Kate Hastings Show

We all know the red flags in a toxic relationship. Lies. Manipulation. Walking on eggshells. Most of us have seen it with someone else. Few admit when the toxic partner is the person in the mirror. This episode asks one question that cuts through the noise. If you were dating you, would you stay? I define self toxicity and why it can feel like living with an enemy who knows every weakness. I draw clear parallels to external toxic love. Broken promises. Harsh inner dialogue. Quiet neglect that looks like ambition. I trace the roots in conditional love and performance and show how shame rewires identity into I am the problem. I name the cost of staying stuck and why you keep recreating the same story. A healthy relationship with yourself isn’t built on feelingsit’s built on standards. It’s built on refusing to cross your own boundaries anymore. It’s built on demanding from yourself the same loyalty you’ve been begging from everyone else. And it’s built on finally realizing you are not disposable. Kate Hastings