Are you drowning in a sea of online relationship advice where every disagreement gets labeled “toxic” and every challenge seems like a relationship death sentence? This episode cuts through the noise and gives you the real tools to evaluate your relationship’s true health. We’ll dive into the critical differences between a rough patch and genuine toxicity, helping you distinguish between normal relationship challenges and destructive patterns. If you do start to realize your relationship is toxic, you’ll hear what to do next.
Key Takeaways:
- Is your relationship going through a rough patch or is it truly toxic?
- What are the behaviors, actions, and patterns that create a toxic relationship?
- Why it can be detrimental to label a relationship as toxic too soon.
- Why you should focus on influence instead of control.
- Why the mixture of high highs and low lows makes toxic relationships so hard to leave.
- What emotional manipulation looks like in a toxic relationship.
- How to start deciding what you can and cannot accept.
- Why you shouldn’t let your friends decide if your relationship is worth it.
