Wellish
Wellish
Sarah Ritondale
The hidden ways we abandon ourselves while trying to get it all right with Cynthia Schwartzberg, LCSW
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Jun 24, 2026 at 9:22 pm.
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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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