During this episode, Nicole and Mindy discuss:

• What it feels like to stay in an “almost relationship” that never becomes fully secure
• Why emotional familiarity can be harder to leave than obvious toxicity
• How hope, anxiety, and comfort keep us attached to emotionally unavailable partners
• The cost of self-abandonment in dating
• The moment Mindy realized potential was not the same as partnership
• What it truly means to choose peace over emotional chaos
• How to cut emotional and energetic ties with someone who cannot meet your heart
• Redefining standards, boundaries, and self-respect in dating

Episode Listener Preview:

• Feel seen if you’ve ever stayed too long or hoped too hard
• Understand why walking away can feel scarier than staying
• Learn how to stop accepting the bare minimum
• Discover how to choose yourself without guilt or shame
• Feel empowered to move toward healthy, grounded love

Guest Bio: Mindy Andrews shares her story as a woman who spent years returning to a connection that felt familiar, yet never truly safe or committed. In this honest conversation, she opens up about the anxiety of inconsistency, the hope that kept her returning, and how self-abandonment slowly became her normal.

Mindy reflects on the moment she realized that what she was holding onto was potential, not partnership, and how choosing herself meant letting go of emotional chaos in favor of clarity and peace. Her story is a reminder that choosing yourself is not selfish—it is sacred, brave, and deeply healing.

This episode is part of the Healing on the Mic series, where real women and men share how they are breaking cycles, choosing self-respect, and learning to date from a grounded, healed place.

Your host Nicole Allison ~

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• website www.fittolovecoaching.com or
• email me nicoleallison@fittolovecoaching.com

Life, love & healing - shared honestly Growing, learning, rebuilding out loud.