When Someone You Love Pulls Away: How to Heal, Find Hope & Keep Living

What do you do when someone you deeply love pulls away?

Whether it’s an adult child, a parent, a sibling, a close friend, or a partner, emotional distance can leave us feeling heartbroken, confused, and wondering how to move forward.

In this heartfelt solo episode of Worthy and Abundant, I share the practices that have genuinely helped me continue living with hope while navigating deep emotional pain.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✨ Why feeling your grief is part of healing
✨ How gratitude and grief can exist together
✨ The importance of therapy, trusted friends, and support
✨ Why moving your body helps heal your mind and nervous system
✨ How to build a life that’s bigger than your grief
✨ Why hope and self-respect can exist together
✨ How EFT tapping, prayer, journaling, and mindfulness can support emotional healing
✨ How to become the observer of your thoughts instead of believing every thought you think

If you’re carrying the pain of a relationship that has changed, I hope this episode reminds you that your story is not over. Your heart may be hurting, but your life still has purpose, beauty, and hope ahead.

Remember… you are worthy.

If this episode spoke to your heart and you’re navigating the pain of someone you love pulling away, I’d love to support you. I’m offering a complimentary 30-minute EFT Tapping session to help you begin releasing some of the emotional weight you’re carrying.

You don’t have to go through this alone.

Simply click the link in the show notes to schedule your free session. I look forward to meeting you.

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Transcript

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Welcome to Worthy and Abundant. Today I want to talk about something many of us experience but don't always know how to talk about. Sometimes someone we deeply love pulls away. It could be an adult child, a parent, a sibling, a close friend, or even a partner. Whatever the reason, it can leave us questioning ourselves, wondering what we did wrong, and wondering how to keep living while carrying this pain. Today isn't about fixing the relationship. It's about learning how to keep your own heart alive and how to keep moving forward. I want to share what has genuinely helped me personally. I'm not sharing this because I have all the answers. I'm sharing it because these are the practices that I've used to help me keep moving forward in my life. So, number one, feel the grief. Feel the grief instead of fighting it. You don't have to pretend you're okay. Feeling is healing. Crying is not failure. And missing someone is not being weak. It's not weak to miss somebody. Get support, coaching, trusted friends, support groups, faith communities, therapy. I personally got a therapist when I was navigating some of this. There's nothing wrong with having a therapist. I grew up in a house where they didn't believe in therapists, but I do believe in therapists. And honestly, I think every single person on the planet should have a therapist. We all should have someone that we can confide in and talk to. Next, I would recommend moving your body every single day. You don't have to run a marathon, but go for a walk, a swim, a stretch, dance. Let your nervous system experience movement. It's so powerful for the mind and the body. And one of my favorite things to do is practicing gratitude. We always have something to be grateful for. Gratitude does not erase your pain. It simply reminds us that the pain is not the whole story. There's a beautiful distinction. Gratitude does not erase the pain, and you can have and gratitude, and they can coexist together. And then build a life that's bigger than your grief. This is huge. For me, that has looked like writing a journal, recording this podcast, making new friends, volunteering, traveling, creating workshops, and continuing to pursue my goals and dreams. Because I'm still here and tomorrow isn't promised, so I choose to keep living today. So the point is refuse to let one painful relationship become your entire identity. And do not abandon yourself. Do not abandon yourself while you have hope that someone comes back. Hope and self-respect can exist together. You can love someone, miss someone, pray for their reconciliation, and still choose to live. And hope does not mean you're denying the truth. Hope means you're refusing to let bitterness define you. You don't have to decide today how the story ends. Another thing I love to use is EFT tapping. There's EFT, there's breath work, prayer, meditation, journaling, reading something uplifting, spending time in nature. I personally use EFT tapping. I pray every single day, every morning and night, and I journal every single day. I practice gratitude every single day, and have been for over a decade. And I'm not saying that to toot my own horn. I'm simply saying that it's very powerful. And when we're grateful for what we have, we receive more. I do have an EFT tapping resource for you if you decide you would like to try it. And next, I want you to become the observer of your thoughts. Because we are not our thoughts. And we're not our minds or our bodies. We have a mind, we have a body. You are not your thoughts. Thoughts are like waves, they come and go. Choose thoughts that help you keep living, not thoughts that deny the truth of your reality. Choose thoughts that create capacity. For example, I don't know what the future holds. I can still create a meaningful life. My worth is not determined by another person's choices. Those kinds of thoughts do not require certainty. They help you stay grounded. If you are listening today and someone you love has pulled away, I want you to know this. Your story is not over. You don't have to stop living while you're waiting for answers, and your heart may be broken, but your life still has purpose. There is still beauty ahead, there is still laughter ahead, there are still people to love, places to go, and dreams to build. Keep taking care of yourself, keep choosing hope one day at a time. I don't know your exact story, and I don't know how your story will end, but I do know this. You deserve to keep living, you deserve to enjoy your life, you deserve peace, and you don't have to wait for someone else to return before you allow yourself to experience those things. Thank you for being here today. Until next time, remember you are worthy. If this episode encouraged you, would you share it with someone who might need a little hope today? God bless.