458: When Expectations Are Not Met

We all have expectations for our lives and relationships. When our expectations are not met is usually when we are most disappointed, upset, angry, insert negative emotion here. So what do we do? A good place to start is to learn what realistic expectations are for your relationship and learn how to ask for what you need. Listen to today’s episode to get these tips and tools and start applying them to your relationship today!

In this episode with Talia Bombola we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

• Establishing your expectations for a relationship and how to determine if they are realistic or not
• How to consciously get your wants and needs met in a relationship
• Communication tips to get your relationship needs fulfilled
• The importance of of not only pointing out the negative in your relationship
• Confronting the fact that your partner will disappoint you
• And much more!

Talia Bombola, The Confidence & Assertiveness Specialist™, is a Certified Psychodynamic, Licensed Psychotherapist, and Relationship Mentor for Women. Her work centers around helping anxious women feel secure by increasing self-worth, confidence, and assertiveness & rewiring beliefs about themselves, men, and relationships. She helps you heal the “not enoughness” that prevents you from living a life overflowing with satisfaction and self-worth. Talia holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. She has won Newport Beach’s Best Therapist 3 years in a row. Talia has completed post-graduate certificate programs in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Couples Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy – all through Newport Psychoanalytic Institute.

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