S3, Ep 12 Dial Emma: Insecurity in Relationships - how can I build trust with my partner when our relationship started as an affair?
Friendship Therapy
Emma Reed Turrell
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
This week, Emma hears from a listener who is navigating feelings of insecurity in her romantic relationship, which started as an affair with her boss and is now a complex dynamic with an ex-partner and children involved.
In this episode, Emma explores how we can address feelings of insecurity constructively by acknowledging and validating our feelings and where they might be coming from, and communciating them openly. Are we fearful of being abandoned, or perhaps not being good enough? Are there feelings of guilt or mistrust at play, particularly in situations characterised by secretiveness or deceit?
Emma also encourages listeners to set boundaries that feel respectful and safe and gives some tips on how to build on our sense of self worth and confidence from within.
If you have a dilemma for Emma, drop us a voicenote on Instagram @friendshiptherapypod.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Bruce the Butterfly here. |
| 0:02.6 | And I'm really high up. |
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| 0:33.5 | For details go to citizensadvice.org.org. |
| 0:36.1 | Large suppliers include those with a market share of at least 5% in either gas or electricity. |
| 0:41.6 | Welcome to this episode of Dial Emma from Friendship Therapy, the part of the show where you get to, well, dial Emma with your dilemma. |
| 0:49.2 | Yeah, you see what I did there. |
| 0:50.9 | You share your friendship concerns and I share my reflections as a therapist to give you the tips and tools you need to build better bonds. |
| 0:58.8 | Okay, enough from me. Over to you. |
| 1:05.4 | Hi, I wanted to ask you advice on a relationship that I've been having for the past of a year and a half. I started |
| 1:11.3 | seeing my boss. He was married. He did leave his wife. They were separated last July. And since then, |
| 1:20.4 | there was a lot of drama and conflict, but they seem to be getting on much better now. And now and now actually it's me and my partner that are |
| 1:31.3 | seem to be having much more trouble and a lot of that is because I don't feel like he's very |
| 1:36.9 | communicative with the relationship that he is now forming with his ex-wife and I feel very conflicted in this because obviously I feel |
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