Ep. 47: Why Did We Break Up? #4 - Love's Young Dream
The Baggage Reclaim Sessions
Natalie Lue
4.9 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2016
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In the latest episode of Why Did We Break Up?, Molly and Steven met in their late teens at the start of their careers and 14 years, 2 kids, marriage and a business that they had to declare bankruptcy on, Steven has announced that he needs some time out to be on his own and figure out who he is, only to rent himself an apartment and begin a series of flings followed by two girlfriends. Feeling rejected, replaced, and rather confused about what is going on, Natalie helps Molly see what is really going so that she can grab her freedom and build her life on her own terms.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to episode 47 of the baggage reclaim sessions and it's time for an |
| 0:05.8 | addition of why did we break up. I'm your host Natalie Lou, author of baggage |
| 0:12.0 | reclaim.com where I help people to offload the shady relationships |
| 0:16.0 | and emotional baggage that block healthy self-esteem and loving relationships. |
| 0:20.0 | Well hello there and welcome to the fourth installment of why did we break up. |
| 0:26.0 | This is where I explore real breakups and the relationships behind them, |
| 0:30.0 | offering up perspective, not just for the parties involved, but for everyone who has ever loved and felt like they've lost. |
| 0:37.0 | So let's get started. |
| 0:40.0 | I ask every person who takes part in why did we break up. |
| 0:44.0 | If you could tell somebody in one sentence why the relationship didn't work and why you broke up, |
| 0:50.0 | what would you say? |
| 0:52.0 | We grew apart the stress of our life ruined us and we stopped trying. |
| 0:57.8 | Sometimes we have been living our lives in such a way for so long that it's difficult to see the wood for the trees. |
| 1:04.0 | The story that I'm about to share does indeed have a great deal of stress and yes the |
| 1:09.2 | trying did indeed stop but one of the painful things that we learn in our process of growing up via our |
| 1:15.8 | relationships is that when we stop overcompensating and in fact start to take |
| 1:21.3 | ownership of ourselves, |
| 1:23.0 | some of our relationships won't grow with us. |
| 1:29.0 | Molly and Stephen met 14 years ago when they were 17 and 18. Young, inexperienced, idealistic as so many of us are at that age, |
| 1:38.0 | and with their whole lives in front of them. They met when they were in category training for the Navy, which is where you train for your job role before going out to work in the actual Navy itself. |
| 1:48.0 | Stephen pursued her for months, but Molly wasn't interested. She says, |
| 1:52.0 | I was there to join the Navy, not hang out with boys. |
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