#60: How To Create A Life You Don't Need To Escape From

The Inner Child Podcast

Gloria Zhang, MA

Ptsd, Attachment Styles, Commitment, Self-improvement, Childhood Trauma, Health & Fitness, Therapist, Inner Child Healing, Education, C-ptsd, Codependency, Alternative Health, Self Love, Dating, Asian Canadian, Relationships, Codependent Relationships, Mental Health

4.8 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Hey bestie, do you find yourself escaping into flings, pleasure, and distractions to avoid dealing with life? Although some fun in the sun doesn't hurt, a chronic pattern of avoidance is a defense mechanism we pick up from our childhood. But in today's episode we're saying YES to life, and helping you start creating a lifestyle that feels delicious, joyful, and fulfilling! EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: How to know if you use "escapism" as a way to avoid dealing with things, and tips on how to overcome ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Inner Child Podcast.
0:03.2	Today's episode is dedicated to all my high achievers listening that use escapism as a way to avoid dealing with their lives.
0:11.7	This can look like escaping into flings and relationships, pleasure, even summer vacations.
0:18.6	And maybe you have a lot of resistance of going back to normal life
0:22.9	when it's over, almost like this feeling of, ah, playtime is over and now I actually have to get
0:28.2	back to my life. So today we're going to talk about what escapism actually says about your inner
0:34.1	child or inner teenager and how to create a beautiful, fulfilling life that
0:40.9	you don't need to escape from right after this intro.
0:50.2	Hi, I'm Gloria Zhang and after 10 years of struggling in toxic relationships, I attracted
0:56.6	the love of my life by healing my inner child. This podcast is your weekly dose of my expertise
1:02.8	as a therapist and dating relationship coach for high achievers. Learn tips to overcome low
1:09.7	self-worth, emotional baggage and childhood trauma so that you too can step into your power and attract the love you desire.
1:18.1	Welcome to the Inner Child Podcast.
1:22.3	Hey, besties, welcome back to the Inner Child podcast.
1:26.8	You know, with some are coming to an end, some of you might
1:30.1	have been on vacations, COVID depending, of course, or maybe you've been indulging in summer
1:36.1	flings, being outside, enjoying nature. Now, I absolutely love travel and adventure and really just having brand new experiences.
1:47.0	You know, this summer, Andrew and I went to some Comic-Con.
1:50.1	We went to Vancouver.
1:51.5	Like, we've had a bit of fun.
1:53.1	But there's a huge difference between coming from that place of abundance of really maximizing life versus coming home to this feeling
2:04.3	of depression and resistance almost like, oh, I don't want to let go of this vacation or this
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