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Who Belongs in Your Inner Circle? How to Know Where People Fit in Your Life

Who actually belongs in your inner circle? For many people, especially recovering people pleasers, it’s easy to focus on whether someone likes you instead of asking a much more important question: Do I actually like them? Do the align with the life I want to create?

When we’re more focused on being liked, we can end up giving people more access, trust, time, and emotional energy than they’ve actually earned. We may also hold onto relationships because we want them to become something they aren’t—or expect someone to meet a standard they’re unwilling or unable to meet.

In this episode of Inner Work with MaryAnn Walker, we’re talking about relationship circles and how understanding where people belong in our lives can help reduce resentment, frustration, and disappointment in relationships.

Want to Take This a Step Further?

Download my free Relationship Circle Chart + 10 Questions to help you identify where the people in your life actually belong—and whether they’re in the circle that makes the most sense for your relationship. https://maryannwalker-life.kit.com/e940c3a258

Subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss next week’s episode, where we’ll continue the conversation by exploring “want matches” and how to recognize the people who are actually a good match for you.

Because healthy relationships aren’t about getting everyone to like you.
They’re about learning to recognize who is a good fit for you—and giving each relationship the right amount of access, intimacy, and expectation.