August 27, 2025 • 19 mins
Growth changes everything—especially relationships. Whether it's your partner, close friend, or family member, embarking on a healing journey inevitably shifts the dynamics between you and those you love. Sometimes this creates friction that can be confusing, painful, and even frightening.
As women, we're naturally relationship-oriented. Many of us wake up each morning motivated by the connections in our lives. Yet when we begin to transform through growth work, yoga, or healing practices, we're changing fundamental parts of these precious relationships. Every significant relationship consists of three elements: you, the other person, and the dynamic between you. Your personal evolution inherently changes two of these components, creating natural growing pains that few discuss openly.
Some women avoid growth work altogether, fearing what truths might emerge or how it might threaten relationship stability. Others eagerly pursue transformation, hoping for deeper connections and new possibilities. But when your journey outpaces your partner's readiness or understanding, difficult moments arise. You might feel misunderstood, criticized for changing, or even have your growth thrown back at you: "If you've done so much inner work, why are you getting emotional?" These experiences touch vulnerable parts of ourselves that crave safety and validation in our relationships.
Yet despite these challenges, there's profound freedom waiting on the other side. The women I work with discover resilience, inner resourcefulness, and a sense of being deeply at home in themselves. While we can't control others' reactions or force them to join us on our path, we can embrace the truth that our growth ripples outward in ways that ultimately benefit everyone. Not everyone will understand your journey—and they don't need to. Your healing path will naturally be polarizing, and that's not just okay, it's part of the liberation process. I've never met a woman who wanted to return to who she was before this work. Once you've tasted this kind of freedom within yourself, there's only forward movement into greater authenticity, wholeness, and peace.
Ready to explore these relationship dynamics in a supportive community? Join us in the Nourished Woman Sanctuary, where you'll find the mentorship and holding space to navigate these complex waters with grace and wisdom.
Send me a message on instagram @the_nourished_woman or peruse my website at KeriMarino.com
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Welcome to the Nourished Woman podcast, a space
for women on a growth andhealing journey who want to
experience more joy, play andpleasure while feeling deeply
rooted within themselves.
Body play and pleasure whilefeeling deeply rooted within
themselves body, mind and spirit.
I'm your host, keri Marino,somatic yoga therapist, mentor
and mama of three.
Let's dive in love.
(00:35):
If you've ever felt confused,hopeful or worried about how
your growth, healing and yogajourney is going to impact your
relationships, this episode isfor you.
And first off, I want to saythat, as women, you are very
(01:01):
likely oriented towardsrelationships in your life.
These are very important foryou.
I always say that relationshipsare what get me out of bed
every morning, like it's the,it's the thing that motivates me
to do just about anything.
Relationships are, as they say,everything, and so I see you in
(01:22):
that.
I see how importantrelationships are for you too.
I see it in my clients and Isee it in those of you that I
haven't even met yet.
As women, we thrive incommunity.
We need those connections withother people, and you might be a
person who needs a lot ofconnections with a lot of
different people, or more oflike a small world, deep
(01:42):
connection space.
So, whoever you are, howeveryou feel about relationships,
let's be real and honest witheach other that when you embark
on a growth, healing and yogajourney that oftentimes there
can be some sticking points thatcome up, and so I want to speak
to those sorts of growing painsthat can happen in your
(02:06):
relationships and for thepurpose of this podcast, I want
you to think about relationshipsas being a dynamic between you
and a significant person to youCould be your partner, could be
your friend, could be yourparent, could be anybody else in
your world, but this person issignificant enough that you care
(02:29):
about this relationship and itsfuture.
So, obviously, having goodrelationships is important.
Relationships that feel likeyou're being nourished and
you're also being able tonourish the other person are
really magnificent.
Where you can fully be yourself, you can let yourself speak
(02:53):
freely, you can share what's onyour heart and mind.
That other person will listen,they will sit with you and they
won't judge you right Like.
We're all looking for love andsafety and acceptance ultimately
in relationships, and so manyof the women who come through my
practice and probably you onsome level if you're listening
(03:15):
to this podcast care about acertain level of emotional
transparency and maturity in arelationship.
You want to be able to shareemotions, you want to be able to
share the experiences thatyou're having, and you also want
to be able to hold those spacesfor the other people.
You want to hear about what'sgoing on for them, you want to
(03:35):
be a friend to them, you want tobe a companion, you want to be
somebody who can share fun andmeaningful experiences together.
And so in this ecosystem of arelationship, there are three
different parts there's the youpart and there's the other
person part and there's thedynamic of your relationship as
(03:56):
a separate part.
And so whenever you're doinggrowth and healing work and yoga
, you're obviously changing theyou part of that equation and
you're also changing the dynamicpart between you and the other
person, and so this can reallystir up some fears and confusion
(04:18):
and hope and change foreverybody involved.
And so I want to be honest thatsometimes fear can actually be
a barrier to women doing thegrowth, healing and yoga,
because there is this worry thatif I do these things, I might
uncover something that I don'tactually want to see or deal
(04:43):
with.
And so if I don't do that work,then I won't have to deal with
that thing, I can continue to gothrough my life and avoid it
and pretend that it's not thereand just to kind of acknowledge,
when I get those intuitive hits, that like, okay, I'm not
really going to go there withmyself.
And there is even in the traumarecovery space.
(05:04):
There are people who literallywill wait for someone to die,
like a parent, before they willdeal with the trauma that
they've experienced.
And so this can be a massivebarrier or a medium-sized
barrier or a small barrier foryou and that ultimately, for the
women in my world, that startsto take too large of a toll.
(05:29):
So not allowing yourself tounearth those truths from inside
, and that sort of inner knowingand going into the inner
workspace, it begins to take atoll on mental health especially
, but physical health too.
So it could be things likedepression, it could be anxiety,
(05:51):
it could be mysterious bodythings going on, digestive stuff
, stuff or pain, any number ofthings, and so it'll start to
take a toll when we're avoidingdoing this work out of fear.
Out of fear of a relationshipchanging because perhaps we
looked at something and now wecan't not see it, out of fear
(06:11):
that if we do change ourselves,that it will change the safety
that we feel in thatrelationship.
So, for example, I've had womenshare with me that they were
scared to do the work becausethey didn't want it to change
how they saw their husband, forexample, or the safety and
security that they felt in theirmarriage.
(06:32):
And so I want to just like woof, I want to acknowledge with you
that that exists out there andthat it may or may not be
something that you relate to.
So there's parts of you, some ofyou, that may not want your
relationship to change, andthere are other people listening
that want your relationships tochange.
(06:53):
So maybe you're feeling thisinner sense that things could be
easier and more in flow betweenyou and your person.
You have this vision of thekind of life that you could
create together through thegrowth, healing and yoga, like
what doors this could open upinside of you and what new,
(07:15):
deepening ways you could connectwith each other and have great
experiences with each other andexplore different aspects of
yourself or be more radicallyhonest with one another, or more
emotionally expressive with oneanother, or more sexually
expressive with one another,like whatever it is.
There are some of you listeningthat are like I freaking want
(07:36):
the change.
I am so hopeful about thechange.
I want to feel this new energyin our relationship.
I want to stop fighting overthese same things.
I want to stop like going intoa fawn or freeze when we have a
conversation.
I want to open new doors insideof this relationship.
And so I want to acknowledgethat here too, there can be some
(08:02):
complicated layers, because asyou grow and heal, if you
remember, and as you're doingyour yoga, you're changing the
you part and you're changing thedynamic part between the two of
you and your relationship.
But the other person in theequation they may or may not
want to change and grow and healand do their own, whatever
their version of yoga isthemselves.
(08:22):
And so there's that there canbe that sort of resistance or
that sort of like coming upagainst a wall in a way, where
you're hoping for this otherstuff and you're holding this
desire inside of you, but maybethe other person is either not
ready to go there with you, likemaybe they don't want to do the
(08:42):
work for themselves, or maybethey don't understand why you're
doing this work, or maybe theywant to do it and they are doing
it and you guys get toco-create something beautiful
and meaningful in a whole newway.
That's both of your visiongetting born into this new
(09:04):
relationship that you'rebuilding together, the whole
damn spectrum of growth andhealing, and the complexities of
these significant relationshipsthat we have with people and
that in control.
(09:24):
Like in reality, you only havecontrol of yourself and the work
that you do and how you chooseto see things and what you put
your energy into.
You do not have any controlover the other person in the
dynamic, and that includeswhether or not they grow, heal
(09:45):
or do yoga.
That also includes if theyunderstand your journey.
Like for many women, it is verypainful to feel misunderstood
when you've grown and evolvedand you're a new version of you
and somebody doesn't see thatand they can't acknowledge that
(10:05):
with you.
Like that can be really painful.
But let's also name that inthis sort of personal
relationship world sometimesgrowth, healing and yoga become
a target on your back and sopeople can even use this against
you.
Like, oh, if you've done somuch inner work, then why are
(10:25):
you getting emotional right nowbecause you're supposed to be
calm all of the time?
Or why are you being the potstirrer and stirring up all this
old stuff from the pastwhenever you're supposed to be
living in the present moment.
And it wasn't even that bad inthe first place.
So sometimes you will hear thethings love.
(10:47):
Sometimes people will saythings to you that is coming
from their own triggered spaceand can really touch on parts of
you that just want yourrelationships to be intact and
to feel safe and secure.
And I want you to know thatyou're not alone.
If you've ever feltmisunderstood, if you've ever
(11:09):
felt like somebody reallydoesn't understand what it
actually means to grow, heal andpractice yoga and what the
purpose of that is, becauseclearly you did not go down this
path to hurt anyone or damageyour relationships.
And also true.
And also true sometimes, whenyou go down this path, your
(11:38):
relationships will change andpeople will be triggered by your
actions, and sometimes thatmeans that they get hurt, and
that is part of the complicatedsoup of growth and healing work.
Healing work.
If you got into this growth,healing and yoga and you were
like I didn't want anything tochange in my relationships,
here's your wake up call love.
Of course it was going tochange, like it should change,
(11:59):
because the old way it was notworking for you any more.
Oh, my goodness, that's whyyou're here.
You didn't like the way thatyou were feeling before.
You didn't like knowing thatthere was more available for you
and not living into that.
I have seen women crawl theirway out of depression because
(12:21):
they said yes to doing this work, even if it made their
relationships uncomfortable.
I have seen women, after yearsand years of therapy, come into
this kind of work that we dohere in the nourished woman and
move themselves forward to wherethey feel more free in their
bodies and they feel more athome in themselves and rooted
(12:45):
and spacious within themselves.
And that's part of what I wantto bring your attention to is
why excuse me, why you're doingthis work in the first place.
And then the difference thatyou see inside of yourself,
because I venture to guess thatas you continue to grow, heal
(13:07):
and practice your yoga, that youare seeing yourself respond
differently to things that comeup in your life.
You might feel yourself beingmore resourced inside when life
triggers you, or more resilient,which means that you can sort
of ride the waves without havingas big of a spiral or the highs
(13:29):
and lows.
You get to be the sort ofsturdy leader of your own life,
and then that is good for yourrelationship with you and it is
my belief, and it may not beyours that is also good for the
people in your life.
(13:51):
You growing, healing andpracticing yoga is not just
about you although that would bemore than enough of a reason
but it is also this sort ofsacred ripple effect that moves
out and sometimes in yourrelationships you have to give
people time to adjust to thosechanges within you and within
(14:16):
your dynamic.
You cannot force them to acceptit, you cannot force them to
see the validity of it and youalso cannot force them to take
this path with you, with you.
And sometimes that means doingthe loving work of just giving
somebody the freedom to bewhoever it is that they're
(14:37):
choosing to be and to walk awayor to take a pause in that
relationship and say you knowwhat?
This is what you want foryourself, and here I am and this
is what I want for myself.
And maybe our paths don't meetright now.
Sometimes it can mean that yourrelationship will go through
(14:57):
ruptures and repairs, so thingswill reach a point where they
sort of break and then you cancome together and build a new
way.
Together.
You can meet each other, cometogether and build a new way
together.
You can meet each other, andsometimes we choose to keep
people in our lives who cannotsee us, understand us or even
(15:21):
recognize their role in thegrowth, healing and yoga that
we've done like and why we gotto a place where we needed that
in the first place, and wechoose to have those people in
our lives in a way that actuallyfeels healthy for us, because
if you're ever looking for otherpeople to be exactly what you
(15:43):
need them to be in arelationship, it's really
probably a mirror reflectingback to you some tender parts
within that need more love, careand support from you.
All right, my love, growth,healing yoga it's definitely
going to impact yourrelationship.
It is radically going toimprove how you feel within
(16:07):
yourself and there may be somegrowing pains in your
relationships and rather thantrying to pretend that that's
not there or avoid it or getconfused about it or hold on to
hope that ends up being likecontrol in disguise, I want to
encourage you to just embrace it, because you are down for the
(16:29):
ride if you're doing this workand this is part of the ride,
this is part of the show, if youwill.
So it's going to be things thatcome up for you and that's
natural and it's actually goodand it's part of your evolution,
and the only person that youreally have control over is
yourself in this dynamic.
So what would it be like foryou to say you know what?
(16:52):
Like I am the nourished womanin this equation.
I love how far I've come.
I've never met a woman in mypractice who wants to go back to
where she was before.
Like it just doesn't work likethat.
Once you've tasted this kind offreedom inside yourself and and
like I'm not saying that we haveradical permission to just go
(17:15):
out and burn down all thebridges Like we still want to
have inner discernment and keepdoing the inner work, keep
looking within, keep askingyourself the hard questions, but
also just this deeply resourcedsense of trust in yourself and
trust in the journey and notletting yourself get entangled
in somebody else's shit so thatyou lose sight of what you know
(17:40):
within you and, lastly, justthis surrender to the process.
You don't have to be understood, people don't have to get it.
The average person on theplanet does not understand what
it truly means to grow, heal andevolve and your healing journey
, your yoga practice.
Your growth will be polarizing,and that is okay and that is
(18:04):
also part of the freedom that'savailable for you inside of it,
just for you to keep doing itanyways and for you to be the
good heart led person that youknow that you are and to embrace
that.
Not everybody has to get me.
I get me more than I ever have.
Not everybody has to feel likewhat I'm doing is okay.
I feel more whole inside.
(18:26):
Sometimes I have to walk awayfrom that person or shift a
relationship dynamic, and thatdoesn't make that person bad or
me better.
It just means this isn'tworking the way that it has been
for me and now I need somethingdifferent.
So the space of neutralityaround your relationships, you
can get to a place where they'rejust doing what they're doing.
(18:48):
You're doing what you're doingand those dynamics between you
are what y'all get to decide on.
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Welcome to the Nourished Woman podcast, a space
for women on a growth andhealing journey who want to
experience more joy, play andpleasure while feeling deeply
rooted within themselves.
Body play and pleasure whilefeeling deeply rooted within
themselves body, mind and spirit.
I'm your host, keri Marino,somatic yoga therapist, mentor
and mama of three.
Let's dive in love.
(00:35):
If you've ever felt confused,hopeful or worried about how
your growth, healing and yogajourney is going to impact your
relationships, this episode isfor you.
And first off, I want to saythat, as women, you are very
(01:01):
likely oriented towardsrelationships in your life.
These are very important foryou.
I always say that relationshipsare what get me out of bed
every morning, like it's the,it's the thing that motivates me
to do just about anything.
Relationships are, as they say,everything, and so I see you in
(01:22):
that.
I see how importantrelationships are for you too.
I see it in my clients and Isee it in those of you that I
haven't even met yet.
As women, we thrive incommunity.
We need those connections withother people, and you might be a
person who needs a lot ofconnections with a lot of
different people, or more oflike a small world, deep
(01:42):
connection space.
So, whoever you are, howeveryou feel about relationships,
let's be real and honest witheach other that when you embark
on a growth, healing and yogajourney that oftentimes there
can be some sticking points thatcome up, and so I want to speak
to those sorts of growing painsthat can happen in your
(02:06):
relationships and for thepurpose of this podcast, I want
you to think about relationshipsas being a dynamic between you
and a significant person to youCould be your partner, could be
your friend, could be yourparent, could be anybody else in
your world, but this person issignificant enough that you care
(02:29):
about this relationship and itsfuture.
So, obviously, having goodrelationships is important.
Relationships that feel likeyou're being nourished and
you're also being able tonourish the other person are
really magnificent.
Where you can fully be yourself, you can let yourself speak
(02:53):
freely, you can share what's onyour heart and mind.
That other person will listen,they will sit with you and they
won't judge you right Like.
We're all looking for love andsafety and acceptance ultimately
in relationships, and so manyof the women who come through my
practice and probably you onsome level if you're listening
(03:15):
to this podcast care about acertain level of emotional
transparency and maturity in arelationship.
You want to be able to shareemotions, you want to be able to
share the experiences thatyou're having, and you also want
to be able to hold those spacesfor the other people.
You want to hear about what'sgoing on for them, you want to
(03:35):
be a friend to them, you want tobe a companion, you want to be
somebody who can share fun andmeaningful experiences together.
And so in this ecosystem of arelationship, there are three
different parts there's the youpart and there's the other
person part and there's thedynamic of your relationship as
(03:56):
a separate part.
And so whenever you're doinggrowth and healing work and yoga
, you're obviously changing theyou part of that equation and
you're also changing the dynamicpart between you and the other
person, and so this can reallystir up some fears and confusion
(04:18):
and hope and change foreverybody involved.
And so I want to be honest thatsometimes fear can actually be
a barrier to women doing thegrowth, healing and yoga,
because there is this worry thatif I do these things, I might
uncover something that I don'tactually want to see or deal
(04:43):
with.
And so if I don't do that work,then I won't have to deal with
that thing, I can continue to gothrough my life and avoid it
and pretend that it's not thereand just to kind of acknowledge,
when I get those intuitive hits, that like, okay, I'm not
really going to go there withmyself.
And there is even in the traumarecovery space.
(05:04):
There are people who literallywill wait for someone to die,
like a parent, before they willdeal with the trauma that
they've experienced.
And so this can be a massivebarrier or a medium-sized
barrier or a small barrier foryou and that ultimately, for the
women in my world, that startsto take too large of a toll.
(05:29):
So not allowing yourself tounearth those truths from inside
, and that sort of inner knowingand going into the inner
workspace, it begins to take atoll on mental health especially
, but physical health too.
So it could be things likedepression, it could be anxiety,
(05:51):
it could be mysterious bodythings going on, digestive stuff
, stuff or pain, any number ofthings, and so it'll start to
take a toll when we're avoidingdoing this work out of fear.
Out of fear of a relationshipchanging because perhaps we
looked at something and now wecan't not see it, out of fear
(06:11):
that if we do change ourselves,that it will change the safety
that we feel in thatrelationship.
So, for example, I've had womenshare with me that they were
scared to do the work becausethey didn't want it to change
how they saw their husband, forexample, or the safety and
security that they felt in theirmarriage.
(06:32):
And so I want to just like woof, I want to acknowledge with you
that that exists out there andthat it may or may not be
something that you relate to.
So there's parts of you, some ofyou, that may not want your
relationship to change, andthere are other people listening
that want your relationships tochange.
(06:53):
So maybe you're feeling thisinner sense that things could be
easier and more in flow betweenyou and your person.
You have this vision of thekind of life that you could
create together through thegrowth, healing and yoga, like
what doors this could open upinside of you and what new,
(07:15):
deepening ways you could connectwith each other and have great
experiences with each other andexplore different aspects of
yourself or be more radicallyhonest with one another, or more
emotionally expressive with oneanother, or more sexually
expressive with one another,like whatever it is.
There are some of you listeningthat are like I freaking want
(07:36):
the change.
I am so hopeful about thechange.
I want to feel this new energyin our relationship.
I want to stop fighting overthese same things.
I want to stop like going intoa fawn or freeze when we have a
conversation.
I want to open new doors insideof this relationship.
And so I want to acknowledgethat here too, there can be some
(08:02):
complicated layers, because asyou grow and heal, if you
remember, and as you're doingyour yoga, you're changing the
you part and you're changing thedynamic part between the two of
you and your relationship.
But the other person in theequation they may or may not
want to change and grow and healand do their own, whatever
their version of yoga isthemselves.
(08:22):
And so there's that there canbe that sort of resistance or
that sort of like coming upagainst a wall in a way, where
you're hoping for this otherstuff and you're holding this
desire inside of you, but maybethe other person is either not
ready to go there with you, likemaybe they don't want to do the
(08:42):
work for themselves, or maybethey don't understand why you're
doing this work, or maybe theywant to do it and they are doing
it and you guys get toco-create something beautiful
and meaningful in a whole newway.
That's both of your visiongetting born into this new
(09:04):
relationship that you'rebuilding together, the whole
damn spectrum of growth andhealing, and the complexities of
these significant relationshipsthat we have with people and
that in control.
(09:24):
Like in reality, you only havecontrol of yourself and the work
that you do and how you chooseto see things and what you put
your energy into.
You do not have any controlover the other person in the
dynamic, and that includeswhether or not they grow, heal
(09:45):
or do yoga.
That also includes if theyunderstand your journey.
Like for many women, it is verypainful to feel misunderstood
when you've grown and evolvedand you're a new version of you
and somebody doesn't see thatand they can't acknowledge that
(10:05):
with you.
Like that can be really painful.
But let's also name that inthis sort of personal
relationship world sometimesgrowth, healing and yoga become
a target on your back and sopeople can even use this against
you.
Like, oh, if you've done somuch inner work, then why are
(10:25):
you getting emotional right nowbecause you're supposed to be
calm all of the time?
Or why are you being the potstirrer and stirring up all this
old stuff from the pastwhenever you're supposed to be
living in the present moment.
And it wasn't even that bad inthe first place.
So sometimes you will hear thethings love.
(10:47):
Sometimes people will saythings to you that is coming
from their own triggered spaceand can really touch on parts of
you that just want yourrelationships to be intact and
to feel safe and secure.
And I want you to know thatyou're not alone.
If you've ever feltmisunderstood, if you've ever
(11:09):
felt like somebody reallydoesn't understand what it
actually means to grow, heal andpractice yoga and what the
purpose of that is, becauseclearly you did not go down this
path to hurt anyone or damageyour relationships.
And also true.
And also true sometimes, whenyou go down this path, your
(11:38):
relationships will change andpeople will be triggered by your
actions, and sometimes thatmeans that they get hurt, and
that is part of the complicatedsoup of growth and healing work.
Healing work.
If you got into this growth,healing and yoga and you were
like I didn't want anything tochange in my relationships,
here's your wake up call love.
Of course it was going tochange, like it should change,
(11:59):
because the old way it was notworking for you any more.
Oh, my goodness, that's whyyou're here.
You didn't like the way thatyou were feeling before.
You didn't like knowing thatthere was more available for you
and not living into that.
I have seen women crawl theirway out of depression because
(12:21):
they said yes to doing this work, even if it made their
relationships uncomfortable.
I have seen women, after yearsand years of therapy, come into
this kind of work that we dohere in the nourished woman and
move themselves forward to wherethey feel more free in their
bodies and they feel more athome in themselves and rooted
(12:45):
and spacious within themselves.
And that's part of what I wantto bring your attention to is
why excuse me, why you're doingthis work in the first place.
And then the difference thatyou see inside of yourself,
because I venture to guess thatas you continue to grow, heal
(13:07):
and practice your yoga, that youare seeing yourself respond
differently to things that comeup in your life.
You might feel yourself beingmore resourced inside when life
triggers you, or more resilient,which means that you can sort
of ride the waves without havingas big of a spiral or the highs
(13:29):
and lows.
You get to be the sort ofsturdy leader of your own life,
and then that is good for yourrelationship with you and it is
my belief, and it may not beyours that is also good for the
people in your life.
(13:51):
You growing, healing andpracticing yoga is not just
about you although that would bemore than enough of a reason
but it is also this sort ofsacred ripple effect that moves
out and sometimes in yourrelationships you have to give
people time to adjust to thosechanges within you and within
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your dynamic.
You cannot force them to acceptit, you cannot force them to
see the validity of it and youalso cannot force them to take
this path with you, with you.
And sometimes that means doingthe loving work of just giving
somebody the freedom to bewhoever it is that they're
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choosing to be and to walk awayor to take a pause in that
relationship and say you knowwhat?
This is what you want foryourself, and here I am and this
is what I want for myself.
And maybe our paths don't meetright now.
Sometimes it can mean that yourrelationship will go through
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ruptures and repairs, so thingswill reach a point where they
sort of break and then you cancome together and build a new
way.
Together.
You can meet each other, cometogether and build a new way
together.
You can meet each other, andsometimes we choose to keep
people in our lives who cannotsee us, understand us or even
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recognize their role in thegrowth, healing and yoga that
we've done like and why we gotto a place where we needed that
in the first place, and wechoose to have those people in
our lives in a way that actuallyfeels healthy for us, because
if you're ever looking for otherpeople to be exactly what you
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need them to be in arelationship, it's really
probably a mirror reflectingback to you some tender parts
within that need more love, careand support from you.
All right, my love, growth,healing yoga it's definitely
going to impact yourrelationship.
It is radically going toimprove how you feel within
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yourself and there may be somegrowing pains in your
relationships and rather thantrying to pretend that that's
not there or avoid it or getconfused about it or hold on to
hope that ends up being likecontrol in disguise, I want to
encourage you to just embrace it, because you are down for the
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ride if you're doing this workand this is part of the ride,
this is part of the show, if youwill.
So it's going to be things thatcome up for you and that's
natural and it's actually goodand it's part of your evolution,
and the only person that youreally have control over is
yourself in this dynamic.
So what would it be like foryou to say you know what?
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Like I am the nourished womanin this equation.
I love how far I've come.
I've never met a woman in mypractice who wants to go back to
where she was before.
Like it just doesn't work likethat.
Once you've tasted this kind offreedom inside yourself and and
like I'm not saying that we haveradical permission to just go
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out and burn down all thebridges Like we still want to
have inner discernment and keepdoing the inner work, keep
looking within, keep askingyourself the hard questions, but
also just this deeply resourcedsense of trust in yourself and
trust in the journey and notletting yourself get entangled
in somebody else's shit so thatyou lose sight of what you know
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within you and, lastly, justthis surrender to the process.
You don't have to be understood, people don't have to get it.
The average person on theplanet does not understand what
it truly means to grow, heal andevolve and your healing journey
, your yoga practice.
Your growth will be polarizing,and that is okay and that is
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also part of the freedom that'savailable for you inside of it,
just for you to keep doing itanyways and for you to be the
good heart led person that youknow that you are and to embrace
that.
Not everybody has to get me.
I get me more than I ever have.
Not everybody has to feel likewhat I'm doing is okay.
I feel more whole inside.
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Sometimes I have to walk awayfrom that person or shift a
relationship dynamic, and thatdoesn't make that person bad or
me better.
It just means this isn'tworking the way that it has been
for me and now I need somethingdifferent.
So the space of neutralityaround your relationships, you
can get to a place where they'rejust doing what they're doing.
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You're doing what you're doingand those dynamics between you
are what y'all get to decide on.
If this podcast episoderesonated with you, I'd love to
hear about it.
Send me a message on instagramat the nourished woman, or
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through my website,kerrymarinocom, and if you're
looking for a space for deepersupport, mentorship or simply a
space to feel held, I'd love tohave you join us inside the
Nourished Woman Sanctuary.
The beautiful music you'rehearing is from Shawn Johnson
and the Wild Lotus Band, and youcan find them on all streaming
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platforms.
I just know I can't survivewithout mystery.
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