{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhigher-love-the-podcast.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-47-i-gotta-be-me-jUfAgC50","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep 47:I Gotta Be Me!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7081ca22-9f5f-45d1-ad8b-bc5c01142fff/106dbe5f-663d-4d52-a752-50d4b8cc45cb/ig-3000x3000-higher-love.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/8d052b4f-c685-43be-bd96-ff10adfe5ddc\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Ep 47:I Gotta Be Me!\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"How much of YOU…\nof your persona,  what you value, the way you move through the world, \nand even the way you see yourself \nmust shift or change for the person you love?\n\nHow often should you oblige them and their needs, even if it creates conflict within your own desires?\n\nSomeone recently asked me this and personally,  I find the answer to be  super nuanced.\n\nPart of me wants to cry NEVER!! \nYou should never lose yourself to your partner,\nthat instead,  you should always remain true to yourself… \nbuttttt that wouldn’t be in keeping with my actual lived experience.\n\nPartnership equates to compromise... \nand sometimes -it feels like ALL compromise 😅\n\n\nBut partnership also equates to honoring yourself \nAnd that honoring of self gets to take place while in the process of shifting and growing within the relationship \n\n\n\nThe trick then…\nbecomes finding a balance between the two 🙃\n\n\n\nSince this question really got me thinking,  I decided to ask Reggie about it and see what he thinks…\n\nA lively discussion on the ongoing balancing act  (sometimes battle😬)  between the individual’s needs and the relationship’s needs ensued!"}