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Podcast: Room to Grow Podcast with Emily Gough
Episode: Connection Over Control: Where Are You Faking It in Your Relationship?
Description: "When we're faking anything, it's an attempt to exercise control. Over the other person, over the imagined outcome, or over ourselves when we're ignoring our true feelings or experience in a relationship." Control blocks connection and sometimes we may not even realize that we're doing it. This can show up in a variety of different ways, including things like: Trying to mold ourselves into someone or something we're not in order to maintain the relationship Faking orgasms and/or making things all about the other person's pleasure and experience Saying it doesn't matter where...