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Playing The Fool
Welcome to the PLAYING THE FOOL Podcast, I am your host Jarna Saunders.
I am a proud as fuck Life and Relationship Coach and personal development nerd, with a HUGE passion to get every single woman in the arena of their own lives.
I have over 10 years’ experience coaching 100's of women and couples.
I've been where you may be right now: for years I sat on the side-lines of my life, stuck in fear, in my head, in the past of that ONE TIME I was put back in my corner and I let it cripple me with fear.
That was until one day when the PAIN of staying hidden was too much to take and I made the choice to get my butt in the ARENA of MY OWN life.
To take the risk of looking like a beginner, looking silly and GOD forbid looking like a FOOL.
My promise to you is to show up here in all my parts and seasons with my heart proudly on my sleeve, gate keeping nothing but asking us all to WALK OUR GOD DAM ARSES out of the corners we were never born to exist in.
Let's Play.
Playing The Fool
Episode 32: Relationships: Asking, Receiving, and Fighting for Connection
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In this episode, I’m talking about the real work of relationships.
The beautiful parts, the messy middle, and the growth that’s required when two people choose each other long term.
Shane and I recently celebrated 13 years of marriage, and it had me reflecting, not just on us, but on what LOVE actually is and what it isn’t and the courage it takes to be in the work together.
It’s not perfection.
It’s not avoiding conflict.
And it’s not one person doing all the emotional heavy lifting. (This is so frikin common)
For a long time, many women have quietly carried that weight, wondering if they’re too sensitive, too demanding, or somehow the problem.
And I just don’t believe that anymore.
Healthy relationships require brave women AND brave men.
Men who are willing to reflect, communicate, take ownership of their parts in the relationship and grow.
Women who feel safe enough to ask for what they need without shrinking themselves.
Connection isn’t built by one person trying harder.
It’s built when two adults show up in their bodies, with their egos in the back seat of the relationship.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re working overtime to hold everything together and the resentment and disconnection keeps building then this is for you.
If you’re ready to create something deeper, safer and more honest I would love to work with you inside Tender or through Relationship Coaching.