What are your core patterns around relationships and love? Because they impact you more than you know For my girlfriend and I we both have patterns that mirror each other in ways that allow us to grow ALOT even though in the moment it can suck lol My pattern is around feeling on egg shells at times and like I must modify myself to be accepted in love In my childhood I had a controlling step mom and didn’t have freedom for years I was on eggshells and always had to please to be safe This shows up in my relationship with me at times feeling drained because I believe I must be a certain way around my girlfriend The silly thing is that she accepts me for who I am… I am the one filtering myself and putting pressure on myself to be "perfect" to earn love by pleasing, not having needs etc For her she has a pattern around having a dad that worked alot and a older brother that was mean to her She also felt on egg shells and felt like she was "too much" and that the men in her life didn’t have time for her She at times holds back from expressing her desires due to not wanting to be a burden Even last night on the phone she told me she wanted to catch up each day a bit earlier so she could wind down at night before bed (right now I'm in Sedona running a live event and she is back in LA where we live) She didn’t want to stress me out by asking that and felt it would be a "burden" of a request…. I told her "NO WAY JOSE YOU DO WHAT I SAY…" Just kidding I said of course babe, I’d actually like that too The funny thing is, the more I express myself and am vulnerable, the more I open my heart and the more she does too.. The very thing I was afraid of was the medicine… to be bold, vulnerable and to give myself permission to be the real me And for her expressing herself is her medicine too and realizing she is worthy to be seen and heard and chosen We have learned in relationship how to recognize our own patterns as well as come together to heal together When you do the inner child work and release the patterns around love, you become FREE