Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. I thought today would be a really great time to kind of dive

into recovery work because, you know, if you've been following me for a while, obviously the bulk of what

I talk about is going through a breakup, going through a divorce, and dealing with a difficult person.

We're talking about like toxic relationships. We're talking

about narcissistic abuse. And this is, it's so not a normal breakup. And I think unless you have

been in this type of relationship, you just will not really understand the dynamics of just how

much it impacts you, even long term, just the psychological damage that happens, the emotional abuse,

the gaslighting, like rebuilding yourself after these types of relationships is difficult.

It is a process.

It is, honestly, years of figuring out where you're at in the recovery process.

You know, there's an instant, I think, survival mode that we all go through.

There's a clarity moment where we're starting to get validation of like, okay, I'm not

the crazy one.

Okay, I'm sane.

And this is what's happening.

You start to get a real understanding of just

who you are in a relationship with. And then of course you go, you know, you look at yourself

and you're like, well, who is I in that relationship? Why did I not see those red flags? Why did I

live with this person, date this person for so long, marry them, have children with them,

all the things we kind of self-reflect. And that self-reflection goes into your own personal

past regardless of this relationship. Then we start looking at traumas and wounds and experiences

that we've been through and how much those things have impacted who we are today

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