Productivity is Rooted in Emotion, Our Relationships are a Big Part of That: How Trauma Leads to Codependent Relationships

Childhood trauma doesn’t just show up in our productivity (or lack thereof), it’s also evident in our relationships. People with trauma tend to want to save other people, which only results in the draining and challenging relationships that plummet our productivity.

In a healthy, balanced, and harmonious relationship, you’re both willing to do the work to save yourselves individually, instead of one person doing the heavy lifting to support an irretrievably broken partner. 

How do we know if our relationship choices are coming from trauma, and how do we heal so we can create more balanced partnerships? In this episode, I’m going to talk about the close link between trauma, productivity and relationships. 

Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode 

The healthy way to help and support others 

Entrepreneurship tends to attract people with childhood trauma who want to help people with their challenges. When does this need to help and serve cross into unhealthy territory? 

Why trying to save other people makes us less productive 

We all have our own experiences with trauma, but what makes someone irretrievably broken? 

How to shift from wanting to fix people to doing the necessary work on ourselves 

How do we do the work so we don’t need to overextend ourselves or save other people to feel valued?