#46 How to Create a Healthy Relationship by Healing Your Inner Child w/ Cassandra Michael

For the last few years I’ve been on a major self-healing journey.

I first noticed that something needed to change after I had been spiraling downwards for awhile: gaining weight from emotional eating, self-isolating, overworking and just feeling plain shitty everyday. 

I was lost, depressed, lonely, and super uncomfortable in my own skin.

My dating life was a rinse, lather and repeat cycle of unhealthy relationships with emotionally unavailable partners.

After one intense, energy depleting breakup, I searched for a therapist to help me get out of the funk I was in.

It really helped. And I began to see myself more clearly. I found out why I struggled with confidence and self-worth issues, why I attracted certain types of people, and why things felt harder than they needed to be.

Healing became my new priority - over my job, my social life and dating. I went H.A.M. on my personal growth game and signed up for a bunch of retreats.

I attended the Hoffman Process, a unique 7-day life changing experience where I learned to forgive myself and my family by bashing pillows with wiffle ball bats.

The following year I flew to Myanmar, stayed in a monastery to practice Vipassana and meditated for over 100 hours in 10 days in a small, windowless, pitch black cell.

One common theme I learned through all of these healing modalities was to recognize the wounded parts of myself and give extra love to these areas as often as I could.

In my conversation with Holistic Trauma & Relationship Coach Cassandra Michael, we talked about inner child healing and how it’s the pathway to creating a healthy relationship.

Cassandra’s mission is to help men and women break free from unhealthy patterns by healing old wounds, rewiring limiting beliefs and stepping into their authenticity, so they can attract a soul-aligned partnership and experience deep, long-lasting love. 

Healing has been the most challenging and most important work I’ve done in my life. It has positively impacted my business, my relationships, my energy and well-being.

All my life before healing, it’s almost like I had been climbing a mountain with a huge heavy backpack, stumbling uphill. And healing has offered me a chance to take the weight off, little by little so I could stop focusing on how heavy things were and begin to notice how beautiful everything is around me.

If you’re also on a healing journey, I want to give you a big hug and congratulate you for doing this work.

You’re amazing, keep going!

P.S. Just a quick reminder that my partner Mario and I will be hosting a FREE relationship workshop, “Steps to Creating a Secure Relationship” on Thursday, Feb 24 @ 8pm PST. 

We’ll be sharing what we’ve learned through the different phases of relationships:

From being single to dating, crossing the bridge from casual to a more serious relationship (talking about moving in together, marriage and kids), to navigating conflict and hard conversations.

We’ll also share the books, tools and resources we find useful that have helped us grow and maintain connection in our relationship.

Who is this for?

We created this workshop for people who are single and wanting to learn more about calling in an ideal partner, and partners who are interested in learning more about how to build intimacy, security and closeness in their relationship

When? 

It will be LIVE on Thursday, February 24 @ 8pm PST //  Friday, Feb 25 @ 12pm in Bali

To learn more click here.