When to Let Go: Recognizing When a Relationship Is Truly Over

Alexis Friedlander
9 Jun 202425:28

Summary

TLDRThis video script delves into the complexities of relationship breakups and the decision to let go. It emphasizes the importance of assessing the relationship rationally, considering factors like communication, emotional connection, trust, and shared goals. The speaker advises against idealizing past relationships and offers a free quiz to help viewers determine the feasibility of reconciliation. The script encourages self-reflection, personal growth, and understanding that not all relationships can or should be repaired, advocating for moving forward with clarity and emotional health.

Takeaways

  • 💔 Relationships often end permanently, and many breakups are definitive despite efforts to reconcile.
  • 🤝 Communication is crucial in a relationship, and lack of effective communication is a primary cause of breakups.
  • 🧠 Emotional investment can cloud judgment, making it difficult to assess a relationship rationally.
  • 📊 Most breakups result from a combination of poor communication, loss of emotional connection, and eventual infidelity.
  • 🔄 Regaining trust and rebuilding a relationship is a gradual process that requires consistent effort over time.
  • 🎯 It's essential to clearly understand what you want in a relationship rather than focusing solely on getting back with an ex.
  • 👥 Assessing whether both partners are willing to work on repairing the relationship is vital for recovery.
  • 🌱 Growth mindset and openness to change are important for overcoming challenges in a relationship.
  • 💬 Healthy boundaries and mutual respect are fundamental to a resilient relationship.
  • 🔍 Reflecting on the relationship's past and understanding personal and partner's needs is necessary for moving forward, whether together or separately.

Q & A

  • What is the main purpose of the video?

    -The main purpose of the video is to discuss signs that indicate a relationship cannot be recovered and to provide guidance on when it's time to let go and move on.

  • Why do people often struggle to assess their relationship situation after a breakup?

    -People struggle to assess their relationship situation after a breakup because they often do so from an emotional point of view, which can paint a different reality due to the pain and anxiety they are experiencing.

  • What is the importance of the free quiz mentioned in the video?

    -The free quiz is designed to help individuals assess whether they have any chance of getting back with their ex and to rule out cases where there are no options for reconciliation.

  • What is the first sign of a difficult-to-recover relationship mentioned in the video?

    -The first sign is a lack of communication, which is often the root cause of breakups as many people do not communicate properly.

  • Why is assessing the potential for recovery in a relationship important?

    -Assessing the potential for recovery is important because it helps to determine whether both parties are willing to come together and work on repairing the relationship, which is essential for reconciliation.

  • What does the video suggest as the most important question to ask oneself when considering getting back with an ex?

    -The most important question to ask is 'What do you want in terms of a relationship?' focusing on the ideal relationship and how close the current situation is to that ideal.

  • How does the video address the issue of emotional connection in a relationship?

    -The video discusses the difficulty of repairing emotional connection after years of resentment and lack of intimacy, and the importance of assessing whether both partners were emotionally connected before the breakup.

  • What is the significance of trust in the context of relationship recovery?

    -Trust is significant because if it has been broken, it needs to be repaired through consistent actions that demonstrate reliability and change, which is a process that takes time.

  • Why is having different life goals a challenging obstacle in relationship recovery?

    -Different life goals can be challenging because they indicate that one or both partners have changed and have new aspirations and desires that may not include the other, making it difficult to envision a shared future.

  • What role does conflict play in determining the recoverability of a relationship?

    -Conflict is important to assess because if there is a history of unresolved conflicts or a pattern of repeating arguments without resolution, it can indicate that the relationship may be unrecoverable.

  • How does the video suggest people reflect on their relationship after a breakup?

    -The video suggests using reflection and self-assessment, possibly with the help of a journal or feedback from friends and family, to understand the dynamics of the relationship and personal growth opportunities.

  • What is the final piece of advice given in the video regarding getting back with an ex?

    -The final advice is to focus on personal growth and presenting oneself in the best possible way, rather than begging or proving love, as it's the demonstration of change and a better dynamic that can convince an ex to consider reconciliation.

Outlines

00:00

🔍 Assessing the Possibility of Relationship Recovery

The speaker emphasizes the importance of recognizing when efforts to repair a relationship are futile. They discuss the emotional difficulty of breakups and the tendency to idealize past relationships. The video aims to provide rational analysis tools to determine if a relationship can be salvaged, suggesting that most breakups are definitive. The speaker introduces a free quiz to assess the chances of rekindling a relationship and cautions that a high score doesn't guarantee success, but helps to eliminate impossible cases and encourages moving on.

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🤝 Importance of Communication and Mutual Effort

This paragraph focuses on the necessity of communication and mutual willingness to reconcile in the recovery of a relationship. It highlights the difficulty of reestablishing a connection with someone unwilling to meet halfway. The speaker stresses the importance of understanding one's desires for an ideal relationship and assessing emotional connection and support within the relationship, especially considering different attachment styles and the potential for change.

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🔄 Dealing with Trust Issues and Life Goals Divergence

The speaker addresses the complexities of regaining trust and aligning life goals as critical factors in relationship recovery. They discuss the challenges of repairing trust after betrayal and the difficulty of reconciling when partners have divergent aspirations for their lives. The importance of recognizing and respecting these differences is emphasized, as well as the potential need for personal growth and adaptation to new circumstances.

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🚫 Conflict Resolution and the Significance of Boundaries

The paragraph delves into the role of conflict in relationship breakdowns, the importance of resolving repetitive arguments, and respecting boundaries. It suggests that a lack of conflict can be a red flag for poor communication. The speaker advises assessing whether both partners are willing to work through disagreements and whether they respect each other's boundaries, which is crucial for a relationship's resilience.

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🌱 Growth Mindset and Personal Development

The speaker discusses the importance of personal growth and a growth mindset in relationships, contrasting it with a fixed mindset that resists change. They suggest that assessing whether both partners are open to growth and change is vital for relationship recovery. The paragraph also touches on respecting boundaries and the speaker's approach to helping clients realistically assess their situations.

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💔 Reflection and Moving Forward Post-Breakup

In this paragraph, the speaker encourages individuals to reflect on their past relationship and personal growth post-breakup. They advise against immediate contact with an ex and instead recommend self-reflection, journaling, and seeking external perspectives to gain insight into the relationship's dynamics. The speaker stresses the importance of emotional regulation and presenting oneself in the best possible light during potential future interactions with an ex.

❓ Seeking Clarity and Embracing Uncertainty

The final paragraph invites viewers to ask questions and reflects on the uncertainty inherent in dealing with human relationships. The speaker acknowledges the complexity of their role in helping clients navigate the process of possibly rekindling a relationship, emphasizing the lack of a guaranteed outcome and the importance of embracing the unpredictable nature of personal connections.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Let go

The term 'let go' refers to the act of releasing or relinquishing something, often with a sense of finality. In the context of the video, it is about recognizing when efforts to mend a relationship are futile and accepting the need to move on. The script emphasizes the importance of not wasting time and energy on relationships that cannot be recovered.

💡Dynamic of relationships

This concept refers to the changing patterns of interaction and the underlying forces that drive the development of a relationship. The video discusses how some relationship dynamics are irreparable, indicating that despite efforts, certain relationships may not return to a healthy state.

💡Emotional investment

Emotional investment is the psychological attachment and personal significance one has towards a relationship. The script mentions how emotional investment can cloud judgment, making it difficult for individuals to see the reality of their situation and hindering their ability to analyze the relationship objectively.

💡Communication

Communication is the process of sharing information, feelings, and ideas between individuals. The video identifies a lack of communication as a primary cause of breakups and suggests that the ability to communicate openly and honestly is crucial for repairing a relationship.

💡Emotional connection

Emotional connection is the bond of feelings and empathy that forms between two people. The script highlights the difficulty of repairing emotional connections after years of resentment and lack of intimacy, indicating that this is a critical factor to assess when considering the possibility of rekindling a relationship.

💡Trust

Trust is the reliance on the integrity, strength, or ability of a person or thing. The video discusses the complexity of regaining trust after it has been broken, emphasizing that it is a process that requires consistent demonstration of change and reliability.

💡Life goals

Life goals refer to the aspirations and objectives that guide an individual's life direction. The script mentions different life goals as a challenging factor in relationships, where one partner's new desires and needs may not align with the other's, leading to a potential breakup.

💡Conflict

Conflict is a serious disagreement or argument, typically arising from incompatible goals or beliefs. The video points out that unresolved conflicts or a history of repeating arguments can be a sign that a relationship may not be salvageable.

💡Growth mindset

A growth mindset is the belief that one's abilities and intelligence can be developed through dedication and hard work. The script contrasts this with a fixed mindset, where people believe their qualities are set and unchangeable. It suggests that a growth mindset can be beneficial in overcoming relationship challenges.

💡Boundaries

Boundaries are the limits or extents within which something occurs or operates. In the context of the video, respecting and maintaining healthy boundaries in a relationship is highlighted as essential for creating a strong foundation and resilience.

💡Personal growth

Personal growth refers to the process of improving and developing as an individual. The video emphasizes the importance of feeling a sense of growth and evolution in life and relationships, suggesting that stagnation can be detrimental to a relationship's health.

Highlights

The importance of understanding when to let go in a relationship that cannot be recovered.

The common mistake of idealizing a past relationship and the need to recognize its flaws.

Statistical insights on the likelihood of most relationships not working out.

The emotional bias in assessing post-breakup situations and the need for rational analysis.

The introduction of a free quiz to assess the possibility of rekindling a relationship.

The reality that sometimes it's impossible to repair a relationship due to irreparable dynamics.

The first sign of a difficult recovery: lack of communication and its implications.

The necessity of open and honest communication for relationship recovery.

The importance of understanding what you truly want in a relationship beyond just getting an ex back.

Assessing the emotional connection in a relationship and its difficulty to repair.

The role of trust in relationships and the process of regaining it after a breach.

The impact of different life goals on a relationship and the challenges it presents.

The significance of conflict in a relationship and its potential to indicate a need for a breakup.

The role of personal growth and stagnation in the health of a relationship.

The importance of respecting boundaries and needs in a relationship for resilience.

A therapist's approach to helping clients realistically assess their chances of getting back together.

The advice against expressing desperate love to an ex as a means to reconcile.

The reminder that personal growth and change are more persuasive than pleading in a breakup recovery.

The final advice on using breakups as opportunities for self-reflection and growth.

Transcripts

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when should you finally let go when

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should you finally figure out all the

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efforts that you're making all the

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energy that you're

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wasting will not lead you

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anywhere in this video I'm going to

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share with you some

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signs the dynamic of relationships that

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cannot be recovered and sometimes it

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happens sometimes it's impossible to get

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back with the next regardless of who you

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working with whether it's myself or

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anyone else

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and the thing that I hate the most is

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for people to waste their time waste

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months or years of their life trying to

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repair trying to get back with someone

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who a doesn't deserve them and prevents

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them from moving forward so this video

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is very important watch it if you're not

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sure whether you want to get back

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whether you have any possibilities of

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getting back with your ex jingle I get

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myx

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back.com everyone deserves a second

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chance

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so you have to understand that sometimes

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we cling to a magnified idea of a

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relationship we idealize our partner we

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put that person on a pedestal we fail to

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recognize that in a way that

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relationship was not necessarily Al good

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for us right what you have to understand

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is statistically most breakups are

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definitive right statistically if you've

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been in this relationship maybe for a

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few years you've had other relationships

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before right so statistically most

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relationships uh won't work

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out the problem that you have when you

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are going through a difficult breakup is

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that the way you assess the situation is

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more from an emotional point of

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view the pain the

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anxiety sort of paints another

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reality my job in this video is to show

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you how you can analyze

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rationally setting the emotions on the

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side your

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situation very often when people come to

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see me and we have a first assessment

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together I can see the situation more

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clearly than they can because there's an

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attachment because there's an emotional

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investment there's this idea of um s

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cust uh Sun cust sorry they invested so

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much in this relationship they had uh

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this this sort of loss um that they feel

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that creates a sense of I need this

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person again to feel better but that

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prevents you from seeing things clearly

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if you're confused and want also another

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way to assess the situation there's a

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free quiz in the description where you

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can assess whether you can have any

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chance of getting back with your

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X quick caveat if you have a high score

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that doesn't mean you will get back with

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your X for share nobody can guarantee

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that now the way it's design is that and

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the way I ask my clients to take the

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quiz is because it's going to rule

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out all the cases where you actually

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have no option and then to move on I

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think it's my responsibility to you know

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be up front it's not being pessimistic

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but be clear that sometimes it's just

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impossible because what you had is not

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enough what the dynamic the way you guys

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broke

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up is something you can't repair and it

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happens it's hard it sucks but that

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happens and you have to face that

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reality and the faster the quicker you

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realize that the faster you can move on

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and you can move forward and that's the

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only thing that I wish you for um it's

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not necessary to get back with your X

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but it's to see clearly to be able to

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move forward so in this video take some

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notes there are few prompts and

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questions I want you to use this video

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take a notepad and spend some time today

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to answer those question so the first

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sign thing that will indicate it's going

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to be very hard for you guys to get back

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together is lack of communication this

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is the first cause of breakup and I

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think it's because we tend to put

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everything thing with

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miscommunication the thing is most

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people don't communicate properly so

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basing your analysis on the fact that

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you didn't communicate properly is not

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enough what is very important is how you

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would repair so the thing is you're not

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perfect your partner your ex is not

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perfect I'm not perfect nobody's perfect

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what matters is what can we do to repair

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when we make a mistake right especially

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in the context of a loving relationship

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when we love that person when you want

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to invest with this person when we make

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a mistake when we screw up what are we

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doing to repair what are we doing to

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make amends um also assess whether you

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were able to communicate openly and

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honestly this is very important because

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that will indicate whether you were

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truly

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yourself for instance if you had this

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sort of people pleasing attitude where

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you felt you were doing things that you

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didn't didn't necessarily enjoy the

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question is you know do you really want

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to be in that kind of relationship so

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it's really assessing a the potential of

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the

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recovery and it's going to be very hard

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to get back with someone who is not

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willing to come your way because it's it

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takes two to get back together it takes

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two to start a relationship it also

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takes two to repair and recover from a

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breakup and the second part B is really

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about what do you want it's very

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important it's probably the most

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important question you need to ask

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yourself right now is what do you want

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and the answer is not I want my ex back

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no the answer is what do you want in

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terms of a relationship ideal

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relationship and try to tend to be

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closer to this ideal now what about

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emotional connection so the way I design

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this presentation is really looking at

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different angles to have a big accurate

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picture of your relationship it's very

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important to look at the different

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angles sometimes we only focus on one

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side of this sort of of object it's very

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important to turn around and look at

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different angles so emotional connection

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which is obviously the hardest one to

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repair I have historically a hard time

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helping people with that because what

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happens is that after years of

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resentment after years of you know lack

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of intimacy lack of sex lack of

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connection you create a new Baseline

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with your partner and what happens is

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that partner at some stage feels like

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I don't want this life anymore so the

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question is not figuring out who's

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responsible for the dynamic because I

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think it always takes two it's kind of a

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chicken andg

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situation really assess whether you

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haven't had so too many years in this

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kind of um roommate syndromes um so

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assess

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whether you know six months before the

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breakup you did enjoy spending time

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together assess whether you felt

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emotionally connected so if you were for

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instance dating an avoidant it's also

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important to assess whether this person

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was willing to open up so obviously an

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avoidant person like

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myself we have a hard time opening up

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however it doesn't mean that we don't

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want to open up or that we don't aim to

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be closely connected to our partner it's

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just that it's harder for us so it's

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about how you can judge depending on

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their attachment style what they were

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willing to give you what you have to

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assess is more of the the motivation not

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necessarily the result so look at those

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things and the important element as well

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is how you would support each other

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again because we make mistakes because

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we're not perfect what you have to

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assess is not what people have done

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necessarily but how they repaired how

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they show that they could support you

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whether they dismissed you or whether

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they were like okay let me help you out

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it's very important but again in the

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context of relationship

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recovery the ability for your ex to have

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this sort of mindset of how can we

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repair how can we change things

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is super important so loss of trust this

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one is very tricky because it really

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depends on people some people will never

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forgive something that has been done to

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them some people would you know you're X

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better than me um assess whether you've

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done something to break their trust and

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ass say whether there's something you

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can do to repair that's it and then it's

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really down to them historically I don't

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have a lot of people in that situation

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people who cheated on their partner Etc

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um maybe because they don't want their X

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back afterwards or I don't know uh I

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don't make I don't want to make any

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conclusions uh to to that because um I

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think it's quite frequent for people to

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I think if you look at the US statistics

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cheating is the number the third reason

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people divorce but I think cheating

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comes after that lack of emotional

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connection and after uh lack of

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communication in terms of um sort of if

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we draw timeline you communicate badly

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with with your partner you lose

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emotional connection and then you cheat

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uh and then people break up because

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they're um one of them cheated on on the

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other but it comes after the whole

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process so lost of trust again can you

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repair it is there something you can do

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and about how can you show it and

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demonstrate that to your partner and

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obviously regaining trust is a process

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and I've mentioned that to a client the

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other day getting back with an next is

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also in a way the same process

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don't expect that okay I've made am M

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I've changed those things I broke up

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with my mistress or whatever um or I'm

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going through therapy I'm trying to be a

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better person etc

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etc they need your ex will need to be

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convinced and when the way to convince

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someone is not just to tell them and

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seeing them once it's really about the

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con the the um sort of being consistent

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in your approach in how you can show

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them okay I'm a new person every time

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you'll see me you'll see that new person

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and it takes a bit of time so understand

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that regaining trust getting back with

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an ex is a process it takes several

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weeks of regular slow progress to bring

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your partner to a level of confidence so

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usually when I help my clients getting

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back with the X their exes are more you

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know okay I still have feelings for them

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but I'm not sure I'm like 20% sure

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whether I want to get back together the

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job is to bring them to a level of

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certainty of confidence above 50% 60 70%

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and you don't do it in one date you

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don't do it in one text so people think

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like okay I'm going to send this letter

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and they fall back again it doesn't work

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like this they need to be convinced they

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need to be brought on that journey and

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that's your job is to bring them on that

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Journey another very difficult ult thing

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to repair is different life goals so

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this happens um sometimes when you have

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a long relationship 10 15 20 years maybe

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um the kids um are leaving the house and

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you don't know what to do anymore you

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new career you have to travel life

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crisis midlife crisis or any sort of

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life crisis where one

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feels I have a new set of desires needs

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I want to have another life right and

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for some reason they feel that this life

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that they had with you and you in that

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sense is kind of a a collateral damage

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of this realization if you I don't want

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this life I want a new life right and

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you're not part of that Vision so the

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only thing to do is perhaps let them

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experience a little bit this new life

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right make let them make a bit of

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mistakes um and see whether you can

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adjust in this new life maybe it's about

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you know they want to change jobs and

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they want to travel the world so is that

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something you can do is that something

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you can discuss um also assess whether

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it's something you want because the same

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way they've changed and they had um they

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have new aspirations new needs and

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desires what about you maybe you know if

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you have if you have um you know

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children and they they left the house

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maybe you also want to do something

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different so it's an opportunity for you

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to assess this and realize what you want

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conflict is also something you need to

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to assess when you look at the history

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of a relationship and whether a

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relationship can be

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recovered either you had too many

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conflict and that create a precedent of

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like okay we need to break up because

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it's unbearable and it seems that every

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time we have the conflict on the same

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topic usually people fight for the same

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same reason again and again and again

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without any resolution so it feels like

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there's no other option you know I've

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wasted one year two years expressing

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those concerns but it's still feels like

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maybe we don't fight for a month or two

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and then again same argument on the same

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thing the kids education you're working

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hard maybe there's a addiction problem

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and again and again but it's it feels

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like it's a repeating patterns and I

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don't want this I'm done with that so

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that's something you need to address

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also if you have had if you've never had

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any conflict for me it's a red flag it's

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important to disagree it's important

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important to work things out if you if

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in your relationship you feel like we

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never thought to me that's a sign that

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it's something wrong because that's a

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sign of lack of

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communication so you need to assess if

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your partner is willing to discuss again

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it takes to and it's a question of

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timing this video is not about the how

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to or the the process on how to get back

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with the next is just to really assess

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the relationship um if you want to know

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how to get back with the and the process

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they have made other videos on that on

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that subject and if you're not sure

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there's a link to book a 50 minute call

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with me and I'll uh explain in detail

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based on your situation because

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obviously every situation is unique it's

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it's funny because everyone who calls me

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tell me like you'll see this situation

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is

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unique and I was like yeah you always

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tell me this and it's actually true

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every situation is unique so I know

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there's a bit of limitation when I make

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those videos

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because I'm trying to speak to everyone

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but obviously there are always detail

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and things that are really really

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tailored or unique to your situation um

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another element about conflict is

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whether your ex is able to forgive and

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move forward after argument some people

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they you know I've done that you've said

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this and there's no other way around and

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I'm not going to change my mind it's

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very hard I can't change your ex's

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character right the only thing that you

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could do the only thing that we could do

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is work on yourself address the things

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that need to be

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addressed um Market in a way this new

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personality this new person it's not new

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personality this new person this new

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life um and present yourself the way in

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a

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way you were when you met each other

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because the thing is it's way easier for

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me to help people get back with the ex

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than coaching people on how to date

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random people what you have is something

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you should leverage and this is why it's

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important to assess what you had maybe

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the relationship itself was not as

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qualitative was not as meaningful as you

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thought when you answer those questions

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it's very important to assess this

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because again I don't want you to waste

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your time another element is growth

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stagnation it's very important in our

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life to to feel a sense of growth to

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feel that we evolve there's nothing

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worse than stagnation um see your

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relationship a little bit like a lake if

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the water is St stagnate the water would

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be like little gross if you have like

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fresh water coming in that doesn't mean

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the image maybe wrong let me know in the

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comment section that doesn't mean you

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should include other partners in your

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relationship because I see like the

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river coming into the lake anyway it's

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more about like bringing novelty and

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bringing growth in this relationship um

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and what you have to assess and I've

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done a real the other day which was very

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popular the idea of fixed and growth

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mindset so fixed mindset people who have

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a fixed mindset they tend to feel we

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have a set of capabilities things are

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like this leopards never change their

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dots and therefore when we have a

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problem the only option is to leave that

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situation with a growth mindset it's

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more about like when we have a challenge

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regardless of the challenge there are

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always ways to work on things because

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there are always ways for us to progress

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to make it better and again it's not

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something you can necessarily change if

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your partner is 40 50 60 years old and

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he has had a fixed mindset it's going to

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be very hard for you to make them switch

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to a growth mindset so maybe send them

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the Ted talk about uh growth mindset

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from Carol D which is one of the most

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viewed tedex uh and I need to remind

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myself to put a link if you interested

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in watching this STC really interesting

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uh growth mindset and fixed mindset it's

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something that she developed and now

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it's an ential field of of study um

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growth stagnation so now boundaries and

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needs obviously it's very important how

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to express respect boundaries when you

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have healthy boundaries in your

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relationship you create the right

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foundation you make it more resilient

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basically and so assess whether your

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boundaries were respected whether you

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also respected your uh ex's boundaries

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something that I say in the quiz for

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example because it's very important if

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you kept on disrespecting their

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boundaries on crossing their boundaries

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it's going to be very hard to get back

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together because they will always have

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this idea of like if we get back

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together things will always be the same

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you never listened you always you know

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did things your way so why would that

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change now so it's very important to

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assess those things so my Approach and

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this is my Approach My Method U maybe

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you'll see other sort of approach online

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but my Approach is to really be real um

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when I have people on the phone for the

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50 minute calls sometimes I tell them

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like you you're wasting your time you

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know looking at the whole dynamic the

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whole history you're wasting your time

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and I don't want people to waste their

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time or I don't want to sell a dream of

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like yes if you follow my plan and my

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90day plans and you book this package or

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whatever you're going to get back

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together that doesn't work like this so

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what is very important for you is to

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reflect and spend that time very often

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people like okay yeah sure sure reflect

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and then they go on Instagram and they

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look at their Partners the ex story and

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they're sort of Obsessed about whether

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they going to have a chance of getting

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back together etc etc use that time for

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reflection on your own be like a kind of

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a monk for a few weeks really looking at

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those things and understand it's not

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about how you feel because the pain the

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anxiety this is because of the breakup

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but that's not because of the

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relationship these are two separate

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things it's about you need to assess how

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fulfilled you were in this

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relationship so rather than focusing on

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the loss focus on what you had and in a

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way very simple exercise visualizing

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exercise is to look

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at rate your

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relationship six months before the

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breakup three months before the breakup

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what were the things that you would want

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to change in this relationship if it's

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if you can't answer those questions and

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it's hard for you to see like okay no

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there there were that was fine it's

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going to be very easy for you to get

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back together because your ex will

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believe the same right maybe they left

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out of impulse or feeling that's it's

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not working out maybe they have a fear

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of commitment but if you can't find any

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flows any sort of conflict or any sort

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of disagreement or thing that are

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structural in the relationship sooner or

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later your partner will realize like I

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kind of made a mistakes um made a

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mistake um and in that sense I think

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breakups can be a source of growth um

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very often and historically personally

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as well when you break up with someone

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it's the opportunity to reflect on what

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you want again I'm going to say that

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many times but it's super

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important when you're with someone

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sometimes you and that's the same with

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your partner

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in a way for

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you when you're the one when you're the

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dumpy I don't like this term but when

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you're the

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dumpy there's an element of putting that

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person on pedestal right because of the

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loss because they took the decision for

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you my job is to help you recalibrate

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how to assess

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things and from your exess point of view

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the

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dumper it's kind of the other way around

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they feel that they're winning they feel

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they they better than you they feel that

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life will be better than you and they

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need to recalibrate to feeling like ah

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actually now I realize what I've lost so

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it's like making this thing the problem

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is that going from um my partner pestal

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to here that means like healing that

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means like emotional regulation that

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means like feeling less anxious working

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on being more secure okay and that's a

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bit painful

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and that's why you know um as a

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therapist I can I help people in that

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phase not only looking at assessing

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those things but helping with the

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emotional regulation as

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well if this relationship was important

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you will hear from your ex so I think a

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lot of people they tell me that oh yeah

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should I break break no contact should I

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if your relationship was

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meaningful of course your ex will you'll

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get news or opportunities to hear from

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them whether it's for you to break no

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contact whether it's from them it

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depends but you will have an opportunity

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don't worry about that don't worry about

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like I need to contact them right now

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the question is is to find answers

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yourself because right now it's not

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about the answers you get from them

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because you won't get those answers

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right now right it's really understand

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you know take some time keep a journal

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answer those questions maybe ask your

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friends ask your family ask people who

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knew um your ex and and saw you in that

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relationship and ask them how did you

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feel about our relationship very often

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we fail to recognize some blind spots um

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and some people see things that we we

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don't

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necessarily when you'll be in touched if

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you do the work if you do this uh

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assessment properly you'll be more

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equipped right because you'll have way

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more insight and again in terms of the

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emotional regulation you'll be able

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to present yourself in the best possible

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way in the sort of solution oriented way

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rather than I want to get you back at

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all cost please take me back I beg you

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I'm nothing without you no no no it's

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going to be like okay we had this

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challenge we had those things that we

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need to work out together and this is my

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plan in a way okay it's way way more

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efficient than like I need to get my I

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need to get you I'm nothing with you I

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love you so much um it's not in the

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script but that reminds me your ex

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won't get back with you if you tell them

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that you love them okay they know it

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already and it's not by proving your

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love that they will change their mind

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it's really not about that what will

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change their mind is that they if they

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see that another relationship can be can

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be possible whether the dynamic whether

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the thing that we're not working has

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been removed and so there's an element

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of your personal growth and there's an

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element and this is a thing we can't

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control of them accepting that there's

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an alternative and that you can't

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control and that's why it's very

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important for you to understand

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that it's impossible to have a you know

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100% success rate when it comes to

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getting back with the next and I never

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never ever ever promise anyone you'll

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get back together I'm always super

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cautious I have a feeling whether you're

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in the right direction I have the

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feeling I can sense especially when we

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are in touch on WhatsApp with a tone of

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the message that is going in the right

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direction and the person is starting to

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open up to the idea etc etc but there's

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always an element of uncertainty when it

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comes to dealing with people that what

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makes my job so fascinating if you have

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any question don't hesitate to shoot

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them on the comment section and I'll see

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you next time byebye

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