Conversations from the Heart
A weekly, soul-nourishing podcast offering psychologically grounded, heart-centered reflections on human relationships, inner healing, and compassion-based communication.
Focused on live mini-coaching moments to help callers shift from reactive, domination-based communication to collaborative, heart-centered connection. Listen for new scripts for stuck situations, new ways of responding to old relationship dynamics and guidance on how to approach these situations with empathy, self-awareness, and effective communication strategies. Here, we emphasize understanding both one's own needs and the needs of others, creating safe spaces for vulnerable conversations, and finding ways to express ourselves authentically while respecting others' boundaries.
Conversations from the Heart
#113 - How to Cope When Your Partner Isn’t Emotionally Supportive
What do you do when you’re bursting with excitement, vulnerability, or a creative new idea, only to be met with silence, critique, or defensiveness from the person you love? In this heartfelt conversation, Liza brings forward the quiet grief of being in a relationship that lacks emotional accompaniment. Together, we explore the lived experience of trying to stay joyful, expressive, and connected when your partner just isn’t available in the way your heart longs for.
We unpack the deeper patterns at play, from relational trauma to the impact of neurodivergence, and identify both internal and external resources that can bring relief. This episode offers real tools for navigating relational misattunement, protecting your spark, and finding connection even when your current environment doesn’t support it.
If you’ve ever wondered how to keep showing up with warmth and wisdom when your needs go unmet, this one is for you.
Show Notes:
•The subtle heartbreak of emotional disconnection
•Why critique from a partner can feel so deflating
•How CPTSD and autism can impact relational communication
•Tools for externalizing emotion (the power of feelings/needs sheets!)
•Why “I need acknowledgement” may not work—and what to say instead
•Turning blame into gold: Translating criticism into needs
•How financial dependence complicates emotional honesty
•Building your own sources of joy, support, and co-regulation
•What to do when your partner doesn’t “join” you emotionally
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