How Your Relationship With Yourself Shapes Every Other Relationship

Introduction

Your relationship with yourself is not separate from your relationships with others. It is the foundation of them. In this post, we explore how your thoughts, identity, and self talk determine the quality of every relationship in your life.

What a Relationship Really Is

A relationship is the ongoing experience you have with someone. That includes yourself. You are always relating to your own thoughts, emotions, and identity.

Identity Drives Behavior

How you treat yourself is rooted in who you believe you are. Identity answers the question, what kind of person am I? And that answer shapes what you allow, tolerate, and pursue.

Why Shame Does Not Work

Self criticism disguised as motivation, chronic shame, and never feeling good enough are signs of a broken self relationship. Shame does not create growth. It creates avoidance and resentment.

Filtering Thoughts With Truth and Love

Not every true thought is helpful. The question is not only is it true, but is it true and loving? Truth spoken with love restores and connects.

Deciding the Relationship You Want

You do not have to wait to feel better to treat yourself better. You get to decide the tone of your inner relationship and practice it daily.

Conclusion

When your relationship with yourself changes, everything else follows. This work is not easy, but it is worth it. And it is foundational.

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  • 09:18:02 Welcome to the Christian Life Coach Podcast. I'm Shanna, your Christian life coach.

    09:18:08 I hope women who feel overwhelmed, stretch thin, or stuck in patterns that don't match the life

    09:18:14 God created them for. If you've ever felt that quiet tug, that scent that you were made for more than how you're living right now,

    09:18:22 That's not your imagination.

    09:18:25 That's your spirit craving alignment,

    09:18:28 peace, and purpose.

    09:18:30 Here, we start with identity.

    09:18:32 Because when you know who you are in Christ, you finally know how to show up.

    09:18:37 We talk renewed thoughts, simple habits, emotional resilience, and sustainable rhythms

    09:18:43 that help you stop surviving on scraps and start living with intention and courage.

    09:18:49 Jesus said, You are salt, and you are light.

    09:18:52 That means you were created to live differently and shine differently from the inside out.

    09:18:58 If you're ready to grow, to simplify, and to become the woman God designed you to be,

    09:19:04 You're in the right place.

    09:19:06 Life coaching is life-changing, one renewed thought at a time.

    09:19:11 Let's do this together.

    09:19:18 Welcome to…

    09:19:22 Week 2 of February 2026.

    09:19:25 If you're following along in real time.

    09:19:29 That's where we're at in the time and space of…

    09:19:34 of life. Um, so…

    09:19:37 February, you know, since it's the month of love, the month of Valentine's Day.

    09:19:45 Um…

    09:19:48 I am talking about relationships.

    09:19:51 Last week,

    09:19:53 the topic was your relationship with yourself.

    09:19:58 And how your relationship with yourself really

    09:20:05 influences, determines,

    09:20:08 the level to which you can relate to other people.

    09:20:13 And really, your relationship with yourself

    09:20:17 begins with what you believe to be true.

    09:20:20 about God. About what God says about you.

    09:20:24 So, last week was all about your relationship with…

    09:20:30 You…

    09:20:31 And…

    09:20:33 That, besides our relationship with God, that really is our most important relationship, because it determines how we show up,

    09:20:40 It determines…

    09:20:43 Um, the level to which we allow ourselves to be in relationship with other people.

    09:20:50 So, if you don't have that sorted out…

    09:20:54 that should be the place to start.

    09:20:59 excuse me, while they take a drink of coffee. And also, if… if that is…

    09:21:05 If that's where you're at, and you really…

    09:21:09 are kind of, you know…

    09:21:10 Don't really know which way to go with that.

    09:21:12 I would love to chat with you on a Right Fit call.

    09:21:17 And talk about how coaching can help, because…

    09:21:21 I believe that…

    09:21:24 Life coaching changes…

    09:21:27 everything. For the better.

    09:21:31 Okay, so we are going to switch to…

    09:21:38 our relationship with other people.

    09:21:40 And just…

    09:21:42 Just like our relationship with ourself and how we think about ourselves and what we believe to be true about ourselves,

    09:21:50 determines the relationship that we have with ourself.

    09:21:54 The same is true with others.

    09:21:57 our beliefs…

    09:21:59 our thoughts…

    09:22:02 shape our connection.

    09:22:05 They create conflict,

    09:22:08 And they also lead to freedom.

    09:22:11 When we're thinking about other people. So…

    09:22:16 We… we don't…

    09:22:20 we… we don't…

    09:22:24 experience other people.

    09:22:28 as they are.

    09:22:31 We experience other people…

    09:22:38 through what we believe about them.

    09:22:43 how you think about other people determines how safe you feel around them.

    09:22:48 How much resentment you carry towards them.

    09:22:52 how honest you're willing to be with them.

    09:22:55 And how connected or disconnected your relationship feels.

    09:23:01 And…

    09:23:04 We are not talking about blaming other people.

    09:23:10 We are not talking about excusing harmful behavior. Hear me loud and clear.

    09:23:16 And do not hear what I am not saying.

    09:23:19 This is not…

    09:23:23 addressing people that are behaving in a way that is harmful.

    09:23:30 And unsafe.

    09:23:32 This is for people in relationships.

    09:23:37 With others that…

    09:23:43 are just…

    09:23:45 people.

    09:23:47 not intentionally hurting.

    09:23:49 Not, um…

    09:23:52 not in harmful patterns.

    09:23:56 that's a different conversation.

    09:23:58 This conversation is about reclaiming your emotional

    09:24:04 and relational agency.

    09:24:07 What is within your control?

    09:24:11 Which, I… that is… any time that…

    09:24:16 I learn or remind myself,

    09:24:20 Oh, I… I actually can…

    09:24:24 control this. This is within my ability.

    09:24:28 to manage, to change, whatever it is.

    09:24:32 That is always such good news to me.

    09:24:35 Because if it's something that I can do,

    09:24:39 then I want to figure it out. I want to focus on it, I want to do it. I want to be intentional, I want to be purposeful.

    09:24:48 Also, sometimes…

    09:24:51 It's good news to me when I remind myself of what is not in my control.

    09:24:57 And I can let it go.

    09:25:00 That is not for me.

    09:25:02 That is… either God's business, or somebody else's business, but it is not my business, and I…

    09:25:09 have no ownership over it, so I fire myself from that job.

    09:25:16 So, a relationship…

    09:25:19 is… the experience that we have

    09:25:22 with someone else.

    09:25:25 Last week, we talked about our relationship with ourselves, so our experience with ourself.

    09:25:31 our experience with God, our experience with…

    09:25:34 our… our family of origin, our experience with

    09:25:39 friends, our experience with our husbands, our experience with a boyfriend or a significant other, our relationship with

    09:25:47 our children.

    09:25:48 at every stage and stage.

    09:25:52 So, a relationship is the experience that we have with another person.

    09:25:57 And that experience is created internally.

    09:26:06 circumstances, the things that they do, the things that they say,

    09:26:10 the way that they show up,

    09:26:13 Those are just… those are our circumstances.

    09:26:19 They do this…

    09:26:21 And, like, that's just a fact.

    09:26:25 The way that we think?

    09:26:27 about the way that they show up.

    09:26:30 The way that we think about what they say, what they do, what they don't say, what they don't do.

    09:26:37 That…

    09:26:39 is what gives…

    09:26:41 There…

    09:26:43 actions or inactions, meaning.

    09:26:46 the meaning that we assign to those things

    09:26:52 um, generates emotion within us.

    09:26:56 And that emotion that we have…

    09:27:00 Because we're thinking thoughts about what they do or don't do,

    09:27:06 And those emotions drive how we show up. Those emotions drive

    09:27:11 what we say, how we say it, how we behave,

    09:27:16 all of the things. So…

    09:27:20 The same person…

    09:27:23 can say the same exact thing,

    09:27:26 to two different people.

    09:27:28 And those two people have completely different experiences with what that person said.

    09:27:35 because of the way they think about it.

    09:27:40 One person might feel…

    09:27:44 rejected by what the person said.

    09:27:47 Another person might feel compassionate about what the person said. It just depends on how we think about it.

    09:27:55 Other people…

    09:27:58 do not create.

    09:28:00 our feelings.

    09:28:03 When you were taught, right?

    09:28:07 They hurt my feelings.

    09:28:10 I'm sorry for hurting your feelings.

    09:28:14 Other people…

    09:28:17 cannot.

    09:28:18 make me feel…

    09:28:20 the emotion of hurt.

    09:28:23 It's what I think.

    09:28:25 about…

    09:28:27 that person, or that person's actions that create how I feel.

    09:28:35 Again, amazing news.

    09:28:38 Because I have control over how I feel,

    09:28:42 And also…

    09:28:47 They have control over how they feel. So, the things that I do and say does not create emotion in other people.

    09:28:54 It's what they think about me. Does that give me a free pass to be a complete jerk and say things?

    09:29:01 that are mean and hurtful and inconsiderate? Absolutely not, because that's not who I want to be.

    09:29:08 And, when I'm speaking the truth in love,

    09:29:11 And another person feels…

    09:29:15 Convicted? Embarrassed? I don't know.

    09:29:18 what it might be. That's because of what they are thinking about what I say.

    09:29:24 Maybe it's what they need to feel. Maybe conviction is going to lead them to repentance.

    09:29:31 Not that I'm holier than thou, that was just what popped in my head.

    09:29:36 So…

    09:29:39 They… they…

    09:29:41 Everyone is responsible for their own

    09:29:44 Emotions. I am responsible for mine.

    09:29:47 They are responsible for theirs.

    09:29:49 This does not mean that we ignore

    09:29:52 Harm, again.

    09:29:55 It means that we stop outsourcing

    09:29:59 our emotional life.

    09:30:00 We stop outsourcing.

    09:30:02 how we feel to other people.

    09:30:07 The Bible says, as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

    09:30:11 The way that I think in my heart…

    09:30:15 creates how I feel.

    09:30:16 drives my actions, and that is who I am.

    09:30:20 It says, be transformed by the renewing of your mind, the way that we think,

    09:30:26 leads to our transformation.

    09:30:28 renew our mind. Think on what is true and pure and lovely, and noble, and admirable.

    09:30:33 And praiseworthy. We are told to take every thought, Captain captive, not captain, captive.

    09:30:39 We are… we can manage the way that we think.

    09:30:46 And we need to do that, because the way that we think leads to the way that we behave.

    09:30:52 The way that we interact with other people.

    09:30:59 So, one of the ways that we

    09:31:04 outsource.

    09:31:07 We think we're outsourcing.

    09:31:12 our emotional…

    09:31:15 stability, emotion… our…

    09:31:19 emotional life to other people is…

    09:31:22 When we…

    09:31:24 attempt to control other people's emotions.

    09:31:27 Which is called People Pleasing.

    09:31:31 People-pleasing is believing that you can control how somebody else feels

    09:31:37 by the way that you behave.

    09:31:39 If I do this, then they will feel this.

    09:31:43 Or if I do this, then they won't.

    09:31:49 what? Get mad at me?

    09:31:52 be hurt, whatever it is.

    09:31:54 And people-pleasing is exhausting.

    09:31:58 people-pleasing is dishonest.

    09:32:03 It prevents real connection.

    09:32:08 Because…

    09:32:10 when we're people-pleasing, when we are not being our true, honest self because we want somebody to feel some specific way,

    09:32:19 We are not relating to that person.

    09:32:22 As our true self, as who I really am.

    09:32:26 as what I really believe, or as what I really want.

    09:32:33 And there are lies underneath that that are telling me if I do enough, then they're gonna be okay.

    09:32:41 If they're upset, then I failed.

    09:32:45 I'm responsible for their emotional state.

    09:32:50 And that's not true. None of those things.

    09:32:54 You cannot make anybody else feel anything else.

    09:32:58 And nobody else can make you feel emotionally

    09:33:02 anything else.

    09:33:04 people-pleasing is not kindness.

    09:33:08 it's… it is fear-based.

    09:33:14 And it's dressed up as goodness.

    09:33:18 As nice.

    09:33:23 So, that is one thing that gets in the way of genuine

    09:33:28 connection and relationship.

    09:33:32 with other people. Another thing that gets in the way of our

    09:33:38 genuine connection with other people.

    09:33:42 are our expectations.

    09:33:44 in coach speak, sometimes we call this the manual.

    09:33:49 It's… it's what we… we carry around this

    09:33:55 manual in our brains for other people.

    09:33:58 how they should act, what they should notice.

    09:34:02 what their priorities should be.

    09:34:04 how they should show love, how they should show me that they care about me, is in my manual.

    09:34:12 And the problem is, they don't get to see the manual.

    09:34:16 They just get the…

    09:34:19 effects.

    09:34:21 of my expectations on myself.

    09:34:25 or my expectations on them that they don't even know about it. They just get to experience my reaction to

    09:34:31 them not following my manual.

    09:34:37 And… the…

    09:34:41 the impact is…

    09:34:44 I'm disappointment. I'm disappointed.

    09:34:48 When my expectations aren't met.

    09:34:54 And those expectations are generally not even spoken, so the other person does not even know

    09:35:01 that I expect this thing from them.

    09:35:04 They don't do the thing.

    09:35:07 I am disappointed.

    09:35:09 I might end up being resentful, and my actions…

    09:35:14 are from being disappointed by them.

    09:35:17 by being resentful of them.

    09:35:22 And also, even when…

    09:35:26 I do communicate those expectations.

    09:35:30 Other people get to choose whether they're going to meet them or not.

    09:35:33 And then…

    09:35:36 what I think about that is going to create my emotion.

    09:35:39 Not whether or not they meet the expectation, but it's my expectation and my dependence on them

    09:35:48 Living up to my expectation,

    09:35:51 that is going to break our connection.

    09:35:57 So…

    09:35:59 We say it a lot, people are gonna people.

    09:36:02 I can expect this from them.

    09:36:05 And then they get to choose.

    09:36:11 one of… one of my favorite quotes that I have heard is, and I mean, it's…

    09:36:19 its explanation. It's…

    09:36:24 unexpressed expectations.

    09:36:28 are premeditated resentment.

    09:36:31 So when you expect something from somebody, and you do not communicate that with them, then resentment is

    09:36:39 pretty much guaranteed.

    09:36:47 And…

    09:36:50 when we…

    09:36:52 even communicate our expectation,

    09:36:55 And then they don't meet, they don't live up to it, they choose not to do the thing.

    09:37:01 Then…

    09:37:03 If we're resentful about it,

    09:37:07 And… punish them, really, then we're also… we're being manipulative.

    09:37:14 In that way, too. So it really is… it's what we think about what they do.

    09:37:18 That determines how we feel.

    09:37:24 And I will, along the lines of expectations, too, there's… it's…

    09:37:28 really closely related to boundaries, I guess.

    09:37:32 And I just want to…

    09:37:35 Um, state, for the record.

    09:37:38 That, when we set boundaries,

    09:37:41 for other people, we think we're setting them for other people. Really, we set boundaries for ourselves.

    09:37:49 When we talk about boundaries in the true sense of the word, it's…

    09:37:53 We… a boundary is a wall that we build, or a fence that we put up, or maybe a door.

    09:38:01 And that's ours.

    09:38:04 So, when I say I'm setting a boundary with somebody,

    09:38:08 What that means is…

    09:38:11 If a person… if this person does this thing, then I'm going to do this.

    09:38:16 If… if a person…

    09:38:20 is yelling at me.

    09:38:22 And we're on the phone.

    09:38:24 I'm going to hang up the phone.

    09:38:27 If somebody walks up and gets in my face, I'm going to walk away.

    09:38:32 If… if I'm in…

    09:38:37 a house with somebody, and they light up a cigarette, I'm going to walk out of the house.

    09:38:43 So, it's not telling other people what they have to do, it's… it's communicating what I'm going to do,

    09:38:49 in response to whatever that is.

    09:38:51 I don't feel like any of those were really good examples, but you get the idea.

    09:38:58 Another thing that gets in the way of…

    09:39:03 relationship with other people.

    09:39:06 and connection is…

    09:39:08 comparison.

    09:39:11 comparison, which also I have… I have thoughts about, because I'm kind of a word nerd.

    09:39:17 And in high school English, we were taught to compare and contrast. So comparison was always looking for what we have in common.

    09:39:26 And contrasting was looking for the differences. So really, we're not comparing, we're contrasting, but…

    09:39:32 That's beside the point, I'll just go with the…

    09:39:35 The common phrase that we use, which is comparison.

    09:39:39 Comparison truly is the thief of joy.

    09:39:43 It's measuring yourself against someone else,

    09:39:48 And it always creates

    09:39:53 either you being in a place of superiority to that other person, or inferiority.

    09:39:59 It never leads to connection. It's always setting one person up above the other person.

    09:40:06 It's not a neutral observation, it is judgment.

    09:40:10 You're either judging yourself as better,

    09:40:14 or as less than somebody else.

    09:40:19 And some…

    09:40:22 some helpful ways to…

    09:40:24 kind of when you notice that you're falling into that trap,

    09:40:30 of contrasting yourself with other people, and either…

    09:40:34 falling short, which is usually what happens.

    09:40:38 Or even setting yourself above that person, which…

    09:40:41 we don't want to do that either.

    09:40:43 curiosity.

    09:40:46 What if you could just be curious? Oh.

    09:40:49 Isn't that interesting that they…

    09:40:52 whatever it is.

    09:40:54 And how could you learn more about that? How could you just be curious and interested?

    09:41:00 What if you could look at it in a position to learn from them, or learn about what they're doing, rather than competing with them?

    09:41:08 And not looking at other people as the competition,

    09:41:12 But, maybe as…

    09:41:15 dropping bread… breadcrumbs along the way to say, wow, they're doing that?

    09:41:21 That looks amazing.

    09:41:23 I wonder what it took them to get there.

    09:41:26 and learning the steps along the way.

    09:41:30 inspiration rather than…

    09:41:32 attacking yourself. Oh my word, and this is… this really is how I try to look at it, like,

    09:41:38 If I see somebody, and I'm like, that is amazing, I, if they can do it,

    09:41:45 I can do it. Right?

    09:41:48 Realistically.

    09:41:50 I'm not going to be, you know…

    09:41:54 I don't know. I can't think of an example, but…

    09:41:58 Realistically. So, rather than

    09:42:01 falling into the trap of comparison, which is so easy.

    09:42:04 These days with social media and everything, like, how can I be curious?

    09:42:08 How can I seek to learn?

    09:42:10 And how can I use it as inspiration?

    09:42:14 for me to move in the direction that I want to go.

    09:42:20 comparison…

    09:42:22 It's not even… I mean, especially on social media, it's not even real, because you're only seeing what

    09:42:28 like, you're seeing their front stage, you're comparing your backstage to their front stage,

    09:42:34 It does not tell you who you are. It is not honest, it is not, um…

    09:42:39 it's not trustworthy.

    09:42:41 It's just a story that we're believing about somebody else.

    09:42:47 that we may or may not know the truth about.

    09:42:54 Now, here is where we can gain some freedom.

    09:43:01 Like I said earlier, people are gonna people.

    09:43:04 Letting people be who they are.

    09:43:08 Like…

    09:43:10 I mean, just saying that and thinking about it, I kind of have, like, a…

    09:43:15 Oh.

    09:43:17 That's that person. That's just what they do.

    09:43:21 It doesn't have to mean anything about me.

    09:43:24 It's just information.

    09:43:26 Good to notice.

    09:43:29 The thoughts that I have about it…

    09:43:33 are what create emotion in me.

    09:43:36 Anger, bitterness, jealousy,

    09:43:39 they're just doing… they're just being themselves.

    09:43:42 And people's actions, what they do, will show you who they are, not who you are.

    09:43:50 And their behavior is information. It's not a verdict.

    09:43:56 When your kids or your husband leave things around the house,

    09:44:02 It's just what they're doing.

    09:44:05 Doesn't mean anything about you.

    09:44:07 a friend that doesn't reach out as often as you would like.

    09:44:14 It doesn't have to mean a verdict about you. It doesn't have to mean anything about you.

    09:44:20 There could be all kinds of reasons they're doing it.

    09:44:24 Or not.

    09:44:30 a parent who just…

    09:44:32 doesn't change who… who…

    09:44:35 still says the same things that they always said.

    09:44:38 still talks with the same…

    09:44:41 you know, inflection or whatever.

    09:44:44 does the things that they've always done

    09:44:47 Okay, that's information. That's who they are.

    09:44:50 And then…

    09:44:52 with that information, you get to decide what you make that mean.

    09:44:57 And you get to decide what to do with that information.

    09:45:06 And when you do that on purpose,

    09:45:10 That leads to responding rather than reacting.

    09:45:17 You're seeing clearly, you're understanding,

    09:45:20 And you can respond intentionally.

    09:45:23 And not react emotionally. This is relational maturity.

    09:45:35 Another thing that…

    09:45:39 can be, um…

    09:45:42 helpful to understand in relationship is…

    09:45:50 who… my identity…

    09:45:53 based on other people's opinions.

    09:45:57 allowing other people's opinions to impact who I am.

    09:46:04 how I show up, what I do.

    09:46:09 Even Jesus asked.

    09:46:12 Who do people say I am? Like, what's word out on the street? What are they saying about me?

    09:46:19 And then who do you say I am?

    09:46:21 Who am I to you?

    09:46:26 And he was not crowdsourcing, he wasn't like, oh, who are they saying that I am? Because that's who I need to keep being.

    09:46:35 It was…

    09:46:37 Are they right about me?

    09:46:41 He wasn't building his identity based on opinion.

    09:46:44 He knew who he was, he knew whose he was,

    09:46:48 He knew his purpose.

    09:46:53 And people got to be wrong about him.

    09:46:58 So, other people's opinions…

    09:47:03 don't necessarily have to shape us.

    09:47:08 We can just know, oh.

    09:47:12 There are going to be people that are wrong about you.

    09:47:20 We don't want to give other people authority over us that they were never meant to have.

    09:47:26 We don't base our identity on what other people think.

    09:47:32 our identity…

    09:47:34 is given to us from God.

    09:47:38 And walking in that identity.

    09:47:42 means that we…

    09:47:45 We need to believe what God says about us.

    09:47:49 Identity is received. It's not earned. It comes from God, not from the…

    09:47:55 approval of other people.

    09:48:01 We get to decide the kind of relationship that we want to have with other people.

    09:48:08 Each person in our life.

    09:48:10 we get to decide.

    09:48:13 the kind of relationship that we have with them.

    09:48:17 That includes adult children.

    09:48:19 And I often hear from women who…

    09:48:26 are estranged from adult children.

    09:48:28 And even then…

    09:48:31 You…

    09:48:33 can…

    09:48:36 decide what kind of relationship you want to have with them, even if you don't

    09:48:40 talk to them.

    09:48:42 Because the way that we think about a person,

    09:48:48 Generates emotion.

    09:48:50 And that emotion drives our actions, so we can decide how we want to think.

    09:48:58 And it might be sad.

    09:49:03 If I didn't have a relationship with my kids,

    09:49:07 I would want to be sad about that, and also, I wouldn't want that to…

    09:49:15 um… I wouldn't want that to keep me from living the life that God has for me to live.

    09:49:25 So you get to decide…

    09:49:27 how you want to think about the people in your life.

    09:49:31 And it can take noticing, paying attention,

    09:49:35 If… if you don't have the relationship that you want with

    09:49:40 people with a specific person, start with one person at a time.

    09:49:47 Then look at how you're thinking about them. What are the thoughts that come up?

    09:49:52 on repeat, when you think about that person.

    09:49:56 What's the emotion that's being generated by those thoughts that you're thinking?

    09:50:04 And how… how does that emotion drive your action? Is it driving you towards connection?

    09:50:10 Or away from connection.

    09:50:15 How do you want to feel about that person?

    09:50:18 Regardless of what they do or say, or don't do, or don't say,

    09:50:25 What do you need to remind yourself?

    09:50:27 about them to feel that way.

    09:50:35 Now, you can't control all the dynamics of a relationship by the way that you think.

    09:50:41 Obviously. Because…

    09:50:44 There are other people in the relationship.

    09:50:46 So, you can't control what happens all of the time, but you can control how you show up.

    09:50:53 You can control

    09:50:55 your posture. You can control your responses.

    09:51:03 And this… it applies to…

    09:51:06 living relationships that you're in right now, it applies to strained relationships.

    09:51:12 relationships that you don't even have anymore.

    09:51:16 maybe that ex-boyfriend from…

    09:51:19 high school, or…

    09:51:22 The Mean Girl from high school.

    09:51:26 It even applies to relationships with people that are no longer here.

    09:51:34 You get to decide.

    09:51:37 It's not easy.

    09:51:40 But it's worth it.

    09:51:46 I will have, for this episode, I'll have some journal prompts, so you can, if you click the link in the show notes to get the podcast resources, I will have

    09:51:55 some journaling questions for you.

    09:52:03 And some of the things to start thinking about.

    09:52:06 and pick a person, pick a relationship that you want to work with, work on,

    09:52:11 What am I believing about this person?

    09:52:14 How does that belief make me feel?

    09:52:20 How does it change how I show up?

    09:52:25 Is this belief even true?

    09:52:29 Is it helpful?

    09:52:30 Is it aligned with who I want to be?

    09:52:39 This… so all of this, as I… as I…

    09:52:43 wrap up.

    09:52:46 the intent behind this episode is…

    09:52:49 to reinforce that you are not powerless in your relationships.

    09:52:56 You are not responsible for other people's emotions.

    09:53:00 You are responsible for your own.

    09:53:03 for the way that you think,

    09:53:05 the way that you feel.

    09:53:08 the way that you show up.

    09:53:11 The level to which you're living in integrity with yourself in your relationships.

    09:53:17 Renewing your mind.

    09:53:19 is how relationships change.

    09:53:21 One belief at a time, one interaction at a time.

    09:53:26 notice…

    09:53:29 how you're feeling.

    09:53:32 notice what you're thinking in the situation that's leading to that emotion.

    09:53:37 And then decide how do I want to go forward?

    09:53:44 That is how relationships are transformed.

    09:53:51 There's so much more. This is a good beginning.

    09:53:56 So, definitely go to the show notes, and…

    09:54:01 click on the Podcast Resources link.

    09:54:05 to get the journal prompts. If this is an area that you want to work on with anybody.

    09:54:13 relationships in general, or if you have specific relationships that you…

    09:54:17 are like, yeah.

    09:54:19 I need to work on that. It's there for you.

    09:54:24 And, like I said earlier, if you want…

    09:54:29 to dive into this one-on-one in private coaching, schedule a call.

    09:54:36 Schedule a right fit call, the link is also in the show notes for that.

    09:54:39 And we can do this work together.

    09:54:42 on a more private,

    09:54:45 personal, um, specific basis.

    09:54:49 Thank you for being here. Remember that life coaching is life-changing, one renewed thought at a time.

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