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Kat Eleftheriou
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personal growth, self-awareness, & occasional artistic motivation đż
The Self Fulfilling Prophecy of the Avoidant
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To be clear, I am not a therapist! I am just very interested in and passionate about self-awareness and personal growth :)
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Find me at:
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To be clear, I am not a therapist! I am just very interested in and passionate about self-awareness and personal growth :)
Book a 1:1 session âïžđ»đż â katerinaeleftheriou.com/
Read my articles or support my content on Substack đ©đ»âđ» â katerinaeleftheriou.substack.com/
Find me at:
Instagram: @kat.eleftheriou
Tiktok: @kat.eleftheriou
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The Potential You See in Others Is the Potential You Wish Others Would See in You
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If you like my thoughts and insights follow me on my socials below for more! To be clear, I am not a therapist! I am just very interested in and passionate about self-awareness and personal growth :) Book a 1:1 session âïžđ»đż â katerinaeleftheriou.com/ Read my articles or support my content on Substack đ©đ»âđ» â katerinaeleftheriou.substack.com/ Find me at: Instagram: @kat.eleftheriou Tiktok: @kat.e...
Avoidance Is a Sign That There's Something About Yourself You Don't Want to See
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If you like my thoughts and insights follow me on my socials below for more! To be clear, I am not a therapist! I am just very interested in and passionate about self-awareness and personal growth :) Book a 1:1 session âïžđ»đż â katerinaeleftheriou.com/ Read my articles or support my content on Substack đ©đ»âđ» â katerinaeleftheriou.substack.com/ Find me at: Instagram: @kat.eleftheriou Tiktok: @kat.e...
When You Expect to Hear "No", You'll Stop Asking For What You Want
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If you like my thoughts and insights follow me on my socials below for more! To be clear, I am not a therapist! I am just very interested in and passionate about self-awareness and personal growth :) Book a 1:1 session âïžđ»đż â katerinaeleftheriou.com/ Read my articles or support my content on Substack đ©đ»âđ» â katerinaeleftheriou.substack.com/ Find me at: Instagram: @kat.eleftheriou Tiktok: @kat.e...
This Is Exactly What You Wanted
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If you like my thoughts and insights follow me on my socials below for more! To be clear, I am not a therapist! I am just very interested in and passionate about self-awareness and personal growth :) Book a 1:1 session âïžđ»đż â katerinaeleftheriou.com/ Read my articles or support my content on Substack đ©đ»âđ» â katerinaeleftheriou.substack.com/ Find me at: Instagram: @kat.eleftheriou Tiktok: @kat.e...
You Exist Outside of Your Own Head
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If you like my thoughts and insights follow me on my socials below for more! To be clear, I am not a therapist! I am just very interested in and passionate about self-awareness and personal growth :) Book a 1:1 session âïžđ»đż â katerinaeleftheriou.com/ Read my articles or support my content on Substack đ©đ»âđ» â katerinaeleftheriou.substack.com/ Find me at: Instagram: @kat.eleftheriou Tiktok: @kat.e...
Making It Easy for People to Have Access to You Isnât an Act of Kindness
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Making It Easy for People to Have Access to You Isnât an Act of Kindness
If You Don't Decide on Something, Something Will Be Decided for You
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If You Don't Decide on Something, Something Will Be Decided for You
Failure Only Exists If You Believe It Does
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Failure Only Exists If You Believe It Does
We Show People How We Believe We Deserve to be Treated
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We Show People How We Believe We Deserve to be Treated
Do You Just Want Them to Disprove the Negative Beliefs You Have About Yourself?
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Do You Just Want Them to Disprove the Negative Beliefs You Have About Yourself?
How Self-Sabotage Is Tied to the Fear of Abandonment
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How Self-Sabotage Is Tied to the Fear of Abandonment
Show Yourself Examples of What You Want to Achieve
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Show Yourself Examples of What You Want to Achieve
The Struggling Artist Trope Is Ruining Your Creativity (and Life)
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The Struggling Artist Trope Is Ruining Your Creativity (and Life)
You Have to Accept Before You Can Redirect
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You Have to Accept Before You Can Redirect
Constantly Doubting Yourself Is an Act of Disrespect
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Constantly Doubting Yourself Is an Act of Disrespect
Maybe It's Difficult Because It's Right For You, Not Because It's Wrong For You
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Maybe It's Difficult Because It's Right For You, Not Because It's Wrong For You
The Main Thing That Improved My Creativity
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The Main Thing That Improved My Creativity
Donât Fall In Love With Your Potential Projected on to Them
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Donât Fall In Love With Your Potential Projected on to Them
Let Go of People Who Turn You Into Someone You Donât Want to Be
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Let Go of People Who Turn You Into Someone You Donât Want to Be
Itâs Supposed to Be âBoringâ
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Itâs Supposed to Be âBoringâ
Are You Turning People Into Projects Because You Lack Direction?
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Are You Turning People Into Projects Because You Lack Direction?
The Difference Between Intuition and Overthinking
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The Difference Between Intuition and Overthinking
How to Recognize Your Intuition and Implement It
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How to Recognize Your Intuition and Implement It
I want Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now playing throughout this entire episode. đđ¶âđ«ïžâïžâïž
This is the hardest battle of my life atm. Thank you so much for sharing your experience on this topic, it helps me a lotâ€
I do this uncontrollably when I start to feel close to someone. I'm alone. Lol
It is not just attachment style it is more of relating style. Not just to people but to important things and situations too.
Really appreciate this conversation and how you flowed with it effectively. I really like the key points you made, Awareness of Attachment Style Instilling Change And If Not Willing to Change, It Will Continue. I think you explained attachment style well, I picked up on attachment style from my parent and now in my mid 20s I am currently working on breaking out of it. Examples that have been given for me are present in my workplace. Very difficult conversation to come up with however you delivered eloquently. Thank you for sharing this space.
Thank you for your words. You did a great job and have given me lots to consider â€ïž
It is calming, thank you
I always thought it was more in the direction of fear of rejection. But actually fear of disappointment makes a lot of sense
I feel like i avoid people because they leave me no alternative. I will start out trying to logically argue a situation, then i try reasoning, i try bargaining, i try setting boundaries, i try explaining using gigantic paragraphs in detail what it is they are doing that is upsetting me, repeat myself 15 times, give warning after warning, increasingly stern warnings, last warnings, THEN it escalates to ok i have exhausted every alternative and you wont stop.....you are cut from my life. Get out of my sight and dont come back. This causes the person to throw a tantrum like a 5 year old. And then they declare war on me and smash every button i have, press on every wound, while i am trying frantically to get them out of my life, cutting every tie, burning the bridge, and setting the ground on fire aeound me to keep them out and they just wont leave. And i am like ok i gave you a million warnings, i set the boundaries, your not capable of respecting them, we talked about it 5 times, i laid out the consequences, you didnt listen, your gone. Get out of my house NOW. And then they wont leave and keep fighting with me.
I feel like if you are expressing your viewpoint, putting up boundaries, and explaining... then you are not avoidant and these people are just not respectful to YOU. You abandon them because they do not respect you. That's good, that's the final "boundary" you can put on someone- no energy from you unless they change. A true avoidant cannot express these feelings as it is painful/disappointing/act of shame. Hope this helps you.
People stomp on my wounds as hard as they can as soon as they figure out what they are which triggers my avoidant and i banish them from. My life because they refuse to stop picking my scabs and rubbing dirt in them.
I'm so glad i stumbled upon your channel. All of these videos have been so helpful to me & my circumstances - where I've found myself & getting unstuck. Thank you so much. Lots of love & good vibes sent your way. â€
This popping up on my timeline was so timely.
Great point on the being an adult part
That's is a really solid advice! Thank you
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well explained, thank you for this insight
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I literally had a friendship I was really unhappy in and thought "but abandoning them would feel like abandoning myself" đł Every now and again I need a reminder like this, thank you.
Wow yes! And when you don't abandon them (even though you know it's no longer aligned) you end up abandoning yourself.
I listened to you while driving and the amount of times I was like "yes, that's me, damn" while hitting the wheel is insane. I have to think about it now for the rest of the day đ
That's so funny! I'm glad this episode spoke to you :)
this was very pertinent for me. thank you <3
I'm glad it was helpful!
The amount of times I said âI knowwwâ out loud while listening to this is alarming đ„Č
Haha I love that!
Thank you wow so helpful â€
I'm glad! :)
Powerful! Thankyou for this.
You're welcome!
when it comes to relationships, what would be some things we would avoid about ourselves? I think having some examples would help me reflect better cause I cant' get to the answer on my own.
Maybe it's your own emotional unavailability that you're trying to avoid. Maybe it's your fear of vulnerability. Maybe it's that you don't feel ready or worthy to accept a relationship.
...so who's supposed to give you permission to pursue your creative fiction writing? I hereby give you permission đ. But maybe you idealized the fiction writing as a substitute for an emotional deficit and it's not what you really want.
I think I've had to let myself do it without any sort of expectation of what it HAS to look like. I always get hung up on expectations and appearances which tends to hold me back from just doing the things I enjoy doing.
Do you have any journal prompts to see what we're avoiding about ourselves?
Not specifically, but I would say to first start by noticing what you feel the most resistance toward and explore that deeper.
i wish youâre a close friend of mine cus I think youâre really insightful and I appreciate your videos
I'm really glad that what I say resonates with you :)
Precisely how do you expect it ?
When you go into any new situation with a no at the forefront of your mind
Yes maâam
So appreciate your content
Needed this exactly
I'm glad :)
Thanks for the advice.
You're welcome!
This is the height , the peak of "the process"
thank you. graduating in like 3 days and looking for jobs so im freaking tf out
I hope this helped!
Your channel is golddd
Thank you!
Or itâs an iterative cycle?! A journey that youâve never seen before (exactly) but you have really (repeated behaviours). Outcome? Goal? Target? I suspect itâs a balance between what you want and where you e been. I mean, we canât even prove we have free will. Should we not just ride the wave? Figure out on the fly, every bump in the wave using experience we gain on the way. My end goal has shifted so many times but the stepping stones of hindsight are regularly an ah-ha moment. I agree with trust the process. Itâs a balancing act, depressed is the need for deep rest as an example. Do you wonder if the focus on the goal creates the fear and the pain and the struggle? I wonder if letting go of trying to control the process of path creation relieves you of the pain?
Letting go is vital in being able to enjoy the moment, but it's also the most terrifying thing to do. You have to risk the potential of things going badly in order to truly indulge in all the good.
@@kat.eleftheriou hereâs hoping for the bad to happen. Life is suffering after all. We create our own suffering anyway, just ask the celebrities that âhave it allâ but still suffer. I have a thought experiment that wonders what AI will do once it becomes sentient. My guess is that it chooses to experience pain and discomfort. The Yin Yang of living. Without one you canât have the other, our bodies and brains literally create the physical changes that balance us out. Cold shower first and youâll have a rush of endorphins after, eat a load of chocolate icecream and youâll feel good at first then terrible later. Thoughts?
thank you for this,this is exactly what i wanted and i am exactly where i'm supposed to be!
Ma'am have we been living the same life?? I relate to literally every topic you talk about! Thank you for creating this content and sharing your experiences, it's super helpful and appreciatedđč
You're welcome! I'm so glad what I say and what I have experienced resonates with you :)
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Starting anything.
Your words keep me going. So insightful.
I'm glad to hear that!
It sounds like the message Chris Bale constatly shares. To get down to the Body so one can feel life force flowing. We are a very heady society.
Definitely. I can admit that I tend to live in my head and have to actively ground myself in the physical world when I notice myself floating away and losing touch with my human experience.
Kat you are so awesome