relationships change us

In this episode of "Anything Goes," Emma Chamberlain discusses the role of relationships in personal growth, contrasting her younger self's superficial criteria for relationships with her current understanding of their potential for mutual growth. She explores how relationships can catalyze growth through admiration, confrontation, and providing a sense of foundation, while also cautioning against regression, which can occur through adopting negative traits, weaponized confrontations, declining self-esteem, and shrinking perspectives. Chamberlain offers tips for evaluating whether a relationship is contributing to personal growth or causing regression, emphasizing the importance of admiration, comfortable confrontation, mutual support, and ensuring that changes are made for oneself rather than solely to please others.