Coaching practices for How to Get Over Jealousy and Trust Issues

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  • I feel the jealousy or the hurt and then immediately pile on a second layer of "I shouldn’t feel this, a mature person wouldn’t"
  • Something’s damaged my trust in them but I can’t bring myself to just say so, so instead I quietly pull back, vent to other people, and let it fester
  • I keep everything at work behind a polished, guarded front
  • With new people I try to fast-forward to being close
  • I won’t hand anyone real responsibility until they’ve completely proven themselves first

Practices that may help

  1. Give yourself permission to feel
    Drop the judgment about whether you should or shouldn’t feel a certain way — the emotion is already there.
    Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical
  2. Have explicit trust conversations when trust is at stake
    Name the trust issue directly rather than managing it indirectly.
    The Trust Triangle
  3. Lower your guard to raise the intimacy score
    Sharing something real about yourself makes others feel safer sharing something real with you.
    The Trust Equation, Made Practical
  4. Earn the right to deepen the relationship in stages
    Trust compounds over time — start with technical credibility and expand into intimacy as it is earned.
    The Trust Equation, Made Practical
  5. Extend trust deliberately to invite it
    Trust others first, in bounded ways, before they have earned every dimension — it is how trust is built.
    The Trust Triangle
  6. Build secure-functioning habits
    Practice the behaviors of secure attachment — reliability, responsiveness, repair — on purpose.
    Attachment Theory, Made Usable
  7. Diagnose which trust dimension is broken before trying to repair
    Name the specific trust assessment that failed — then address that one, not trust in general.
    The Trust Triangle
  8. Let repeated repair build earned security
    Each successful repair teaches "we can break and come back" — which is what makes a relationship feel safe.
    Rupture and Repair
  9. Convert comparison to curiosity
    When you notice admiration or envy, ask what it tells you about what you actually value — then pursue it.
    The Comparison Trap
  10. Keep an evidence log
    Record concrete proof of your competence to counter the brain’s habit of discounting it.
    Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, Made Practical

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