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Part 1-Emotional Honesty: What It Costs to Always Be Strong
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We continue our emotional honesty series, focusing on what it costs us to always be "the strong one" in our relationships and how this role can lead to feelings of resentment and invisibility.
• Exploring the pride and shadow side of being the reliable, strong person in relationships
• Understanding how always being "the strong one" can create distance and breed resentment
• Reflecting on how controlling situations by helping others feel heard can prevent us from expressing our own needs
• Considering whether our strength position is a conscious choice or an automatic habit
• Learning that vulnerability isn't weakness but a path to deeper intimacy
• Journaling exercise to identify moments where we feel compelled to be strong and imagining what asking for help might feel like
Journaling prompts:
- When are moments you feel like you HAVE to be strong?
- Do you know how to pause?
- What would if feel like to allow someone else to be strong for you?
- Who do you feel safest with and why?
- What would if feel like to be still in loud moments?
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Chapters
1. Welcome to Emotional Honesty Series (00:00:00)
2. The Cost of Being the Strong One (00:01:01)
3. Journaling Exercise Time (00:02:14)
4. The Pride and Shadow of Strength (00:03:55)
5. Personal Reflections on Being Strong (00:05:37)
6. Weekly Journaling Prompt and Conclusion (00:08:48)
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