EP 636: Reader's Question - The Art of Balancing Your Needs in a Relationship

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to another episode of This Naked Mind podcast. In today's episode, we dive into a real-life coaching call from inside The PATH:365, a space where Annie Grace joins members for exclusive group coaching sessions. We all know that life doesn’t get paused while we figure out our relationships with alcohol. Learning how to cope with life while we work on ourselves can be challenging. This month, a member asks a crucial question: "What is the secret to balancing your needs in a relationship?" Annie Grace shares her wisdom on this vital topic, providing guidance, expert science, and real-world experience for those on the journey to living alcohol-free.

Thank you so much for listening to this episode. If you’re ready to see how This Naked Mind can help you on your personal health and wellness journey and wanna learn more. Go to ThisNakedMindpodcast.com to learn more. Again, that’s ThisNakedMindpodcast.com. We have all of our free resources, programs, social links and more available for you there. Plus, if you have your own Naked Life Story, you can submit it there as well. Until next week, stay curious.

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0:00.0	Hey there!
0:05.2	Every month Annie has a call with our path 365 members and answers their questions.
0:09.5	She tackles a wide range of topics from what to do with big emotions, what kinds of tips
0:13.2	and advice she has for addressing difficult situations, how to deal with cravings and so
0:17.1	much more.
0:18.1	Listen in as she does some real life coaching for our path members.
0:27.5	My spouse and I have struggled in our relationship for many years.
0:31.3	I struggled to find out where to focus my energy.
0:34.4	I'm trying to do work on my relationship with alcohol, but I also have my struggle
0:39.3	with our relationship.
0:41.2	Where do we take this between self and relationship?
0:44.4	When you are thinking about taking care of yourself first, you want to do it in a way
0:50.7	that you know that a big part of taking care of yourself first is being in peace with
0:56.6	her.
0:58.2	Because we know that it's painful to take care of ourselves at the exclusion of another
1:06.7	person.
1:07.7	If you were going to give her the floor and just listen and any sort of all sorts of
1:15.2	drama could come out of her mouth, I mean, it could crush you.
1:21.0	How do you feel about that being a possibility for you now?
1:27.3	Like do you feel like you could listen from a place of a non anxious presence, listen from
1:33.4	a place of an observer, listen from a place of peace?
1:36.6	Because I think one of the most beautiful and powerful things that we can do, and it's
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