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Freedom from Attachment
by Tracy Crossley
A lot of us live in our head, disconnected from our feelings and intuition. This podcast touches on releasing insecure attachment, accepting your authentic self and getting “unstuck” by connecting to how you FEEL instead of how you THINK. I’ve been there, and discuss sensitive subjects using my own experiences with a lot of laughs and even more empathy… because we’re all flawed humans.
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#840: The peak of spiritual intelligence looks like insecurity
Do you love a fight? One for a promotion, a relationship, or even just being right? Man that sounds exhausting and unnecessary. As a psychic, I received a download five years ago: Cosmic Intelligence and its definition. With Cosmic Intelligence are five archetypes: The Survivor, the Judge, The...
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#839: Waking Up as a Highly Sensitive Person
Ever think you should've had your big spiritual awakening by now? The one moment that everything is crystal clear? That's not how it works. Tracy's been on this path for over 30 years, and she still wakes up almost daily to something new. Some of it she's happy about. Some of it, not so much.…
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#838: That One Relationship Was Not Okay
You have one. The relationship that's never worked, no matter how hard you tried to fix it, understand it, or earn your way into it. Is it Mom or Dad? Bro or Sis? Who are you stuck with? Nobody has their shit together, not even the gurus. What some people have is more awareness, and awareness…
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#837: Why Your Decisions Don’t Matter
How long does it take you to decide what you’re wearing each day? What you’re having for breakfast, etc. Or any decisions that are focused on the little things I used to believe many of my choices were life or death, at least they felt that way! Don't disrupt, don't upset anyone, just go along…
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#836: Are You the Scapegoat?
The problem child. The difficult one. Black sheep. The one who just couldn't get it right. It’s really not your story, even if you feel it deep inside. I thought it was my story for years. Being the scapegoat in your family means you have all sorts of peculiar labels that don’t belong to you.…
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#835: Ted Bundy Was A Nice Guy Too
I bet you’re self-aware if you are reading this; you’re probably highly sensitive too and perceptive. Your awareness developed from observing the narcissistic parent in your life. Growing up with a personality-disordered parent doesn't just leave marks, it truly is a “normalized” operating…
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#834: Higher Intelligence of Attachment
Being stuck in survival mode is to be a human being. Survival starts at birth, you have needs to be fulfilled or you won’t survive. Survival equals attachment. A cosmic connection utilizing spiritual intelligence has absolutely NOTHING to do with survival. Accessing it and moving into love and...
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#833: Stop Surviving Attachment: Live Freely!
What is “the thing” you are waiting for that you may not think you’re waiting for? I never thought that survival was such an overarching theme to my daily life. All that “had to” or “necessary,” was just an outpouring of survival. Life is f-ing short, if you’re like me you may not realize the...
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#832: Have a Good Day
Are you waiting for your life to be perfect before you let yourself enjoy it? Waiting for the relationship to work out, the job to come through, the problems to resolve? Bullshit. You're wasting your life. Nobody is perfectly happy all the time. You're going to have anger, sadness, exhaustion…
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#831: Where is the Fun in Being Attached to the Problem
You think it's the person. The weight. The job. The relationship status. You think if you just solve that one thing, you'll finally feel okay inside. But here's what's actually happening: you're using that external problem to avoid the deeper feelings you don't want to touch. If you wait for...
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#830: Stop Waiting for Approval (REBROADCAST)
Tracy calls you out on your bullshit–the "I don't care what people think" persona you keep alive while secretly waiting for someone to make it safe before you take a risk. She breaks down how avoidants stay stuck in a comfortable box, never developing real self-worth, always waiting for something...
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#829: Real Life Romantic Relationship
Something new for you! Check this out–Tracy shares part of her experience and view on romantic relationships. Right out of her new book, Tracy uses clay to demonstrate an activity from her new book, Unboxed: Four Doors to Abundance. She walks through the difference between the fantasy…
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#828: Being Extreme is Complicated
After 800+ episodes diving deep into attachment theory, Tracy's making a shift. Freedom from Attachment is becoming UNcomplicated. Why? Even after all that work, she was still treating herself like “what’s wrong?” The age-old question lingering from birth… what needs fixing? Ya know when things…
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#827: Blocking Love from Your Life (Part 2)
You think you're being nice. Accommodating. A good partner. But here's the truth: people-pleasing is killing your relationship. Every time you don't speak up because you're afraid of conflict, you're building distance. Every time you sacrifice and keep a mental scorecard, you're choosing…
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#826: Blocking Love from Your Life (Part 1)
Are you waiting for someone to change? Expecting a relationship to finally fill that emptiness inside? You're blocking love. And you don't even know it. Most of us grew up without a manual on how to actually build a relationship. We watched dysfunction. We learned to attach instead of love. We...
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#825: Not Being Enough (REBROADCAST)
Does it feel like you're constantly striving to be enough but never quite reaching that point? Maybe you've been told that the key to feeling worthy is to keep achieving more and more, but deep down, you still struggle with feelings of inadequacy. The pain of not feeling like you're good enough…
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#824: Attachment is Greed, Not Love
Think attachment is about love? It's not. It's about greed, power, and control. Whether you're hoarding love, money, or status—it all comes from the same place: feeling empty inside and thinking that getting the thing will finally make you whole. We excuse behavior in others when we think it...
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#823: What If...
You know what we all do? We look at people through the filter of what we want them to be. Your parents. Your kids. Your partner. Even yourself. We're so busy projecting our expectations, our fears, our own experiences onto everyone else that we never actually see them. And here's the kicker—they...
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#822: Ignoring Red Flags Because You See the Good (REBROADCAST)
Yes, there is good in all of us. But that doesn’t mean you should ignore red flags in a relationship because you want to see the good in people. And it certainly doesn’t mean it’s your job to make those red flags go away; to shine that diamond in the rough! When you tell yourself what an amazing...
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#821: Judgement Keeps You Lonely
Are you constantly beating yourself up for past decisions? Judging every choice you've made and wondering why you feel so isolated? Here's the truth: We judge because it was meant to keep us alive. But now we use it to tear ourselves apart. And that harsh inner critic? It's keeping you lonely as...
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#820: Having A Hard Time?
Having a hard time? Yeah, everybody goes through hard times. You're not alone. But here's what gets lost when life feels like a shit show: kindness to yourself. Not the bullshit "be kind to your neighbor" stuff—real kindness to YOU. When everything's falling apart, we get lost in all the...
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#819: Are You Still Forcing Sh** to Happen?
Are you exhausted from trying to make everything happen? From kicking down doors and forcing your way into opportunities that never quite pan out? Stop. Just stop. You think you're being proactive, but you're actually running from yourself. Every time you force something—a relationship, a job, a...
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#818: Approval Seeking Avoidants
Are you stuck in your comfort zone, waiting for someone or something to rescue you from yourself? You're not alone. So many of us live in what Tracy calls "the box"—that familiar prison where we feel safe but never truly alive. We tell ourselves we don't need approval. We act like we don't give a...
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#617: How To Stay In The Flow As An Avoidant
Are you exhausted from forcing everything to happen? From pushing through goals that leave you feeling empty once you reach them? Most avoidants live like they're perpetually on fire—reacting, controlling, forcing outcomes because "easy" feels dangerous. But here's the thing: all that forcing…
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#816: The Truth About The Accidental A$$hole
Do you crave connection but keep everyone at arm's length? You might be what Tracy calls an "accidental asshole." You're not trying to be a jerk. You built that wall as a kid to survive. But now it's blocking the very thing you want most. You date with one foot in, one foot out. You need drama to...
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#815: Find Your Spark; Get The Love You Want! (REBROADCAST)
Are you fun? Do you have a spark in your eye or are you just a sad sack? You put on your dating face. Your interview face. You're all excited and lighthearted at first. Then what the fuck happens? You turn serious. You start complaining. You focus on what's not happening instead of asking…
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#814: "F" Stress (REBROADCAST)
Shit happens. That's life. But here's the thing—just because life throws curveballs doesn't mean you have to marry the stress that comes with them. Tracy gets raw and real about her own recent struggles. Unexpected life events. Emotional turmoil. The guilt that creeps in when you think you should...
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#813: No BS Podcast
Tired of the endless cycle of self-help promises that never deliver? You consume podcast after podcast, read book after book, seeking that magic formula for perfection. But here's the truth nobody wants to tell you: you're chasing a fantasy. The "fake Candyland bullshit goal" is what's making you...
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#812: Rules in Relationships: WTF is Compromise? (REBROADCAST)
Do you find yourself saying things like "we can only talk once a week" or "it's too late to make plans now"? You might be disguising control as boundaries without even realizing it. Here's the truth: rigid rules in relationships come from fear. Fear of being taken advantage of. Fear of losing...
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#811: The Desire to Bolt
Are you physically avoiding someone in your own home? Running to another room when you hear their footsteps? Your body knows what your mind tries to rationalize away. Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where our nervous system screams "danger" even when logically we know we're safe. Tracy...
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#810: Stop Trying
Are you exhausting yourself chasing dreams that aren't even yours? Twisting yourself into a pretzel trying to become someone you're not? Every year on this planet, you have a choice: become more bitter or grow. But here's the deal—all that trying is actually making you emptier. Stop trying to…
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#809: Self-Acceptance Is Not What You Think
Caught in a cycle of blaming others for how you feel? You might think self-acceptance comes from others accepting you first. Wrong. That approach builds walls, creates resentment, and slowly kills your relationships. Codependency, anyone? Giving the remote control to your emotions to someone else...
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#808: Nobody Cares About Your Feelings
You keep ignoring your gut to please everyone else. Reacting to what others want instead of tuning into what YOU need. Sound familiar? When was the last time you actually checked in with yourself before jumping through hoops to meet someone else's expectations? We're taught to react to others, to...
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#807: Don't Be A Gumby
Ever notice how you contort yourself to fit what someone else wants? When you play small, hide parts of yourself, or pretend to be something you're not just to have a relationship? You can't have happiness when you're living a half-life. Subservience to an ideal—whether it's a relationship, a...
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#806: Getting Over Your Narcissistic Parents
Do you carry a burden of guilt and responsibility that doesn't belong to you? Feel like something's wrong with you even when everything in your life is going right? That's the lasting impact of growing up with a narcissistic parent—where their stories become your emotional prison. In this raw and...
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#805: My life is good, but something is missing (REBROADCAST)
Something's missing in your life. You feel it. You know it. But you keep telling yourself everything's fine. That gnawing emptiness? The one you try to fill with advice from friends about your dating life or career choices? It's not going away until you face what's really happening. You're…
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#804: Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Matthew Krayton
Still blaming politics, society, or other people for your problems? Think a new job, relationship, or president will fix your life? Wrong. In this raw conversation with Matthew Krayton, founder of Publitics and political consultant, he and Tracy cut through the BS of externalization. You'll hear...
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#803: Do You Like the Idea of Him or Her?
Those past relationships that seem to have a special place in your heart, anyone come to mind? I know putting someone who’s no longer in your life into a special place can feel warm and fuzzy, but is it just an escape? When we aren’t finding meaning in the present, we often escape—imagining an ex...
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#802: Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life! with Eitan Koter
In this episode of Moving On to a Healthy and Thriving Life, Tracy sits down with Eitan Koter, co-founder and CEO of VIMMI, to unpack the real story behind building a successful company from the ground up—without outside funding and without a clear roadmap. Eitan shares how childhood confidence…
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#801: Love is a Game
Think you’re not playing games in love? Think again. The waiting, the silence, the unspoken rules—it’s all part of the game. And the worst part? You’re playing against yourself. When dating feels like a power struggle, it’s not about them—it’s about your own fears and insecurities running the…
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#800: I Am Trapped
Feeling trapped? Whether it’s your relationship, job, or just life in general, the real prison isn’t outside of you—it’s inside. Avoidance, fear, and old wounds keep you stuck, convincing you that escaping is the answer. But what if the only way out is to stop running? In this episode, we break...
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#799: It’s Not Them, It’s You
Think your happiness depends on someone else changing? Think again. In this episode, we’re tackling the hard truth: no one—not your partner, boss, friends, or family—can make you feel better. The only way to break free from frustration, attachment, and control is by looking inward. Because until...
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#798: Feeling Good When Life Sucks
What will make you feel good even when life is delivering thorny roses? Crisis is everywhere these days. Many of you might be stuck in survival mode, clinging to external situations that must change before you feel okay. The real solution? Learning to create your own sense of feeling good—no…
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#797: Do You Know Who You Are, Really?
You know that person in your life who bugs the crap out of you? The one you keep a list of things they should do differently from your perspective. Well, do you know yourself to that degree too? Here’s the deal. How well you know yourself and your operating system can make a difference in the...
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#796: Surprises in Healthy Relationships
Think a healthy relationship is all about effortless love and constant happiness? Think again. Real, fulfilling partnerships aren’t built on fairy tales—they require self-awareness, emotional clarity, and letting go of the idea that someone else will "fix" you. Most of us unknowingly carry…
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#795: Why Do I Feel Like My Relationships Are On Repeat?
Attachment means you live in an itsy bitsy world, regardless of what it looks like on the outside. You are after a feeling that comes once in a while or never. The feeling of safety or security. This started in childhood. Unknowingly it has limited your relationships, self-worth, and personal...
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#794: Woah! How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself!
I bet you think you do most things “correctly; then something comes out of left field knocking you over. The creeping feeling of "not good enough" can be felt. You then look at how you should’ve been better, did it differently, etc. This whole conversation is self-sabotage. Tune in on stopping…
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#793: Does Attachment Cause the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Syndrome?
Are you stuck in a tug-of-war between two versions of yourself? In this episode, Tracy explores the inner conflict between your "Dr. Jekyll" self—the love-driven, positive you—and your "Mr. Hyde" self—the fear-driven, avoidant you. These two sides shape how you approach relationships,...
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#792: What you really want but push away
Are you your own worst enemy in relationships? Whether it’s anxious clinging or avoidant distancing, attachment issues often create cycles of fear and emotional avoidance that sabotage the love and intimacy you crave. In this episode, Tracy dives deep into the hidden forces driving these patterns...
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#791: How to Bring the Frayed Ends Back Together
How easy it is to live a separate life, until you actually realize that’s what you’ve been doing. No one sets out in a relationship to do this, most people start off with the best intentions. Conditioning is responsible for hidden patterns that lead to emotional distance. It doesn’t have to stay...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A lot of us live in our head, disconnected from our feelings and intuition. This podcast touches on releasing insecure attachment, accepting your authentic self and getting “unstuck” by connecting to how you FEEL instead of how you THINK. I’ve been there, and discuss sensitive subjects using my own experiences with a lot of laughs and even more empathy… because we’re all flawed humans.
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Tracy Crossley
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