Pye Jirsa

People pleasing is a trauma-based behavior that causes one to tend to someone’s needs at the expense of their own. People pleasing also goes beyond simply agreeing with someone or helping out of goodwill. Instead, people pleasers act out of fear of rejected by the other person. Pleasing the needs of others becomes their definition of love. While pleasing others may satisfy the people pleaser’s immediate needs, this comes at the cost of confidence, identity, and happiness.

Fortunately, people pleasing behaviors aren’t permanent and Pye and Dr. Glen lay out where this behavior stems from in order to begin making effective change, setting boundaries, and putting your own needs first.

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Raising children is tough. Add a divorce and a toxic ex-partner and it can become unbelievably complicated. Now the children are raised in two separate homes, each out of the control of the other. How do you provide a healthy childhood with only half the time and a stubborn ex who refuses to listen?

]Today, our guest, Amanda Lee of My Mommy the Artist, discusses the challenges of raising children with a toxic ex, how to put aside bitter feelings from the marriage, and the importance of setting the better and healthier example for your children.

My Mommy the Artist is a platform that helps parents raise healthy, creative, and capable children. You can learn more about Amanda and her work on her website and Instagram.

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Actions speak louder than words, especially in the case of relationships. We can see how two people truly feel about each other just by observing their body language. Sometimes these signs are subtle and other times, they speak volumes. As experts, Pye and Dr. Glen have intensely observed the body languages of couples over the years and share some common cues and signs that can indicate whether a relationship is healthy or not.

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Trauma bonding can feel like real love and intimacy. This is because when we trauma bond, we’re connecting over our wounds and that can provide temporary but deep comfort. However, this doesn’t heal our traumas and only satisfies the needs of the wound. A relationship built around trauma bonding can quickly become toxic and co-dependent.

To help you know if trauma is guiding your relationship decisions, Pye and Dr. Glen discuss common signs of unhealed wounds and how to begin healing in order to seek out healthier relationships built around shared Core Values and goals.

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We’d like to welcome our very first guest on our show, Amanda Lee, creator of My Mommy the Artist.

Amanda comes from an intense religious background that led her into marriage before she was ready. The marriage quickly unraveled and after over a decade of trauma and deteriorating health, Amanda left her relationship behind. She has since made tremendous progress in recovering and gaining back control of her life.

Today, she shares the trauma from growing up in an intensely religious environment and it shaped the way she parents and approaches relationships today.

My Mommy the Artist is a platform that helps parents raise healthy, creative, and capable children. You can learn more on her website and Instagram.

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Like dating advice, there’s plenty of bad marriage advice out there. Most of them don’t even consider the nuances of each relationship, individual, and situation. Instead, they offer one-size-fits-all solutions that not only miss the target, but can make things worse. Today, Pye and Dr. Glen react to 10 pieces of bad marriage advice and offer alternative approaches and insights for solving common marital problems.

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There’s a lot of terrible dating advice out there. Many of them sound great and helpful at first but can in fact, damage your relationship. To clear the air, Pye and Dr. Glen offer their thoughts on some of the most widely shared dating advice and how they can instead enable toxic behaviors rather than encourage healthy relationships and perspectives on love.

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People pleasers and narcissists together create the perfect storm. What the people pleaser has to give, the narcissist is happy to take. This can create an extremely co-dependent and toxic relationship that’s very difficult to break out of.

To better understand the people pleaser and narcissist, Pye and Dr. Glen dive into how the wounds that fuel these behaviors are created and how to begin the process of healing and seeking out healthier relationships.

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Relationships never stay the same. People change and so do their values and goals. It’s a natural process. Some relationships develop together with these changes. Others form deep rifts and differences. When this happens, the relationship can begin to feel one sided or exhausting to maintain. This is a sign that a relationship may no longer be serving you and Pye and Dr. Glen share some advice on how to move forward if this happens to be the case.

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