Hello, and welcome back to the Self-Helor Soundboard.

Today's episode is inspired by listener comments under a recently released episode entitled

How to Deal with Toxic Situations, where more than one of you were wondering if it's

possible to heal those toxic situations or dysfunctional dynamics.

So we're going to dive into that topic right here today.

While in some toxic situations that we recognize are unsafe for ourselves or others, the best

choice then would be to exit that situation.

There are many of you who continuously ask this question.

I years back, myself included, was asking this question probably to you, honestly, Nicole.

What do you do when you're in a situation that feels toxic or a relationship that feels

dysfunctional or is dysfunctional, and both of you are wanting to heal?

So we're looking at that dysfunctional relationship in those patterns as a trauma bond.

And when in that trauma bond, when you're wanting to do the work and your partner or friend

or the other person in relationship is also wanting to heal, how do we go about that?

Because reality is not all of us are in a dysfunctional situation or relationship and

just want to leave it.

Many of us actually want to see if we can break out of those patterns and can break out

of that dysfunction and actually heal the relationship with the other person.

Once we realize our true self and they realize their true self and our actual true authentic

selves can connect versus this trauma bond connection of our dysfunction and our past being

here in the present.

I think a really great place even just normalizes.

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