Dhru Purohit

And like all things, there can be times where our identity is running the show at the detriment of ourself.

Very true.

In different schools of thought, they sometimes call it our golden handcuffs.

They're the things that worked for us for such a long period of time, but left unchecked, can start working against us.

Well said.

And so even though there might be a sense of upset or the feelings of how other people are provoking it,

I feel like life is the most beautiful when we realize, like, you might find yourself in a place where a relationship no longer works for you and you're transitioning on.

Okay, great.

And a powerful question is also too, it's like, how was I complicit in also creating that?

With compassion.

Oh, exactly.

Not blame.

Yep.

Not anything.

Like, I was the person, I'm just making this up,

I was the person that wanted to be there for everybody.

Right?

So yes, I, in a way kind of took advantage of myself and other people were taking advantage of me, but I liked it because it was a huge part of my identity.

You got it.

And there's a certain point in time where the body says, Hey, listen, I've been telling you for a while, this isn't working a little bit.