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Love Life with Matthew Hussey

(Rewind): 5 Simple Steps to Open Up Your Heart to Love Again

Love Life with Matthew Hussey

Matthew Hussey

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

One of the most special moments in life is when we feel seen and in turn see somebody else for who they genuinely are. But this level of DEEP connection requires vulnerability.

Truly opening up, being vulnerable and allowing someone to see us at our very core can be terrifying. It’s especially terrifying if we’ve opened ourselves up and been hurt in the process.

We all have those negative reference points from our past. Maybe it was the way we were brought up, something that happened at school or the way we were treated in a past relationship.

We experience pain and as a result our guard goes up.

And although we may think that we’re avoiding pain, refusing to get vulnerable comes with its own pain. The pain of stagnation. The pain of avoidance. The pain of knowing that on some level we’re not opening ourselves up to the possibility of a deep connection, an amazing relationship or simply the opportunities that would allow us to create our best lives.

So, I challenge you to make today the day you change that.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

your

0:26.3

Hey everybody, Matthew Hartzie here with the Love Life podcast.

0:31.8

Excite for you to hear the episode today.

0:34.1

Let's get into it.

0:44.8

I find that one of the most special moments in life is when I feel seen and I see somebody

0:53.6

else for who they are.

0:54.8

We don't experience enough of these moments in life because truly opening up and being

1:00.5

vulnerable and allowing someone to really see us at our core can be terrifying.

1:07.2

And it's especially terrifying if we've ever opened ourselves up and been hurt in the

1:12.3

process.

1:13.3

And we all know there are patterns when we close ourselves off.

1:16.6

Some of us get sarcastic.

1:18.2

We start becoming snippy in our comments.

1:20.3

We find a way to get mean about other people.

1:22.4

We essentially reject and judge other people before they can do the same to us.

1:26.7

Others amongst us get quiet.

1:28.3

We just stop talking about ourselves.

1:30.3

We go into our shells and we don't really put ourselves out there anymore.

1:34.3

Some people turn into the Joker.

1:35.7

You know, everything becomes a joke.

1:37.2

Everything's funny.

1:38.2

They become a performer and entertainer as a way to put a barrier between everybody else

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