer of $100 off this course for our podcast listeners.

1:14.8

To unlock this special offer, visit sparkmyrelationship.com-forwardslash-unlock.

1:21.3

To get $100 off the course.

1:51.3

Hey guys, thanks so much for tuning in to today's show, where I welcome Tonya Lester.

2:03.0

Tonya is a licensed clinical social worker, private psychotherapist, psychology today contributor,

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