I know I used to do this all the time. Especially on the topic of dating and relationships. I would get feedback from different people and end up even more uncertain and confused in the end.
Posts Taggedloveyourshadows
Before You React: Practice the Pause
The last few months have been an intense period of growth for me and I know I’m not alone. I see this with my friends and clients as well. So much has been happening all at once that is really giving us x-ray vision into anything within us that has yet to be processed and integrated.
Dating Someone’s Potential
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were dating someone in the hopes that they would show up differently or do the work on themselves and change into the person you always knew they could be? Yeah, me too.
Wishing Other People Would Show Up Differently? You need to go FIRST!
It can be so easy to get stuck wishing people were different. If only they would do x, y, z then I could be okay right? If you have felt like this, congratulations you’re human.
Following the Flow vs Pushing Against Life
Ever since I was a little kid I created ideas in my head of exactly how I thought things should go. I think it was my attempt to gain control in an environment that felt out of control. The only problem was things often didn’t go the way I wanted them to which would make me more upset. This pattern was carried into my adult life and relationships and it created quite a rollercoaster.