From Conflict to Connection

Relationship Unchained

October 25, 20256 min read

We had a fight yesterday. And I stole the car.

It seemed to come out of nothing. At the same time it was a fight that has been fought many times and that can't be won.

How I could be so easily thrown off centre by this—again? It was clear that he was stressed and dumping things on me that had nothing to do with me. Still, I couldn’t shake it off.

I NEEDED him to be different. It was “unfair." He ruined my perfect stated. I felt I needed to clear things with him or I couldn't move on with the day, but he asked for space.

As I was shaking and sobbing in pain that seemed too big for me, I saw that I had two choices. And they weren't "staying" or "leaving".

They were:

1. Cope via hardness, depression, resentment, go crazy, be in suffering for the rest of the day.

2. Take action, stand up for myself, make myself happy, take full responsibility, and let the chips fall where they may.

I just had to get out of the house and take care of myself. My productivity for the day had vanished in a second.

He said he needed the car to drive tools up and down to the cabin. I knew if I took it, he'd be so mad.

But I did it anyways. I knew he could use another car from the workers. I wasn't gonna compromise anymore what I knew was most important. I had to take care of myself because he wasn't able to hold me right now.

So I took out his tools. My girls and I jumped in. We were laughing and feeling naughty as we were "stealing" the car to drive two hours into town for shopping.

I never do that kind of that thing.

I don’t spend money on “unnecessary” things. Always responsible. Always together...

But I realized that part of me was still trying to be a "good wife" to him and that it was making me sick. I wasn't doing him a service either by keeping up the co-dependency. I saw I haven't been in my full power in the relationship lately.

As I was driving listening to "I am Death" by The Pretty Reckless I felt liberated. The kids and I had a great day. Because “Girls just wanna have fun!” It was medicine. I felt parts came back to me that I had left behind.

By the end of the day he had written a sweet message apologizing and owning up. Saying that he loved and missed me.

On my way back home, as I was rehearsing my speech in my head of what I'd tell him about "I'm my own woman" and "You can't do that to me anymore" it was obvious that this wasn't being in my power either.

I had just listened to audio bites from my coach speaking about relationship. Saying things with clear love. Yes, yes, yes, for sure... but how could I find this loving voice within while I was still incensed about having been "treated like this" and wanting to prevent it from happening again?

It was clear that it required a dying of the old way. It felt like a withdrawal from a drug. Taking full responsibility. Leaving the game behind—although I felt so right. And being ok with whatever consequences. I knew I had to lead with my full knowing, even if it meant losing him.

When I walked into the door. I said nothing. I said it with my body

Quiet, vulnerable, grounded into the centre of the earth.

I didn't need anything from him energetically in that moment. I really didn't. And he felt it. It transformed him too.

He apologized again for his behaviour as of late. He's been under a lot of pressure after taking care of mold reconstruction in our house for a year and a half. Tears in his eyes.

I was in total receiving and just said "thank you." I said he gave me a gift. It catalyzed the next in relationship. I haven’t been standing in my full power. That’s on me.

That knowing flooded through my body like dragon's blood. All my feelings were being grounded into the earth. Deeply rooted, straight, and tall like a tree. Unshakable.

I was clear. That I'd do what I know to do—with or without him.

That I can't rescue him (and he can't rescue me).

That I can't hold back anymore for his sake—and actually, it was for the sake of a distorted relationship pattern.

Only from that place we can be in real relationship.

I said "I'm not your wife anymore. And you're not to be a husband to me.

I don't want you to do things for me. Not like this. I want you to make yourself happy. I want you to be happy, not a martyr.

We're only to be lovers to each other."

He looked at me like he was standing in front of a goddess. He fell into me. We were unchained.

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Samia Phoenix is a transformational coach, author, and founder of Dragoness Rising—guiding sensitive, high-achieving women to reclaim their magic, embody their truth, and rise in their full feminine power.

Samia Phoenix

Samia Phoenix is a transformational coach, author, and founder of Dragoness Rising—guiding sensitive, high-achieving women to reclaim their magic, embody their truth, and rise in their full feminine power.

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