193 Beyond Good Intentions: Building True Integrity in Relationships

What does it really mean to live and love with integrity? How can
we stay in integrity while navigating multiple relationships,
agreements, needs, and wants that aren’t always in alignment??


The reality is that living in integrity, especially when you’re
in multiple non-monogamous relationships, requires awareness,
honest self-reflection, and sometimes making difficult choices.
That may sound overwhelming, but this episode will help you learn
how to create a solid foundation of the skills and habits you
need to relate with others—and yourself—with integrity.


In this episode, we talk about:


— What integrity actually means


— Why it's so challenging to maintain integrity when different
parts of ourselves want different things


— How over-functioning and under-functioning in relationships can
get in the way of true integrity


— Why self-agreements create the groundwork for integrity in
relationships


— Why shame often comes up when we realize we're out of integrity


— How to work with the nervous system response that arises when
we notice we're out of alignment


— The importance of examining whether we actually want the
agreements we're making


— Practical ways to rebuild integrity when we've gotten off track


— Why acknowledging when we're out of integrity is the first step
back towards it


— How to handle situations where we keep breaking the same
agreements


Resources mentioned in this episode:


— Episode 123: Weasel Words and Creating more Intimacy in your
Relationships


— Episode 149: Relationship Agreements 101


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Music: Dance of Felt by ⁠Blue Dot Sessions