Be Your Own Best Friend, Ep.134

In this episode we are talking about friendship, tips for healthy relationships, and being your own best friend! Have you ever wondered: why do my relationships feel out of balance? Why do I feel like I give so much time and energy to the people that I love, but I don’t get the same in return? Why am I always available for others but when I need someone, nobody is available?  If you have ever asked yourself any of these questions, this episode is for you!  Learn tips to maintain healthy relationships that help you feel more balanced, connected, and happy! 

#134 | Season 6: Rejoice! Ep. 8

#134 “Healthy Relationships: Be Your Own Best Friend” Show Notes - Links and References:    

Snacks and Apps:

One of my new friends: Jennie, the Comfy Cozy Witch and owner of the Comfy Cozy Apothecary: https://comfycozyapothecary.com/ 

Insight Timer App: https://insig.ht/fsvbAhoowkb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share 

Be your own best friend!

What do you value in relationships? What are the most important qualities of a best friend?

When you struggle to invest time and energy in your relationship with yourself, you might be modeling that same expectation for others. Your energy might be unconsciously communicating your self-limiting belief: I don’t deserve to receive time, love, respect, energy, and affection. 

You can make small shifts in your own energy to establish the expectation from yourself and from others: I deserve to give myself time and energy. I am worthy of time and attention. I am healthy when I make an intentional effort to nurture myself - body, mind, heart, soul, and spirit.

Psychology today article:  Are you too flexible in your relationship?: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happy-together/202309/are-you-too-flexible-in-your-relationship 

Tips to maintain healthy relationships with balanced energy:

1️⃣ Identify what you value in relationships. Give and receive energy in line with those values.

2️⃣ Set healthy boundaries by communicating your values and expectations for the relationship.

3️⃣ Be receptive rather than passive: Choose to be an active receiver of time and energy in your relationships.

4️⃣ Be assertive rather than acquiescent: Avoid consistently sacrificing your own comfort, peace, and joy in order to please others.

5️⃣ Prioritize the energy that you invest in your mental health and wellness.

FREE resource: Download the FUN Love Formula for tips on balancing your time and energy in relationships! https://www.drlyz.com/fun-love 

If you are consistently putting yourself at the bottom of your priority list, you are modeling that behavior for the people that you are in relationship with and they might also be putting you on the bottom of their list of priorities.

Vicky Alercia’s A New You Program is HERE!! 

It is designed to help you find true freedom after leaving a toxic relationship and to live with love and authentic joy! Sometimes people engage in certain activities, like people-pleasing or acquiescing, in order to survive an abusive or toxic relationship. Over time, those behaviors are no longer adaptive and can get in the way of maintaining healthy relationship dynamics. Vicky provides support, encouragement, and strategies to heal old wounds and create and maintain healthy, respectful, and fulfilling relationships. The first group call happens on October 11, 2023: learn more:

https://www.drlyz.com/a-new-you 

Take action today! Be your own best friend and also share this with your friends!!

Our Self-Love 101 Master Course is a great place to start on your mission of investing time, energy, and care into your mental health and wellness. It can help increase your feelings of self-worth, decrease your stress, and increase your joy! https://www.drlyz.com/self-love-101 

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