The First 3 Steps Out of a Sh!tty Relationship
The Jo DeVoe Show
Joanna DeVoe
4.6 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends…
I’ve got a new podcast episode for you!
Or maybe not for you?
It’s not for everyone.
It’s a very specific message, a gentle nudge and support for the me I was fifteen years ago.
And it might also be for you if you’ve been quietly wrestling with a relationship that’s wearing you down and you feel like you’ve tried every trick in the book to hold it together, when deep down inside you know it’s time to let go.
Whether it’s a romantic partnership that’s gone sour, a close friendship that has you walking on eggshells, or a work tie that’s draining your spirit, this podcast is for you.
May it be a blessing.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends, welcome to the Joe DeVos show. |
| 0:04.0 | And right off the bat today, I want to say this episode is not for everyone. |
| 0:09.6 | This is a very specific podcast for a certain kind of person. |
| 0:17.2 | So let me first be clear about who that person is in case it's not you. |
| 0:24.6 | That way, I won't be wasting your time when there are so many awesome things to listen to and read and watch on the internet these days. |
| 0:33.6 | I don't want to be keeping you from all of that if your free time online is limited, |
| 0:38.9 | which I hope it is because we all need to have clear limits around these spaces going forward |
| 0:45.1 | for the health of our mind and body and relationships and career. |
| 0:50.2 | It's important. |
| 0:51.8 | Having said that, this episode is for you. |
| 0:54.9 | If you have been playing DIY analyst or reading all the books and watching all the TikTok videos |
| 1:02.8 | or doing all the feng shui crystal wielding, astro-tracking things to try to save a relationship that is hurting you or one that you have outgrown |
| 1:14.9 | but are afraid to let go of. That could be a romantic relationship or a super close friendship |
| 1:24.5 | or maybe even a toxicly enmeshed situation with a coworker, client, or boss. |
| 1:33.0 | Although I'm going to be using language that speaks directly to those of you who are in a romantic |
| 1:40.0 | relationship that you are afraid to let go of. |
| 1:50.4 | If you're struggling with a super close friendship or work relationship, you might be able to get something out of this as well if you can put what I'm saying in that context, but I'm |
| 1:55.6 | mainly going to be addressing romantic relationships. |
| 2:00.0 | This episode is for you if you sense that it's time to let go of that relationship |
| 2:05.6 | or emotionally move on, but for whatever reason, you just can't bring yourself to do it yet. |
| 2:14.6 | It's for you if you can't yet imagine life without this relationship. Like who would you be? |
| 2:23.1 | How would you function? Wouldn't that be weird or scary or lonely or otherwise risky? Maybe you're |
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