#20 | Lily Ritchie - Leaving a Toxic Relationship & What Came After

<p>Thank you for being here!</p><p>Online Fitness Coaching Link: <a href="https://tally.so/r/Y5r0JW">https://tally.so/r/Y5r0JW</a></p><p>This episode is for anyone who knows deep down that something in their life is not right - but keeps finding reasons to stay. The relationship. The job. The friendship group. The city. Whatever it is. This one is for you.</p><p>My beautiful friend Lily Ritchie - bodybuilder, coach, entrepreneur and one of the best people I know!! sat down with me to talk about the seven year relationship that slowly made her someone she didn&#39;t recognise. And the one decision that changed the entire trajectory of her life.</p><p>This is not just a breakup story. This is a story about what happens when you finally choose yourself.</p><p>We get into:</p><ul><li>Seven years with the wrong person - what it actually looked like behind closed doors</li><li>Why she stayed so long and the moment she finally knew it was over</li><li>Her dad&#39;s one question that gave her the answer she already knew</li><li>Why she ended it over FaceTime and why that was the right decision for her</li><li>How the wrong relationship slowly made her someone she didn&#39;t recognise</li><li>What it actually feels like to leave everything that is familiar and comfortable</li><li>Going from 12K months solo to $1 million a year with the right person by her side</li><li>Why your environment will make or break you - and how to get out of one that&#39;s shrinking you</li><li>Confidence is built through evidence not affirmations - and what that actually means</li><li>Still working through it years later - why that doesn&#39;t make you weak</li><li>The panic attacks that came when everything was going right - and what that was really about</li><li>Why feeling comfortable is the most dangerous place you can be</li><li>Failing forward - and why Lily now actively looks for failure</li><li>The worst case scenario is just ending up where you are right now</li></ul><p>Lily also shares the advice she gives herself by writing letters to her younger sisters - and why that one reframe changed everything.</p><p>If you are in a relationship or a season of life right now that is keeping you small — this episode is your sign.</p><p>Go follow Lily - @fitwithlilyy @rawreallity across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. And if you are looking for a coaching team that actually gets results, check out Inform Coaching - link below. 🤍</p><p>Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) &amp; share this with someone who needs to hear it 💌</p><p>⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinapengilly/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">📲 Instagram</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@christina.pengilly" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">🤳🏼 Personal YouTube</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TalkTherapy.Podcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube</a></p><p>Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx</p>