Welcome to episode 740 with my guest, Dr. Blaise Aguirre.

Welcome if you're new. This is a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads.

All the bullshit ping ponging around. The website for this show is metalpod.com.

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Reward tier? No, we're not, we're not off to a good start. This is slow and messy. And if you're listening and you have OCD, God bless you.

This is from the Struggle in a Sentence survey, and this is filled out by Katie. And she doesn't say what she struggles with. She just gives a snapshot from her life. And she doesn't say what she struggles with.

She just gives a snapshot from her life.

And she says, on Wednesday, I'm breaking up with my boyfriend that I've been with for nearly 15 years, two months before we're supposed to get married.

It's a big step for me, standing up for myself and believing I deserve something better,

but holy fuck am I so sad and afraid of losing my best friend and partner and roommate all at once.

I'm so scared.

No one will ever love me again, and I'm making a huge mistake, not settling for what I have, even if it feels empty.

I just want to give you a high five on listening to that part of yourself that,

I don't know.

It sounds corny to say your inner truth, but walking through the fear and doing something

that you know is practicing self-care, even if it's terrifying.

And I think many of us, whether it's leaving a marriage or cutting somebody out of our

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