WEBVTT - Would You Date You?

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<v Speaker 1>I am a Yamla, your host for this journey. I

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<v Speaker 1>was a hopeless loveaholic but just could not get my

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<v Speaker 1>love to work. Then, after a series of heartbreaks and

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<v Speaker 1>deep heartache, I finally got clear about what love is

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<v Speaker 1>and what it is not. I want to share some

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<v Speaker 1>of what I've learned about lover holism. Welcome to the

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<v Speaker 1>R Spot, a production of Shondaland Audio in partnership with iHeartRadio. Greetings,

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<v Speaker 1>and welcome to the our Spot, the place we come

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about relationships, all kinds of relationships, the good,

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<v Speaker 1>the not so good, the fun and the difficult, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's a real relationship with your lover, your spouse, your friend,

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<v Speaker 1>your mom, or yourself. Today we're taking a different look

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<v Speaker 1>at your relationship with yourself because we know that your

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<v Speaker 1>relationship with yourself is the foundation for all other relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>And the question on the floor today is would you

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<v Speaker 1>date you? Would you date you? I mean, are you

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of person that you would want to be with?

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<v Speaker 1>And if so, why and if not why not? And

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<v Speaker 1>I guess you can look at the last few dates

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<v Speaker 1>that you've had, or the last few relationships that you've had,

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<v Speaker 1>and look at how it worked out. And how you

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<v Speaker 1>behaved and what made it healthy, what made it fun,

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<v Speaker 1>and what tanked it. You know, because your relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>yourself is so critical, is so important, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>the let me say, the training ground for how you

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<v Speaker 1>teach other people how to treat you. It helps you

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<v Speaker 1>see how you treat other people, how you treat yourself

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<v Speaker 1>in the company of other people. And so very often

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<v Speaker 1>we want someone to come into our lives and bring

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<v Speaker 1>us something we think we don't have. But if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have it, chances are you really won't even be

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<v Speaker 1>able to recognize it when you get it. Or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you want it for the war on reasons. Maybe you're

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<v Speaker 1>looking for someone to do for you or do to

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<v Speaker 1>you what you need to do for and to yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you date you? I had to really think about that,

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<v Speaker 1>and I would say right now, I wouldn't date me

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<v Speaker 1>because I got too much going on. I'm too busy,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have time. I have to remember to take

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<v Speaker 1>care of myself. I have to remember to carve time

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<v Speaker 1>out for myself, and I'm doing that pretty well. But

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you, I don't have room and space for

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<v Speaker 1>anybody else right now. I don't have room in space

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to you. I don't care about your problems.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care what it is that you're going through.

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<v Speaker 1>So I've just kind of extracted myself from the dating field,

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<v Speaker 1>from the dating pool, because right now I would not

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<v Speaker 1>date me. I don't have the wherewithal to give the

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<v Speaker 1>time and attention and energy to a relationship with another person.

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<v Speaker 1>And until I become more solid, more fluid, more how

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<v Speaker 1>can I say more attentive to me, It's not fair

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<v Speaker 1>to bring anybody else into my life right now. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's just my take on it. I'm not dating material

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<v Speaker 1>right now. I will be, and let me say this,

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<v Speaker 1>it is by choice. I am making the choice to

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<v Speaker 1>extract myself from the dating field knowing everything that I

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<v Speaker 1>have going on in my life, and those things are

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<v Speaker 1>my priorities right now. So I'm not going to try

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<v Speaker 1>to squeeze anybody in and ask them to align themselves

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<v Speaker 1>with my schedule and what I'm doing, because that's just

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<v Speaker 1>not fair and it's not kind, it's not loving, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want my hair on fire trying to catch

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<v Speaker 1>up with somebody else. So that's me, okay, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>being perfectly honest about it. That's just where I am

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<v Speaker 1>right now, and it's okay to be there. And when

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<v Speaker 1>I get ready to shift and change, then I'll shift

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<v Speaker 1>and change. But until then, I am not a good

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<v Speaker 1>dating prospect. But I've got some callers who say that

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<v Speaker 1>they are. So the question on the floor is would

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<v Speaker 1>you date you? Think about that and let me know.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's my caller. Greetings, we love it, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the art spot. We're taking a twist today on your

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<v Speaker 1>relationship with yourself, and the question on the floor is

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<v Speaker 1>would you date you? Hi?

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<v Speaker 2>I would, mister Yanner. I would be outside of my

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<v Speaker 2>house with a boombox and playing romantic music and I

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<v Speaker 2>would run across my own arms into the beach if

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<v Speaker 2>I could.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Okay, So you're having a good You're having a good,

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<v Speaker 1>healthy relationship with yourself, I think.

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<v Speaker 2>So. I'm I'm really I work with kids, so I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of have the training to just be gentle, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really good about being diferent with myself and being

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<v Speaker 2>patient with myself and being understanding. And I cry a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>so I've had to kind of come to terms that

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<v Speaker 2>I have to let myself cry and you know, all

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<v Speaker 2>of that good stuff. So I'm really I have a

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<v Speaker 2>really wonderful relationship with myself. I love me, I'm okay

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<v Speaker 2>to me. I'm the blueprint, I'm the ape girl, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>my dream girl.

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<v Speaker 1>Right so what would make you fun to date or

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<v Speaker 1>what would make you good to date? Let me ask

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<v Speaker 1>this question. Are you dating right now?

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<v Speaker 2>I am fresh out of a relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yum yum. Oh. Do tell what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>We were together for six years. We were best friends.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted the love of my life and he.

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<v Speaker 1>Told me.

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<v Speaker 2>A few years ago we broke up with me. So

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<v Speaker 2>it was a very on and off agaven relationship for

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<v Speaker 2>a long time, maybe four of those six years. And

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<v Speaker 2>he told me maybe three years ago that I wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>the one and I'm devastatus. And I didn't he said that,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said okay, and I packed up you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my stuff, and I left. I didn't call, I didn't text.

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<v Speaker 2>You only have to tell me one time that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not it. And months go by, four months go by,

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<v Speaker 2>and he texted me, He's like, I miss you, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm like, I miss you too, And so

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<v Speaker 2>right back to and you know, going back and forth.

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<v Speaker 2>And I stayed a lot longer than I should have,

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<v Speaker 2>and recently in January. It was a lot, and it

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<v Speaker 2>took a lot, but I moved from Atlanta where we were,

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<v Speaker 2>to Houston. I just I was, I don't know, like

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<v Speaker 2>someone being unsure about me was really starting to take

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<v Speaker 2>a toll on me and going back to someone who

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<v Speaker 2>told me that I wasn't. It was a lot and

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<v Speaker 2>I was really embarrassed. I'm embarrassed now, I finally, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be embarrassed. I feel like the embarrassment comes from,

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<v Speaker 2>how do you love someone so much who doesn't feel

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<v Speaker 2>like that about you? Like that sucks, that's a terrible feeling.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, take a wait a minute, take take a breath.

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<v Speaker 1>Take a breath, Take a brauh, take a breath. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you love someone so much who doesn't love you

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<v Speaker 1>the same way? What did you love?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Everything?

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<v Speaker 1>We were best friends.

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<v Speaker 2>He made me laugh, he was funny, he was interesting,

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<v Speaker 2>he cooked me dinner, He was really romantic. He was

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<v Speaker 2>really like all my boxes he checked off everything, everything,

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<v Speaker 2>And so no.

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<v Speaker 1>He did not, he did not check off everything because

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<v Speaker 1>your your love for him wasn't reciprocated. So is that

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<v Speaker 1>what you wanted someone.

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<v Speaker 2>That came later? Like that's that is really new? That

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<v Speaker 2>came later. You know, in the beginning, right, first three years,

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<v Speaker 2>I was I was so certain someone I would bet

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<v Speaker 2>the lottery that we were going to get married and

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<v Speaker 2>be together. I was so certain. So to find out

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<v Speaker 2>later they're all the you know, breaking up and getting

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<v Speaker 2>back together and all that stuff, that that's not how

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<v Speaker 2>he felt. That was That was devastatingly embarrassing. How did

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<v Speaker 2>I get here? Right there? There are sides someone isn't

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<v Speaker 2>in love with you or doesn't want to be with

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<v Speaker 2>you their side, and maybe I'm just like delusional. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't catch any of that, but it caught me on guard.

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<v Speaker 1>Well did he say why? Did he say? Why you

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<v Speaker 1>weren't the one? Well, you know what, it doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 1>Forget that, it doesn't even matter.

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<v Speaker 2>And it took me a long time to leave. I

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<v Speaker 2>stayed a lot longer than I should have, just because

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<v Speaker 2>of all the things, right, all the emotional connection that

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<v Speaker 2>we had and sex was amazing and all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I stayed a lot longer than I should have. And

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<v Speaker 2>finally I left in January. And leaving is hard, but

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<v Speaker 2>staying gone is ten times harder.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, gone.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want someone to settle for me. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>deserve that. Like I said, I am the love of

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<v Speaker 2>my life. I someone should be outside with a boombox,

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<v Speaker 2>like play me music and buy me flowers. And so

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<v Speaker 2>I had to love myself enough, which is also people

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<v Speaker 2>make it sound so easy. It's hard and it's lonely

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<v Speaker 2>to love yourself. And I left.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's lonely. I don't think it's lonely.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, if you're loving yourself and you're occupied yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to say two things to you. Number one,

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, thank you for sharing, because I do

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<v Speaker 1>hear that it's fresh. And when I asked the question

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<v Speaker 1>would you date you? My answer for you would be

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<v Speaker 1>not right now? Not right now, okay, because you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be weeping on your new date shoulder.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you know, taking a year off. I just need

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<v Speaker 2>my heart and my brain and my soul to just reset.

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<v Speaker 1>So where are you with him right now?

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<v Speaker 2>He text me on Monday, and I was so excited

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<v Speaker 2>that he text me, and then I don't know, like

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<v Speaker 2>the sparkle was gone, right, there's something about I did,

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<v Speaker 2>I responded, it's so it's I don't know how to

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<v Speaker 2>describe it. Tried to like argue with him, and it

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<v Speaker 2>just didn't It wasn't the same. The sparkle was gone,

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<v Speaker 2>the passion was gone. The maybe it's just I took

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<v Speaker 2>him off the pedal stool and I saw him for

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<v Speaker 2>who like for, you know, and I just didn't say

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<v Speaker 2>anything back, and I don't plan to. I'm ready to

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<v Speaker 2>move on. I'm I'm over it. I've cried a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm oh God, I I cry everything. So I cry

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<v Speaker 2>a lot, and I've cried a lot over the past

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<v Speaker 2>three years.

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<v Speaker 1>What did you cry about? Tell me what you cried about.

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<v Speaker 2>He started doing this thing where we would everything is fine,

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<v Speaker 2>we're fine, we're great, and then he would get upset

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<v Speaker 2>with me or hurt or his you know, irritated, and

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<v Speaker 2>he would say to me, well, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be with you anyway, and I would. The first few

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<v Speaker 2>times he did that, I didn't know how to take it,

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<v Speaker 2>and so we would argue about it. There's nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>argue about. Someone tells you didn't want to be with you.

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<v Speaker 2>But we would argue about it and eventually stopped talking,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, he would I, I'm sorry, I said that.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't mean it to get back together. And then

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of the tears came from in those in

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<v Speaker 2>between moments, waiting for him to text me, knowing if

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<v Speaker 2>you know what was going to happen next. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know what was going to happen next. I mean I knew,

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<v Speaker 2>but in the moment, my anxiety was like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, he's

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<v Speaker 2>never gonna text you again. And then, of course, and

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<v Speaker 2>then we would get back together, and I cried a

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<v Speaker 2>lot because my brain, my soul knew that that's not

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<v Speaker 2>what I wanted, That's not how I wanted to be treated.

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<v Speaker 2>He'd never treated me like that before. So I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what happened with him, but I cried a lot

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<v Speaker 2>about what I deserved and what I saw I deserved.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you would call me, if you would text me,

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<v Speaker 2>and I would perk right back up and take him

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<v Speaker 2>right back. And so it was a lot of back

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<v Speaker 2>and forth, which leads me to believe, like, you're unsure

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<v Speaker 2>about me. And then I started crying about that that

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<v Speaker 2>I was so in love with someone who was unsure

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<v Speaker 2>about me. I'm so tired of crying. I'm surprised that

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<v Speaker 2>crying is not the issue that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know this dating, six years of dating brings to

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<v Speaker 1>the surface what it brings to the surface. And I

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<v Speaker 1>say that because you kept going back, is an unconscious belief.

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<v Speaker 1>He's showing you an unconscious belief that you may have.

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<v Speaker 1>It could be I'm unlovable, or I can't have what

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<v Speaker 1>I want, or this is too good to be true.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good one. This is too good to be true,

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<v Speaker 1>And so you're going to keep trying to prove to

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<v Speaker 1>yourself it's too good to be true. You know, he's wonderful,

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<v Speaker 1>we get along, we have fun, but he doesn't want me.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's an unconscious belief that keeps coming up. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's up so that you can heal it. And I

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<v Speaker 1>would ask you, who's crying? Are you the grown adult

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<v Speaker 1>woman crying or is there a little person in there

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<v Speaker 1>a part of your consciousness. I don't know if daddy left,

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<v Speaker 1>mommy left, somebody died, maybe between the ages of six

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<v Speaker 1>and nine, that this thing keeps showing up.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad, my dad didn't die, but my dog was. My

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<v Speaker 2>dad was in and out of jail.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, there you go, hold it right there, there, it is,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it, right there. Stay tuned. We'll be right back,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back to the R spot. How many tapes or

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<v Speaker 1>recordings of that play in your mind? I can't trust that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if he's going to stay. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if he's going to be here. It could be

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<v Speaker 1>any number from zero to infinity. How many tapes of

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<v Speaker 1>that do you have?

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<v Speaker 2>This is complicated. My mom and my dad were together,

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<v Speaker 2>they're married, and when I was five, my mom moved

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<v Speaker 2>from Ohio where she was, to Hawaii and she took

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<v Speaker 2>me and myself.

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<v Speaker 1>So you moved, So you moved from Atlanta to Houston,

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<v Speaker 1>repeating mommy's pattern. Go ahead, So my.

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<v Speaker 2>Mom moved to Hawaii. She took me and my sisters,

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<v Speaker 2>and she just always said she just wanted to get

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<v Speaker 2>as far away from my dad as possible. From what

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<v Speaker 2>I understand from the child, you know, being the child,

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<v Speaker 2>is that he was abusive. I don't you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't remember seeing any of that, hearing it, but that

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<v Speaker 2>was hers were old enough that he was abusive, and

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<v Speaker 2>she just he was in an out of jail. And

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<v Speaker 2>so when we lived in Hawaii, I do vividly remember

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<v Speaker 2>him being in and out of jail, and he would

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<v Speaker 2>call sometimes and as we got older. If he wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>in jail, we would call and he would say, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>call you back, and we'd say okay, and he'd never

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<v Speaker 2>call back. And so I remember telegram.

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<v Speaker 1>So wait a minute, hold right there, hole, right there?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he gonna text? Is he gonna call? Is he

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<v Speaker 1>gonna text? Is it gonna call? Do you see the

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<v Speaker 1>pattern from daddy to mister wonderful, I'll call it, mister wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you see the pattern? So you've just recreated your

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<v Speaker 1>dad and that relationship. So that requires a change of heart.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart was broken a long time ago, and you

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<v Speaker 1>just keep digging into that break. So let's say from

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<v Speaker 1>five when you move to Hawaii to now, let's say

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<v Speaker 1>there are five million tapes of is he gonna call?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he not gonna call? Is he gonna call? Is

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<v Speaker 1>he not gonna call? Let's you know he's not gonna call.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't want me. I'm not the one. Take a breath,

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<v Speaker 1>Take a breath. Come on, So does five million tapes

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<v Speaker 1>off he doesn't want me? Sound about right?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it more or less?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay? So let's let's say ten million a good number.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's ten million heartbreaks. That's ten million tiers. That's

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<v Speaker 1>ten million everything. If you could let that go, when

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<v Speaker 1>would you let it go today? Okay, you would let

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<v Speaker 1>it go right now today. So I want you to

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<v Speaker 1>do this. I want you to kind of settle into

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<v Speaker 1>where you are. I want you to take a deep breath.

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<v Speaker 1>In hold that breath, turn your head to your left shoulder.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I want you to exhale that breath and move

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<v Speaker 1>your head over to your right shoulder, letting go ten

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<v Speaker 1>million tapes. If he doesn't want me, bring your head

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<v Speaker 1>back to center. Let's do that again. In hell, deep, deep, deep, deep,

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<v Speaker 1>in hell. Turn your head over to your left shoulder

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<v Speaker 1>and think the start. Exhale and move your head to

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<v Speaker 1>your right shoulder. Think in I am releasing ten million tapes.

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<v Speaker 1>If he doesn't want me, bring your head back to center,

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<v Speaker 1>focus all of your tension and all of your energy,

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<v Speaker 1>all of your tension right in the center of your chest,

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<v Speaker 1>and in helle, hold that breath, hold this thought. I

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<v Speaker 1>forgive myself for believing I'm not wanted, And exhale again.

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<v Speaker 1>Focus all of your attention and the center of your chest,

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<v Speaker 1>and inhale and think this thought. I forgive myself for

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<v Speaker 1>believing he doesn't want me, I'm not the one. Exhale

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<v Speaker 1>one more time. Inhale, hold a thought. I forgive myself

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<v Speaker 1>for believing I'm not the one. He doesn't want me. Exhale.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me what thoughts come up, doesn't They don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to make sense. Tell me what you're thinking, what you're

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<v Speaker 1>feeling right now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of like I always kind of knew, did that?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. I don't know. I feel like I knew

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't gonna I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you didn't know. You believed. There's a distinction between

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<v Speaker 1>knowing and believing, because when you know, your behavior changes.

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<v Speaker 1>And see that little girl didn't know if Daddy was

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<v Speaker 1>gonna call, but she believed he wouldn't based on experience.

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<v Speaker 1>She believed he wouldn't call. And it's hard Daddy's saying

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<v Speaker 1>he's called. You want to believe him, but you're fighting

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<v Speaker 1>within yourself against yourself. He ain't gonna call. Yes, he'll call,

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe he'll call, Maybe he'll call the stop. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing you did with mister wonderful. Is he gonna

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<v Speaker 1>text me? Maybe he's gonna tell. But you were hiking

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<v Speaker 1>that expectation on your experience with Daddy does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 2>So is it like self saptage?

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<v Speaker 1>No, No, you're not gonna beat yourself up about it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a learned behavior. It's a learned behavior because you

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't when Daddy said I'll call you. You couldn't say

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<v Speaker 1>you're a damn liar, you're not gonna call. Shut up.

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<v Speaker 1>You couldn't say that, stop telling me that stupidness. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna call. And that little girl, because she is

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<v Speaker 1>a little girl, she wants Daddy to call, so she

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<v Speaker 1>has to believe that he's gonna call, even though her

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<v Speaker 1>knowing was he's not gonna call. But then she wants

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<v Speaker 1>to know why why won't he call? What's the matter

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<v Speaker 1>with me? Why is he always in jail? Why isn't

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<v Speaker 1>he here? Booed about it? So beloved, while you would

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<v Speaker 1>date you, I'd run screaming from the room until you

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<v Speaker 1>clean that up. And it's gonna take a change of heart,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all it is. It's your heart because on top

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<v Speaker 1>of all of this, just what you're saying about, mister wonderful,

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<v Speaker 1>is really what the little girl is saying about daddy.

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<v Speaker 1>But I love him, But why isn't he here? I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know he didn't abuse mommy. I didn't see that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Why isn't he here? Why am I

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<v Speaker 1>not good enough? Why am I not important enough? Why

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<v Speaker 1>does he have to keep going to jail? And mister

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful is well, why doesn't he want me? Why does

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<v Speaker 1>he think I'm not the one? You know, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>she's asking. You're just repeating that pattern.

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<v Speaker 2>So how do you change your heart?

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<v Speaker 1>Just what you just did. You breathe it in, you

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<v Speaker 1>get that frequency, and then you let it go. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're living in a time when you can do it

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<v Speaker 1>by word of mouth. You got to flex your muscles.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to flex your muscles and set the intention.

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<v Speaker 1>It is my intention to release the ten million tapes

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<v Speaker 1>of he doesn't want me, I'm not the one, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not good enough, whatever it is, whatever it is, because

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<v Speaker 1>your story, which is probably some of your mother's story

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<v Speaker 1>and her mother's story, is you know you're not good enough,

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<v Speaker 1>You're not important. You can't have what you want. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. You know you have to do that? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so so well that right now? Not right now? Not

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<v Speaker 1>right now, because I hear you saying you know that

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<v Speaker 1>you're great, your your good to be with your gentle.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you work with children, and if they're not

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<v Speaker 1>running screaming from the room, you know, chances are you

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<v Speaker 1>have a great loving heart. But your heart is broken

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<v Speaker 1>and Daddy's name is hooked on that break. So you've

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<v Speaker 1>got to clean that stuff up with Daddy. And you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing good on the outside, but the break is on

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<v Speaker 1>the inside. You can see from this pattern, and beloved,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the beauty of it. You did this with one person,

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<v Speaker 1>thank god, you know, because it could have been five

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<v Speaker 1>different ones and then you'd really be in trouble. But

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is a clean break in the heart.

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<v Speaker 1>So I would really want to encourage you to just

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<v Speaker 1>do that forgiveness work. I forgive myself for believing that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not the one. I'm forgive myself for believing the

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<v Speaker 1>right one won't show up. I forgive myself for believing

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not good enough. You know, I forgive myself for

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<v Speaker 1>believing that he's not going to be here, or whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it is. You have to write down whatever it is

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<v Speaker 1>that you're really thinking about. You know, this doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>that you're not a good person. It may mean that

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<v Speaker 1>you're just not ready for that depth and see, the

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<v Speaker 1>more you loved him, mister Wonderful, the more the break

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<v Speaker 1>showed up. You just have to clean up that break

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<v Speaker 1>in your heart. That's all. So would you date you? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>Not right now? You can do some really really radical

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<v Speaker 1>radical forgiveness. Radical forgiveness and not even forgiving daddy. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not even about forgiving daddy. It's about forgiving yourself for

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<v Speaker 1>believing what Daddy said and everything that you made up

0:27:13.760 --> 0:27:18.920
<v Speaker 1>based on Daddy's behavior. And don't believe that anything your

0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:23.760
<v Speaker 1>dad did or anything mister Wonderful did, has anything to

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<v Speaker 1>do with you. Mister Wonderful took six years of his

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<v Speaker 1>life to help you heal. And here's the thing. Here's

0:27:33.600 --> 0:27:47.439
<v Speaker 1>the thing people very often misunderstand relationships. Relationships come to

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<v Speaker 1>teach us, not to complete us. You're trying to be

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<v Speaker 1>completed that thing with daddy. And what this relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>mister Wonderful has done is it has taught you you

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<v Speaker 1>where the break is in your heart. Give thanks, be

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for that that you had to learn that with

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<v Speaker 1>one person, not with six. But you could have had

0:28:10.400 --> 0:28:13.320
<v Speaker 1>a new one every year and they all could have

0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:15.760
<v Speaker 1>left you, and then we'd be on this phone for

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<v Speaker 1>six hours instead of twenty two minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm grateful that I get to talk to you and

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<v Speaker 2>thank you so much. I'm going to go upstairs and

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<v Speaker 2>have some ice cream.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, like I said, don't worry about mister Wonderful,

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<v Speaker 1>be grateful for him. Okay, I want to repeat that.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to repeat what I just shared with my guests.

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<v Speaker 1>People come into our lives to teach us, not to

0:28:47.120 --> 0:28:52.000
<v Speaker 1>complete us. And as long as you're thinking you need

0:28:52.040 --> 0:28:57.360
<v Speaker 1>somebody to complete you, you'll be dating and seeking and

0:28:57.400 --> 0:29:03.400
<v Speaker 1>looking and sleeping around for the wrong reasons. What is

0:29:03.520 --> 0:29:07.640
<v Speaker 1>this relationship teaching me about me that I can learn

0:29:07.720 --> 0:29:11.880
<v Speaker 1>to make me better? And if the relationship lasts, great,

0:29:12.040 --> 0:29:15.800
<v Speaker 1>and if it doesn't, great, But as long as you're

0:29:15.840 --> 0:29:19.880
<v Speaker 1>looking for somebody to complete you, please don't go dating.

0:29:20.480 --> 0:29:22.960
<v Speaker 1>Please don't you know, if you don't want to be

0:29:23.040 --> 0:29:25.640
<v Speaker 1>with you, why should anybody else want to be with

0:29:25.680 --> 0:29:29.959
<v Speaker 1>you if you think you're incomplete? If you are, you

0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:35.920
<v Speaker 1>don't even know what you're missing. Okay, stay tuned, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>be right back. Greetings, be love it, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the r Spot. Our question on the floor today is

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<v Speaker 1>would you date you? If so, why and if not,

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<v Speaker 1>why not? I would date MEI, oh goodie, tell me why?

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<v Speaker 2>Well?

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<v Speaker 3>I think that I am a very loyal partner. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>very compassionate, and I love really hard and very caring.

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<v Speaker 3>So I would date me.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm. Okay, are you dating now? I'm not?

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<v Speaker 3>Why So? My biggest dilemma currently is getting over a

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<v Speaker 3>fear that I created about certain men, and how to

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<v Speaker 3>function in a relationship that's not toxic and that actually

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<v Speaker 3>serves me. I just came out of a free relationship

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<v Speaker 3>that didn't end too great, and so now I'm just

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<v Speaker 3>in a space where I'm ready to date again. I

0:31:04.520 --> 0:31:06.480
<v Speaker 3>just don't know how to go about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so you ended a three year relationship? How long ago?

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<v Speaker 3>About twelve months ago?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so you've been out of a relationship for a year,

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<v Speaker 1>and what did you What did you learn about you

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<v Speaker 1>in that relationship?

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<v Speaker 3>The biggest thing that I took away from that relationship

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<v Speaker 3>is that I can't force people to change, and I

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<v Speaker 3>can't heal people that don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Want to heal.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, why are you attracting people that need to be healed?

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good question, I think.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a good answer.

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<v Speaker 3>It has a lot to do with what I initially

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<v Speaker 3>thought my self worth was okay, and which I think

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<v Speaker 3>that I was deserving of having someone take care of me.

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<v Speaker 3>I always in the past felt like I should be

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<v Speaker 3>the one doing or being the caretaker.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Now, where did you pick up that notion.

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<v Speaker 3>From my dad? Because he definitely had a pattern within

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<v Speaker 3>his semi relationships of being the caretaker and always being

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<v Speaker 3>the one to handle things. So it's something that I've

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<v Speaker 3>watched him do growing up. And Natalie, I think I

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<v Speaker 3>just adapted into my lifestyle without even realizing I was

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<v Speaker 3>doing it in my relationship until recently.

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<v Speaker 1>Mmmm. So would you date you? Yes? Because you're loving,

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<v Speaker 1>you're loyal, you love hard, and you'll take care of people.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you get that that's going to attract to you

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<v Speaker 1>people that need to be taken care of?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, So what's different now? What's different? You've been

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<v Speaker 1>out of this relationship a year. What's different?

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<v Speaker 3>I say, my confidence is one of the biggest things

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<v Speaker 3>that shifted. I'm actually doing the things that I say

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<v Speaker 3>that I'm going to do instead of saying I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 3>do it and then not putting action behind my words.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm hmmm. As the caregiver, As the care taker. You

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<v Speaker 1>know that's a very important word, care taker. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know how to be cared for?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think I fully know how to gain that space, to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be honest, Yeah, yeah, yeah, because that's what if you've shifted,

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<v Speaker 1>then what you'll probably attract as someone who wants to

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<v Speaker 1>take care of you. And the question becomes do you

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<v Speaker 1>know how to receive it? Or will you feel that

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<v Speaker 1>it's controlling? Will you feel that they're trying to dominate you?

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<v Speaker 1>Will you feel that you know this is too much?

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<v Speaker 1>Because when you've been on the giving end, it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to be on the receiving end. So you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have to walk through that just to just to get

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of balanced out. Okay, then you I heard

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<v Speaker 1>you say something about a fear you created. Tell me

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<v Speaker 1>more about that.

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<v Speaker 3>So I had kind of realized after leaving this relationship

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<v Speaker 3>that I had a fear that if I allowed myself

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<v Speaker 3>to be taking care of that I would be taken

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<v Speaker 3>advantage of. Oh there you go, so it looks like me.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, why would you think that? Why would you think

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<v Speaker 1>that if I allowed myself to be taken care of,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be taking the advantage of How did you put

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<v Speaker 1>that together?

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<v Speaker 3>Honestly, I just think just watching certain scenarios play out

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<v Speaker 3>throughout my life it definitely impacted it at viewpoint. But

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<v Speaker 3>also feeling the need to be independent all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm hm oh yeah, that's a sticky, wicked right there.

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<v Speaker 1>You need the need to be independent as opposed to interdependent.

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<v Speaker 1>So what in a relationship would it look like if

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<v Speaker 1>you were being taken advantage of? Do you know what

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<v Speaker 1>that would look like?

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good question.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a good answer.

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<v Speaker 3>I should say that it could potentially look like me

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<v Speaker 3>allowing someone to across the boundaries. Ah.

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<v Speaker 1>I just wrote on my paper clear boundaries. M hmm,

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<v Speaker 1>do you have clear boundaries?

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<v Speaker 3>It's something that I'm working on.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you taking care of in your previous relationship?

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<v Speaker 3>Not at all. I was literally doing everything and it

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<v Speaker 3>drained me and it was to the point where I

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<v Speaker 3>had to just leave and come back home. So within

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<v Speaker 3>that relationship, I was taken on a mothering role. Not

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<v Speaker 3>only did I become a mother from that relationship, but

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<v Speaker 3>even before I became a mother, I was mothering him

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<v Speaker 3>and also his other child that was from a previous relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>So I was not being taken care of. It ally

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<v Speaker 3>was doing all the nurturing and pourishment in that whole relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>And you didn't have clear boundaries, right, okay, So would

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<v Speaker 1>you date somebody that didn't have clear boundaries?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, but you don't have clear boundaries and you would

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<v Speaker 1>date you.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I would still what date me, but it

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<v Speaker 3>would just be some things that I would be aware

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<v Speaker 3>of more aware of.

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<v Speaker 1>So what are you going to do about this fear

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<v Speaker 1>of being taken advantage of? Because I don't even know

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<v Speaker 1>what that looks like. If you've got clear boundaries, people

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<v Speaker 1>can't take advantage of you. How strong is your no?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm still working on date?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, wrong as.

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<v Speaker 3>I would like you to.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So I'm gonna say, would you date you? Not

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<v Speaker 1>right now? I need a little work right here. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna but you know, and then a date is a date.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a permanent commitment in life forever. So you

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<v Speaker 1>may need to do some dating just to get clear

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<v Speaker 1>about your boundaries this to strengthen up your no. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a difference between no, you can't do that and no,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, I can do that for myself. To make

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<v Speaker 1>that distinction, get those things clear. But you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to go into every date thinking this is the one.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometime you can go, you know, their playdates, play around,

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<v Speaker 1>see what you like, what you don't like, what needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be worked on. Can I ask how old you

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<v Speaker 1>are in twenty six? Oh? Twenty six? Okay, you still

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<v Speaker 1>got a little ways to go. And then you're dating

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<v Speaker 1>with a new baby or a baby if you've been

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<v Speaker 1>in a relationship a year, how old is your baby?

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<v Speaker 3>He is eighteen months?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay? All right, yeah, so you know that's a whole

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<v Speaker 1>another bag of worms that you got to deal with.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you date? Who do you introduce to your son?

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<v Speaker 1>How soon? I mean? And there's a lot of things

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<v Speaker 1>to consider here. So you've got some stuff to work through. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but you'll do it. Learn to trust yourself, learn to

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<v Speaker 1>nurture yourself, learn to have clear boundaries of what keeps

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<v Speaker 1>you safe and offer that to the to the person

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<v Speaker 1>that you're dating. Also okay, okay, well happy dating? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>alrighty bye bye bye? Would you date you? You got

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<v Speaker 1>to look at everything, look at everything, And like I

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<v Speaker 1>said earlier, I'm not dating right now because I got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot going on and I'm not gonna bring anybody

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<v Speaker 1>else into this. Experience. But I do date myself. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how I do my self care, That's how I do

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<v Speaker 1>my time with myself when I'm going somewhere. And I

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<v Speaker 1>had this awareness, I didn't realize that the drive to

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<v Speaker 1>my self care, whether it was my massage or my

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<v Speaker 1>treatment or my hydration or whatever I was doing, that

0:41:24.480 --> 0:41:27.040
<v Speaker 1>was time for me to be with me. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>it was just the drive, just the thing I had

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<v Speaker 1>to do. But that's part of the date, getting to

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<v Speaker 1>where you're going. So I had to kind of rethink that.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're out there dating, if you're in the

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<v Speaker 1>dating world, look at everything and consider if you were

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<v Speaker 1>walking into someone's life and they had this going on,

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<v Speaker 1>how would you handle it, How would you want it handled?

0:41:51.640 --> 0:41:55.560
<v Speaker 1>What is it that you would need or say or offer?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you date you? You have to take everything into consideration,

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<v Speaker 1>and the first thing is date yourself. Manage yourself in

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<v Speaker 1>your own life, you know, manage everything that you've got

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<v Speaker 1>going on, and see how you feel about it, get

0:42:10.080 --> 0:42:14.000
<v Speaker 1>happy about it, get enthusiastic about it, and above all else,

0:42:14.160 --> 0:42:17.880
<v Speaker 1>tell the truth about it. Because the worst thing you

0:42:17.920 --> 0:42:21.840
<v Speaker 1>can do is start dating somebody and then the surprise

0:42:22.280 --> 0:42:25.080
<v Speaker 1>Booby traps pop up along the way. Oh yeah, I'm

0:42:25.239 --> 0:42:30.040
<v Speaker 1>caring for my mother's dying dog. Okay, oh, whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Learn how to take yourself to dinner, Learn how to

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<v Speaker 1>take yourself to the movies. Learn how to play with

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<v Speaker 1>yourself if you know what I mean, and see how

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<v Speaker 1>that feels. Because some people are lone, and they're lonely

0:42:45.239 --> 0:42:50.239
<v Speaker 1>in their loneeness as opposed to being with themselves and

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<v Speaker 1>learning how to take care of themselves and learning from themselves. Remember,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody's gonna complete you. You've got to come into a

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<v Speaker 1>relationship or dating situation complete, not arrogant with your nose

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<v Speaker 1>up in the air. I don't need nobody to do

0:43:08.040 --> 0:43:13.120
<v Speaker 1>nothing for me, but complete within yourself. Try dating just

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<v Speaker 1>for the fun of it and not for the conclusion

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<v Speaker 1>of it. You know, or is he the one? Is

0:43:18.400 --> 0:43:22.080
<v Speaker 1>she the one? Are we? It's this it? No? No,

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<v Speaker 1>you won't be able to see the beauty of who

0:43:27.239 --> 0:43:31.400
<v Speaker 1>you are and experience your health and your fun and

0:43:31.480 --> 0:43:35.719
<v Speaker 1>your wisdom if you're looking for somebody else to complete you.

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<v Speaker 1>So I hope you've heard something today that you can

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<v Speaker 1>use and support you in your dating life. I hope

0:43:45.520 --> 0:43:53.080
<v Speaker 1>that you're stretching and growing and clearing up those boundaries. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>would you date? You ask yourself that question, if so,

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<v Speaker 1>why and if not, why not? And maybe one day

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<v Speaker 1>you'll give me a call and let me know what

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<v Speaker 1>you discovered. I want to thank everybody for tuning in

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