Ep 165: Sharing your emotions…and getting dismissed

Send us Fan MailAs you’re learning about the importance of feeling your emotions and allowing that in yourself - you’d like to be witnessed in your emotional depths. But what to do when your partner or loved one is unwilling or unable to listen to your emotional experience? When they shut down, check out, or belittle what you share? They might support you in doing the work - but “do you have to talk so much about it with them”?It hurts when your partner is unwilling to meet you and touches a core wound that had you cover up and manage your emotions to begin with. So how do you continue doing the inner work and honor your desire to share your feelings with them - when they don’t want to?In this episode, we look at your half, your partner's half, and three things to focus on when a partner or loved one gets stressed when you share your emotions.—Check out these related episodes:Ep164: A different look at anxious and avoidant attachmentEp138: How to create emotional intimacy (when it hasn’t worked before)Ep129: 4 signs of an immature relationship with emotionsEp161: “Am I tolerating someone’s bad behavior by working on myself?”Ep159: What about the other person’s half?—You find show notes in this post on my website Now enrolling for the fall:My yearlong mentorship into secure relating and leading from love:The Embodied Relationship Academy (ERA)2 days in person Sep 30-Oct 1 included!Next coaching training cohort starts in October.Read more about the Nagual: mystery school and coach certificationRegistration open for 2027 power journey:Mexico February