The hidden ways we abandon oursel...

The hidden ways we abandon ourselves while trying to get it all right with Cynthia Schwartzberg, LCSW

Wellish by Sarah Ritondale
S4 · E257
Jun 24, 2026
01:01:25

Episode notes

You can be kind, loyal, self-aware, and deeply caring and still lose yourself.

In this conversation with therapist, author, and trauma specialist Cynthia Schwartzberg, we explore the subtle ways self-abandonment disguises itself as love, compassion, self-improvement, and being a “good person.”

We talk about why so many people repeat the same relationship patterns, struggle to trust themselves, over-explain their boundaries, and spend years trying to earn a sense of worth that was never supposed to be earned in the first place.

If you’ve ever found yourself people-pleasing, over-functioning, fixing, proving, or putting everyone else’s needs before your own, this episode will help you understand why, and how to start coming back to yourself.

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Keywords

self trust
people pleasing
boundaries
personal growth
emotional healing
trauma healing
authenticity
self worth
self abandonment
Relationship patterns