The 3 Relationship Mistakes You Don't Know You're Making ft. Allana Pratt | Ep. 168 (Part 1)

About this episode

Karen Bigman and Allana Pratt discuss common relationship mistakes and how to address them for deeper emotional intimacy.

In this episode, I sit down with emotional intimacy expert and certified master coach Allana Pratt to expose the relationship mistakes most of us are making — quietly, repeatedly, and often without realizing it. Allana breaks down three major patterns that keep love from going deep: withholding the full truth out of fear of rejection, abandoning ourselves and our communities the moment things get hard, and mistaking cognitive awareness of anger for actually processing it. Through raw client stories, her signature "Little You" practice, and the powerful Theater of Redemption process, Allana reveals what it really takes to show up vulnerably, keep your heart open even when you're furious, and finally break the cycles that have been running your love life. This is Part 1 — and you won't want to miss what's coming next week. In this episode: 00:00 - Introduction & Welcome 00:45 - Meet Allana Pratt: Emotional Intimacy Expert 02:45 - Relationship Mistake #1: Only Telling 85% of the Truth 07:00 - The Couple Who Almost Lost It All (And the Real Problem Behind It) 11:15 - Core Wounds & Why We Attract the Same Pain 14:30 - Relationship Mistake #2: Quitting When It Gets Hard 17:50…

People in this episode

Host: Karen Bigman

Guest: Allana Pratt

Topics covered

• relationship mistakes
• emotional intimacy
• vulnerability
• self-awareness
• anger management

Keywords

• relationship
• intimacy
• truth
• anger
• vulnerability
• self-abandonment
• communication

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