Episode 137: Let's Talk About Healthy Relationships | A Conversation with Meghan Decker

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Religion & Spirituality, Feminism, Motherhood, Ldswomen, Spirituality, Lds, Thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, Mormonwomen, Religion, Marriage, Mormon, Faith

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In close relationships, sometimes it’s difficult to differentiate between a loved one’s side of the road and our own. We may develop unhealthy or unbalanced behavioral patterns. Codependency is one word used to describe what happens when we begin internalizing someone else’s emotions, or allow our well-being to become dependent on their behavior. We may try to fix, rescue, or control them. In Episode 137, Susan and Cynthia are joined by author Meghan Decker to discuss relationships and the challenges and rewards of establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries with the people we love.

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0:00.0	And I was in a 12-step meeting one time and we read a section that says something to the effect that we take our feelings about our loved one to the Lord, our fear, our anger, whatever we feel,
0:16.7	to the Lord and ask him to carry them and then we bring our love to that loved one. And I thought that's I'm bringing all of these other things, my
0:27.8	agenda for her. Everything, all of that I was bringing that was present and I realized I needed to hand that to God
0:37.5	and just bring my love to her and when I did that everything shifted. Hi, I'm Susan Hinckley.
0:47.0	And I am Cynthia Wynward.
0:49.0	And this is at last she said it.
0:51.0	We are women of faith discussing complicated things.
0:54.6	The title of today's episode is, let's talk about healthy relationships.
1:00.5	I'm going to admit I show up to this one with just a tiny bit of trepidation
1:03.6	Cynthia because I have a feeling that not necessarily to throw any of my specific
1:10.0	relationships under the bus but I think sometimes the way I approach
1:13.4	relationships is not always healthy. Well yeah I'm so I'm a little afraid I
1:21.6	might have to lie down after this one.
1:23.3	But I'm also really excited for the conversation because I have a lot, this is a growth area for me.
1:28.4	I have a lot that I can learn about this.
1:30.4	And so for this conversation, we are being joined by a guest today. We've got Megan Decker on the podcast.
1:37.4	Hi Megan.
1:38.4	Hi, I'm delighted to be here. Oh, thank you. We're delighted to have you. I would love for you to introduce yourself.
1:48.0	For all this, just a little, tell us whatever you would like them to know about you,
1:52.0	maybe some context about why we've
1:54.6	invited you to join us in this conversation. Okay well I'll start out with with the
2:01.7	way I've chosen to define myself for probably the last 30 years and that is as a disciple of Christ.
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