Aligned Relationships: Compromise

Episode 7 — Aligned Relationships: Compromise

The Aligned Living Podcast with Iesha Delune

In this first instalment of the Aligned Relationships episodes, Iesha explores two phrases many people use without realising the impact they can have:

“No one is perfect.” & “Relationships are about compromise.”

While both statements are true, they’re often used to justify staying in relationship dynamics that slowly erode alignment, honesty, vitality and connection.

In this episode, Iesha explores:

✨ Inner vs outer compromise •

Inner compromise: when you trade your alignment, values, or integrity •

Outer compromise: circumstantial flexibility that doesn’t cost you your congruence •

A helpful self-check: “Am I compromising my preferences, or am I compromising me?”

✨ Patterns of over-compromise that drain relationships

• Choosing short-term harmony over long-term alignment

• Giving up because conversations feel too hard

• Folding instantly when someone is disappointed

• Quietly abandoning your real thoughts, needs, or values

• How resentment often reveals layers of self-abandonment

✨ A clearer way to navigate compromise in relationships

• Begin with your true 100% alignment before you shrink or adjust

• Share what you would genuinely love

• Invite the other person’s aligned starting point too

• Why honesty at the beginning makes compromise more creative, transparent and empowering

Through real client stories and grounded examples, this episode offers a fresh, aligned approach to compromise - one that strengthens connection rather than diminishing it.

Connect with Iesha via her website:

https://ieshadelune.com.au/