When Healing Changes Your Relationships

When Healing Changes Your Relationships

From Project I Am by Dr. David J Schlosz

June 7, 2026 · 23 min · Season 2 · Episode 19

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of personal healing on relationships and the challenges that arise when one grows and sets boundaries.

We often imagine healing as a journey toward peace, freedom, and deeper connection. But what happens when your growth starts changing the relationships around you? In this episode of Project I AM , Dr. David Schlosz explores one of the most difficult and rarely discussed realities of healing: not everyone benefits from your becoming healthier. As you learn to set boundaries, listen to your body, speak your truth, and stop abandoning yourself to keep the peace, relationships inevitably shift. Conversations change. Roles dissolve. Old patterns are challenged. And sometimes the people who seemed most comfortable with you are actually most comfortable with the version of you that ignored your own needs. If you've ever felt guilty for growing, lonely for changing, or confused by how others respond to your healing journey, this conversation is for you. Because sometimes healing isn't about learning how to keep everyone else comfortable. Sometimes it's about learning how to remain loving without disappearing. "You do not need to become less compassionate to become whole. You simply need to include yourself in the circle of compassion." #ProjectIAM #HealingJourney #Boundaries #SelfWorth…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. David J Schlosz

Topics covered

  • healing
  • relationships
  • boundaries
  • personal growth
  • self-compassion

Keywords

  • healing journey
  • relationships
  • self-worth
  • mental health
  • emotional health

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