#392 — How to Forgive Your Partner

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Marriage, Mental Health, Success, Emotionalintelligence, Selfhelp, Wellness, Mentalhealth, Selfimprovement, Career, Health, Society & Culture, Careerdevelopment, Mindfulness, Lifeadvice, Dating, Parenting, Breakups, Relationships, Productivity, Positive, Happiness, Goals, Health & Fitness, Communication

4.6 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

When you're hurt or angry with your partner, it's like the love in your heart is dimmed. You can't be open with your feelings when you're nursing emotional wounds. And it's hard to receive love until you're able to forgive your partner.

But, emotional pain is always a component of long-term relationships. Part of giving your heart to someone is opening yourself up to the possibility of being hurt. This can happen in big ways — like infidelity, rejection, or abandonment.

But it can also happen in small ways, like moments that left you feeling uncared for, unappreciated, or unloved. We all experience moments like these, and if we don't know how to process them, forgive, and move forward, they can damage the love we have for our partners.

So how can you forgive your partner? That's what we're talking about on today's episode of the podcast. You'll learn about how forgiveness works, what's holding you back from finding forgiveness, and how to not only "let it go," but how to use the repair process to build a deeper, more meaningful connection.

I hope you'll join me!

xoxo,

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

P.S. — If you are struggling to forgive your partner, that's a sign that you could really benefit from working with a good couples counselor. Schedule a free consultation with an expert on my team at Growing Self: https://www.growingself.com/schedule-free-consultation/

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0:00.0	Every person in a long-term relationship carries some battle scars because part of giving your heart to another person is opening yourself up to being hurt.
0:18.3	And this can happen in large ways, like infidelity or other major betrayals. But there are many
0:27.9	kinds of hurts and betrayals that we can experience when we love someone. And that's why learning
0:36.1	how to forgive your partner is a crucial part of the growth
0:40.8	work that we all need to do in the service of our love. And that's why we're talking about it on
0:47.5	today's episode of the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.
0:51.3	Oh, give me more. This will never ever ever ever ever ever. and Success Podcast.
1:07.8	Our mood music today comes from Fever Ray.
1:14.6	This song is If I Had a Heart. And I chose this one for us because when we're hurt,
1:22.6	when we're angry, it feels like that love light turns off a little bit or at least dims.
1:30.0	And understandably so. I mean, it's hard to feel loving and open when you have been hurt,
1:37.4	especially when you've been hurt by someone that you love and that you trust loves you, right?
1:47.8	And the good news here is that there are steps to healing trust after betrayal. And when you work through these successfully and learn how to forgive, you know, you might still carry scars and you can do important work in the
1:55.9	process that helps you come out the other side of this stronger than ever before with even more
2:04.3	trust and faith in your relationship.
2:08.3	And welcome to the love happiness and success.
2:15.4	My hope is that by the end of today's show, you'll get some direction on how to do that.
2:22.3	And welcome to the Love, Happiness, and Success podcast.
2:26.9	This is a show for growth-oriented people on a mission to have better relationships,
2:36.7	feel happier, better about themselves and their lives, and also feel able to create the kind of success that they want and deserve.
2:44.0	So every single week, we're talking about topics related to that.
2:48.8	And I am your very honored and grateful host. I'm Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby.
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