How To Set Limits With an Ex
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Guillermo and his ex-wife divorced nearly a decade ago. They share custody of their son which, Guillermo says, lets her continue meddling in his life. He recently started dating someone and it's getting serious, but he's worried that his ex is going to destroy his new relationship. On this episode of How To!, Carvell Wallace brings on Bill Eddy, author and co-founder of the High Conflict Institute. Bill explains how to set limits and impose consequences in truly difficult situations to preserve your peace of mind and foster happiness.
If you liked this episode check out: How To Do Divorce Right and How To Save a Friend from a Bad Relationship
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| 0:30.2 | She went through a lot when they got divorced. So I'm picturing my ex could act the same way |
| 0:36.8 | and I'm really scared about that. |
| 0:40.0 | Welcome to how to, the show where people come to us with their toughest questions, and we find an expert to give them guidance. |
| 0:47.2 | I'm Carvel Wallace. |
| 0:48.6 | I think we can all agree that breakups are hard. |
| 0:52.5 | Even amicable splits can leave us with hurt, pain, maybe even lingering |
| 0:57.2 | resentments. But if you ask anyone who is an expert on the topic, they will likely tell you |
| 1:02.8 | the same thing. I know it hurts, but it's time to move on. Like, sure, feel your grief, sure, |
| 1:09.7 | learn your lessons, but the more pain there is, the more |
| 1:13.0 | important it is to accept the loss and move on with your life. |
| 1:18.4 | But what if you can do that, but your ex-partner cannot? |
| 1:23.2 | What if your ex is someone who continues to try and spark conflict and confrontation with you no matter |
| 1:29.2 | what you do how do you move on from that and how do you find a new relationship when your old one |
| 1:38.0 | is still screaming for your attention well that's the problem faced by today's listener |
| 1:44.0 | giermo i'm a single father of two beautiful kids attention. Well, that's the problem faced by today's listener, Guillermo. |
| 1:45.0 | I'm a single father of two beautiful kids, my daughter 18 and my son 10. |
| 1:51.0 | And I met somebody really nice that I wanted to build a future again. |
| 1:56.0 | But I'm really scared of my ex destroying my future. |
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