"You can't love someone else unless you love yourself."

In this episode of Master Your Marriage, we explore the profound connection between shame and self-esteem, and their impact on our ability to experience connection and intimacy. We introduce a reactive behavior map to help listeners understand their own and their partner's behaviors during conflicts. The discussion delves into the distortions of self-esteem, highlighting the one-up and one-down positions that can hinder healthy relationships. The episode concludes with a focus on the necessity of compassionate self-confrontation and the journey of evolving relationships through honest self-reflection.

The Self-Esteem distortions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vzfQsTiWULK4Uu9pl4fYoa32ckOkDLX/view?usp=sharing

Takeaways

• You can't love someone else unless you love yourself.
• Self-esteem is how you relate to yourself and others.
• Healthy self-esteem recognizes our inherent value.
• Distortions in self-esteem can sabotage intimacy.
• The one-up position leads to superiority and entitlement.
• The one-down position leads to feelings of inferiority.
• Contempt is a major predictor of relationship issues.
• Compassionate self-confrontation is essential for growth.
• True intimacy requires equality in relationships.
• Relationships are a continuous journey of self-evaluation.

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