Emotional Adulthood: Taking Ownership in Your Relationships

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About This Episode

In this episode, I’m opening up about a behavior I used for years that sabotaged my relationships: the silent treatment. I share how it became my go-to response in conflict, why it felt justified at the time, and the deeper emotional roots that kept me stuck in emotional childhood. Is there something that you may be weaponizing in your closest relationships? Or maybe bad behavior that you keep returning to, even if you don’t want to? In this episode, I walk you through the four steps that helped me shift into emotional adulthood – learning to walk away the right way, calm down, analyze my triggers, and verbalize my truth. If you’ve ever found yourself shutting down or stewing in silence, this one's for you. 

Topics Discussed

• Why people often turn to life coaching: time, purpose, and relationships
• The concept of “relational exchange” and the hidden costs that may come with it 
• The silent treatment as a learned, toxic coping mechanism and how I’ve learned to own and then heal this behavior 
• The four steps to emotional adulthood in conflict: walk away, calm down, analyze, verbalize
• How to shift from emotional reactivity to mindful communication

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