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Episode 3199:
Shelby Forsythia explains why the healthy response to parents, partners, friends and kids who keep falling short of what we need is to grieve the relationship we expected to have. She walks through acknowledging that the person may never change, looking at what can be done on your own side of the relationship, and remembering that everyone comes with flaws. It is a compassionate approach to relationships that frees you to decide where each one goes next.
Read along with the original article(s) here: https://medium.com/@shelbyforsythia/when-people-arent-who-we-need-them-to-be-5c878a444774
Quotes to ponder:
"You cannot love someone and simultaneously wish they were different."
"Others let us down just like we let them down."
"We can choose to end negative relationships, take action in stagnant ones, or form new relationships that better support our wants and needs."
Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and parenting, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day.
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