In this episode of Simply Complicated, Sadie sits down with executive coach and mentor Rosa de Koning, for an honest conversation about relationships, self-awareness, emotional maturity, and the patterns we carry from childhood into adulthood. Together, they explore how personality assessments like CliftonStrengths can help us better understand ourselves and others, why conflict often comes from unhealed wounds rather than bad intentions, and how curiosity and compassion can reconnect strained relationships. Rosa vulnerably shares her journey of understanding her mother differently over time, reframing labels like “stubborn” into strengths like persistence, and learning that being right matters less than learning how to love people well. This episode is about growth, vulnerability, healing generational patterns, and learning how to show up more authentically in the relationships that matter most.

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) Expert, Julie Menanno of The Secure Attachment, shares the important keys to creating safe attachments and working through conflict in your relationships