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Welcome to the Stepping Into Meaningful Relationships

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podcast . I'm your host , carissa

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Stepp . I'm a relationship and

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human design coach , and this podcast

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is designed to help you create a stronger

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connection to yourself so you can

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transform the relationships around you

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, whether that be with your partner , a friend , a

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parent , a child or your business . We'll

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be looking at relationships through the lens of human

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design , and my guests and I will

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bring you the tools , tips and tricks to

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create deeply meaningful connections with others

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. But first let's start

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with you . The most important relationship

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you have is the one with yourself . Thank

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you for tuning in . Now let's get to today's

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episode . Hey

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, hey , everyone , welcome back to

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Stepping Into Meaningful Relationships . I'm your host

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, carissa Stepp . In today's

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episode , we're going to be talking about some of

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the energetic themes that are coming

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through for January 2024

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. These are my intuitive insights

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. I pull tarot cards to

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feel into what to expect in

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January . What are some of the themes that we're going to

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be exploring throughout the month ? Of course

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, this is a collective reading for all

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of you and it is in relationship to

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your relationships . Right

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off the bat , what came through is that we've

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been spending a lot of time maybe focusing on our relationships

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and understanding the roles

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that we

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and our partners play . We've been in this phase

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where we've been trying to balance

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the power in the relationship and maybe in the

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past there has been a little bit of an imbalance of power

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. It feels like to me that we're being

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called to notice

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and become aware of all the ways in which we have

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been trying to create

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more flow in our relationships . We've been trying

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to open up the doors to communication

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. We've been trying to level

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the playing field in some kind of way . We're

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really being called in January to

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begin to start to let go of that

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maybe scarcity mindset , or where

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we're trying to control the outcome

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or we're trying to control the trajectory of

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the relationship that we are in . We're

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being asked to really just

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have some gratitude for

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how far we have come so far in

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our awareness of what's going on

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in the relationship . Then also

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where we're being called to maybe step

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beyond just doing what's best for

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the family in general , where

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we're really being asked to cultivate

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a stronger relationship with our partner that

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doesn't just involve having conversations around

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the kids or around what's needed for the home

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and all those kinds of things . We're being

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asked to get more vulnerable . We're

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being asked to really open our hearts

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and share from a deep sense

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of vulnerability . We're

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also being asked to sit

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in our discernment around who

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we are giving our time , our energy

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and our love . To Be careful

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of the wolf dressed in sheep's

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clothing . Be mindful of who

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are the people that are not actually safe

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for you to be connecting

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with in a vulnerable way . We're being

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asked to be mindful

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of the types of relationships

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that you are surrounding yourself with , because

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not all of them are healthy . This

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idea of being in your discernment around

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who you'll give your time and your energy and

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your love to is really really

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important for the month of January . Of

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course , we're heading into a new year . Perhaps

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January is usually a good time

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if you had not already

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done this in December of reevaluating

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maybe some of your relationships , which

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was one of the themes that we had back then then

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you're really being asked to do that this month

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. Look

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at your relationships , try to understand who

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the safe people are , who the unsafe

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people are , who are the people that you want to bring into

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again your inner circle and who you want to place

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maybe somewhere on the outside or to the middle circle

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. That's going to be really important . The

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other thing that came up and this is something

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that we talked about in December , but the other

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thing that came up is just being open

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to the possibility of where things are going

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in your relationships . You

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know it could be that , you know , maybe you

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are trying to discern whether or not to stay or

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go in a primary relationship , or

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who's gonna stay or go in

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your inner or outer circle , or middle

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circle , even the thing is is

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that you're being called to really

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be open to the possibilities

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of new people coming in . You're

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being called to be open to allowing

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the journey to unfold instead of trying to control

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the outcome . But the other thing that you're being

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asked to do is to extend an

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olive branch , and that olive

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branch could be towards the people that maybe

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have hurt you in the past . Maybe

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you're being asked to let

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go of some of the resentment that you're

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holding , and maybe this resentment is something

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that you're not even consciously aware

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of . But you're being asked to really

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sit in that stillness , sit in the quiet

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and try to understand

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what's actually happening

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and how you are feeling about it , because

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it feels like there is some element of this where maybe

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you've been ignoring how you

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deeply feel , and maybe there is

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a lot of anger , a repressed

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anger , or disappointment or hurt

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or frustration or resentment

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that you have been holding in some of your close

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relationships that maybe you have

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been too afraid to look at , and

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so maybe it's time to extend the olive

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branch and maybe some of that forgiveness

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actually is something that you

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need to offer to yourself . A

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lot of times we don't think about how the role that

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we play in our relationships can sometimes end

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up hurting us as well , and it's not

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necessarily that we're doing it purposefully

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, but when we

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whittle away at our own self-trust

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, when we whittle away our own self-worth

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by allowing others to treat us in ways that

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are not reflective of our value

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, of our worth , or where we allow others

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to influence

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us to back down on our boundaries that we have set

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to keep ourselves safe , it can really

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hinder the

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depth of connection that we have to

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ourselves . It can chip

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away at our self-trust right

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. We can unknowingly take that chisel

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from someone else's hand who has been

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trying to devalue , diminish , belittle

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or hurt us and start using

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it on ourselves . So be

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mindful of where maybe that might

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be playing out in some of your relationships . Give

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that chisel away , give it back

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right , or not even give it back but destroy it right

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and forgive yourself for that

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. If that is something that you have experienced , and

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forgive yourself for maybe where you

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didn't act in a way that you felt

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was really reflective of who you actually are , right

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. Where maybe you have been emotionally reactive

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in some way and you were becoming

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this person who felt very argumentative

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or who felt like you were always on the defensive

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. Forgive yourself for that , because that was , that

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was your nervous system

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or your subconscious

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trying to protect you from something

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. So pay attention to the red flags

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, right . Pay attention to who

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actually is supportive , who is safe

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, and where do you need to offer

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an olive branch ? Maybe

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you have been distanced from certain

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people in your life because someone

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else in your life drove a wedge

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between you and that other person , and

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maybe you need to forgive yourself for

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allowing that to happen . Or maybe

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you need to ask for forgiveness from the other person

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for how you showed up in that relationship , and that's okay

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. But that's where we're going to be wiping

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the slate clean for the month of

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January , where we're going to really

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be focusing on watering

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the seeds of the relationships that

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we want to cultivate and

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where maybe we're going to be weeding out the things

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that are not healthy

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for us , that maybe are strangling out

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these new relationships that want

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to bud , that want to grow , that

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need your time and attention , that deserve your

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time and attention . And when we start

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to weed out the garden and remove the people from our

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lives that are not healthy for us , that are

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toxic , it allows the garden

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to grow in a way that feels

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sustainable , that feels fulfilling

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, that feels nourishing

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, that feels enriching , and

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so that's what you're being called to do

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this month , in the month of January . The

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other big theme for January is gratitude

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as well . It's being grateful

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for the journey that you have been on up

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until this point . It is looking

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back on , perhaps , some of the more painful

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experiences that you have had , or the trauma

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that you have experienced , and being grateful

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for what those experiences

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taught you about yourself

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. It's learning how to

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transform that pain into power

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. It's being grateful for what

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you have created . Right , perhaps

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, maybe you have this beautiful family

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that is reflective of

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the love that you shared with this partner

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, and even if that relationship is ending or changing

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or whatever it might be , it's just being grateful

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for what the two of you did create together , and

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maybe you can even look at your partner and say

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that you are grateful for them too , because

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you learned so much about yourself . You

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learned , maybe , so much about what it is that you do

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want and what you don't want , and

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that you are grateful for the

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experience that you had that you created

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together , whether or not it was healthy . That's

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fine , but we can still

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have an appreciation for

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what we learned , right , and

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we can still have an appreciation for what it opened up our eyes

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to , for the awareness that it

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created , for the unfolding

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of that relationship

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that led us to this point

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, to become who we are today

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and to maybe also understand who we

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are not . So

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being grateful for the family that

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you have together . And then how

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to move forward in a way that

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feels like the right next

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step for all of you and , of course

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, where you're not continuing

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to self-sacrifice or self-abandon what

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you want , what you need and how you

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deserve to be treated . And remember to

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rely on your intuition when

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you are noticing red flags right

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. Really tune into how your body

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is communicating to you as to whether

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or not you do feel safe in

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the relationship . Allow

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your body to tune into whether or

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not you feel like this person

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is supportive , that they

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are safe , that they do

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value you . If you're starting to

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get any kind of inclination

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that this relationship

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is not one that you

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want to continue because of how it

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leaves you feeling , how it leaves you feeling

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drained or depleted or undermined

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or diminished or undervalued

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in any kind of way , then lean into

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that Trust , that Trust

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what your body and your intuition

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are trying to communicate . I hope

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you enjoyed this episode . Any of this resonated

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with you . I'd love to hear from you , because

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it means so much to me to get

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your feedback . Until

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next week , everyone be well . If

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you're hearing this message , that means

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you've listened all the way to the end , and

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for that I am truly grateful . If

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