Samantha Saunders: Is Your Relationship Sabotaging You?

This episode is brought to you by Redefining Wealth LIVE. Join me for the transformational experience that will challenge the way you think about success, wealth, and well-being. Redefining Wealth LIVE is where purpose-driven individuals come together to gain clarity, alignment, and momentum in creating lives that truly reflect their values. If you’re ready to break free from default thinking and step into a more fulfilled, abundant life, don’t miss this event.   ✨ About This Season: The Anatomy of Alignment This season of Redefining Wealth is dedicated to unpacking what alignment really means — not as a buzzword, but as structure. We’re dissecting how misalignment impacts each of the Six Pillars of Wealth — FIT, PEOPLE, SPACE, FAITH, WORK, and MONEY — and what it truly costs when we tolerate what drains us. Each episode builds on the last. So subscribe and journey with us as we move from awakening… to redefining… to actualizing.   Episode Summary In this deeply honest conversation, Patrice sits down with therapist and relationship expert Samantha Saunders to explore how misaligned relationships can quietly sabotage your healing, growth, and vision for your life. Together, they unpack the tension that happens when you begin evolving into a new version of yourself, but the people around you still expect you to stay the same. Samantha shares her personal journey through an emotionally unhealthy marriage and explains how high-achieving women often over-function in relationships by over-giving, rescuing, over-forgiving, and people-pleasing in order to maintain connection. Patrice and Samantha discuss the subtle signs of misalignment — guilt trips, dismissive comments, lack of support, emotional withdrawal, and feeling like you have to shrink yourself to keep the peace. Together, Patrice and Samantha challenge listeners to stop managing misalignment in the name of loyalty, love, or obligation and start honoring the relationships that genuinely support who they are becoming. Ultimately, this episode is a reminder that alignment isn’t only about your habits, routines, or goals — it’s also about the people you allow closest to you. Sometimes protecting your peace, purpose, and future requires stronger boundaries, honest conversations, and the courage to release relationships that no longer align with the life you desire.   Questions to Ask Yourself: Where in my relationships am I shrinking myself to maintain connection? Do I feel emotionally safe, supported, and seen in the relationships closest to me? Have I confused being “nice” with abandoning my own truth or boundaries? Am I over-functioning, rescuing, or over-giving in ways that drain my peace? What relationships genuinely align with who I’m becoming now — not who I used to be? Where do I need stronger governing decisions or boundaries to protect my wellbeing?   Want to Redefine Wealth for Yourself? Start Here: 🧭 Take the 2-Minute Pillar Quiz to identify which pillar needs your attention in this season: https://patricewashington.com/quiz 📱 Join the FREE Redefining Wealth App (community, book club, and weekly LIVE sessions with Patrice): https://patricewashington.com/redefining-wealth-app/ 💛 Explore Pillar Mastery: https://pillarmastery.com 🎓 Learn about The Institute for Redefining Wealth: https://redefiningwealth.institute/ Resources Mentioned:  Redefining Wealth LIVE: www.redefiningwealthlive.com - where purpose-driven individuals come together to gain clarity, alignment, and momentum in creating lives that truly reflect their values. If you’re ready to break free from default thinking and step into a more fulfilled, abundant life, don’t miss this event. 📗Grab your copy of Samantha’s I MISS ME journal + Reclaiming You: The 3-Step Blueprint Every Woman Needs After Toxic Love: https://stan.store/movingbeyondyou/p/reclaiming-you-ebook--i-miss-me-journal-bundle Follow Samantha Saunders on Social Media: Instagram: @iamsamantha.a Facebook: @iamsamantha.a Website: https://movingbeyondyou.org/