Susan, your host, welcomes Amanda Kirkland to today's episode. Amanda is a personal growth coach, and her journey to becoming a personal growth coach started with her own struggles throughout her teenage and adult years; she went through multiple toxic and dysfunctional relationships. Now she's a self-professed practitioner of self-care! A BABE — Balanced, Authentic, Babe, Extraordinaire. Today her life is like 31 flavors of Baskin Robbins ice cream.
Key Takeaways:
Amanda shares that losing her mother, whom she wasn't in contact with for the past ten years, leaves her confused about how she should feel regarding this loss.
Amanda and Susan talk about dysfunctional relationships and how they set boundaries to protect themselves and their mental health.
Holding space in your life for someone who has hurt you in the past is possible under certain conditions that avoid falling into old patterns.
Let people know that you need to be trusted.
Take time to learn how to set boundaries and care for yourself.
Feel your emotions, don't let them sit inside your soul.
Resources
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