When Should You STOP Giving So Much In A Relationship?

Oh, hello, hello. Pickles, peaches, puddings and pears. This is Stephen Hussey, and you are on the love life podcast. of course, where you're not on the podcast, you are listening to it, perhaps cozy, perhaps out in the brisk spring air, I don't know, but we're here together. And I'm gonna flick over to a message from my dear brother Matthew, which reminds me of a quote that goes, if you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. And that is what this message is all about today. When you invest in someone, how much, what price are you valuing that investment at? It can be very frustrating when people feel like they take our advice, they work on themselves, they do a lot to expand their life, to become more attractive, to become more interesting, all that stuff. And then they think, well, what if I'm pouring all this effort in and I'm just not seeing that on the other side? So we're going to talk about that and how to balance out those equations because you need both sides. You need the side where you work on yourself. You need the side where you also look at what the return you're getting is. What's the, how much is it costing you to keep this investment going? And is it worth the return you're getting? So, before we do that, Matthew does mention in the clip our Attraction to Commitment program. If you want to get started on that, this is our program going from the early stages of dating all the way into a committed, loving relationship. If you want to get started on that, go to GetTheFreeTraining.com GetTheFreeTraining.com I will leave the link in the show notes and when Matt mentions the link, this is the link he's referring to. Okay, that is all from me. I'm going to hand over to Maddie Boy himself. I'll see you soon.

So I was in a coffee shop the other day and someone comes over and says, Matthew, at my table is a huge fan of yours. She's got your programs. Will you please come over and say hi? So I come over to their table, I say hi, and this person says, you know, thank you so much. And I got your attraction to commitment program, and it absolutely works. What you do works. She said, But if I'm honest, I'm actually a little mad at you. And I said, why are you mad? She said, Because I feel like I spent so much time trying to bring my best, trying to be my most attractive self to this person that I feel like I kind of lost myself and just ended up giving too much to the relationship. When I heard that, at first I was confused. Because I spend so much of this program that she was referring to saying things like this, remaining a challenge is about maintaining the other important parts of your life. And I want you to think about what those things are, those things that make you, you. They're very, very important. 'Cause when someone meets you, that's the shit that they get attracted to in the first place. Is the rounded, multi-dimensional person that you are. But I understand, there is a kind of selective hearing that happens when we really like someone, when we're really into someone. Our mind goes to, how do I keep them? How do I impress them? How do I be my most attractive self to this person? And of course, I do tell people that in my programs. Here's how to bring your best to the table. And I will always stand by that, by the way. I can never relate to people in my comment section online when someone says, well, why do you need to do all of this for a person? Why do you need to go out of your way to be your most attractive self? Why can't you just be who you are? And I always think, why are the two mutually exclusive? Why can't you be who you are, but also focus on bringing your best to a relationship? I want to do that. I want to be irreplaceable in my life. in every one of my relationships. I want to bring so much value to that relationship that it's obvious to someone why they would want to continue that relationship with me, whether it's in business, in my love life, in my friendships, my family. I'm all about bringing value. But the selective hearing that happens sometimes when someone listens to one of my programs is that they hear all the parts that they can do to be impressive, but they forget about the parts or they ignore the parts where I say, By the way, pay very close attention to whether this person is bringing you the same amount of value. Mutual investment. And I've been saying this for years now. You don't invest in someone based on how much you like them. You invest in them based on how much they invest in you. Pay very close attention to whether they are investing the same amount of time and energy in you. Because although I talk about being irreplaceable, although I talk about everything you should put in, That energy, that time, that value you should put in should be expensive. It should come at a high cost. And the cost is I'm willing to give you the world as long as you meet me there. That's the cost. And if you ignore the fact that someone isn't meeting you there, now you're in trouble. And why does someone ignore the fact that this person isn't meeting them there? because they're blinded by how much they like or love the person. They're blinded by how impressive or wonderful they think that person is. And they forget that it's not enough in a relationship to be impressed by the person you're with. You also have to be impressed by the relationship. It's not enough to think they're great. The relationship itself has to provide you with value. Because if you're with someone who's massively impressive, But the relationship itself does not bring you value, does not bring you joy, then you are in a world of suffering and pain, no matter how wonderful the person you're with is. And your reality isn't determined by how impressive they are, but how beautiful the ecosystem of the relationship is. That's what's gonna determine your emotional reality and your emotional reality is gonna determine your happiness. So ask, Not just are they impressive, is the relationship and what I get from the relationship impressive? Because that's the only way I'm gonna bring all these things that Matthew Hussey says to bring to the table to the table. And if you wake up every morning and ask yourself, are my needs being met in this relationship? And the answer is no. Too many days or weeks or months in a row, you know something has to change. If you want to continue this journey with me, I actually am giving you today a free module from the Attraction to Commitment program that this amazing woman was talking talking about. So you can go and watch that for free. Just need to put your email address in, sign up to the mailing list, and you can be watching that entire training. All right, check it out. It's at this link, and I'll see you there.