How To Let People Feel Their Feelings

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality

4.2 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The concept of "letting people feel their feelings" may be confusing to some, however in this episode, Colter, Cayla and Lauren emphasize the importance of allowing others to experience emotions like anger, disappointment, or frustration without trying to fix, dismiss, or control them. Listen to unpack the internal discomfort that often drives our impulse to manage others’ emotions, which can stem from fear of being misunderstood, shame, or a lack of emotional literacy. The conversation highlights the value of emotional regulation, self-reflection, and understanding the function of emotions as keys to fostering healthier and more authentic relationships. In the episode, we talk about topics such as: The “Let Them” Theory Why It’s Hard to Let People Feel Common Emotions We Resist in Others Role of Emotional Regulation Practical Tools & Resources and more! Give Me Discounts! Prolon - Visit ProlonLife.com/IDO to claim your 15% discount and your bonus gift. Amazfit - Visit www.amazfit.com/IDO to get 10% off Spark My Relationship Course: Get $100 off our online course. Visit SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock for our special offer just for our I Do Podcast listeners! If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! – Colter, Cayla, & Lauren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Love Tribe. Just a few quick questions before we get started today. I want to know why you are here listening to the podcast. Are you here because you want to stop bickering with your partner and you want to feel truly heard? Or are you looking for ways to reignite your sex life?
0:24.7	Or do you want to feel more emotionally connected with your partner?
0:30.9	Or do you just long for those fun, giggly moments of connection that you used to have at the beginning of your relationship?
0:32.6	Well, over the last decade of hosting this podcast, those were the main reasons people tuned into the show.
0:39.5	And we get it. We've been there. So we created our course, Spark My Relationship, because we
0:45.3	wanted to put those tools to unlocking a fulfilling relationship right in your hands.
0:50.5	We're offering $100 off our course, Spark My Relationship, which is a self-paced course
0:57.3	designed to help you create more passion, improve your communication, and build a stronger,
1:03.2	more intimate connection with your partner and have an amazing time doing it.
1:08.1	We've collaborated with over 15 therapists and psychologists to bring you the
1:12.9	strategies that marriage therapists teach their clients. So to unlock this special offer of our
1:18.9	course, our listeners can visit SparkMyrelationship.com slash unlock to get $100 off.
1:27.7	That's spark my relationship.com forward slash unlock.
1:32.6	All right.
1:33.0	I know I've been starting off our episodes with doing a vignette or some sort of story
1:38.8	about something that's happened in my life or something to illustrate the point.
1:43.7	But I just couldn't really come up with anything for today and was feeling kind of creatively
1:49.9	tapped.
1:50.7	So I don't have anything and don't be mad or anything.
1:55.8	It's just I don't have anything for today.
1:58.7	Okay.
1:59.6	I'm not immediately mad, but also it's like a pet peeve of mine when people say don't be mad.
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