You covered a lot of ground here lol.
Truth...
I've always had this way of breaking a person down so to speak to really get to their truth. Normally truths they didn't know about and often ones they really did not want to hear. Something just clicks ya know? It is sensed deeply when they are asking for these truths without saying the words directly.
Ridding yourself of excuses will free so much. I did a post about it and almost couldn't stop writing lol.
Archetypes...
To really know or love a person you really need to be conscious of them enough to either drop them entirely or wave them away when close to that person. (the first being ideal).
It can be difficult not to bring that neural implantation to the next relationship, because it never truly goes away. However it is vastly important to allow grass to grow over those roads so they will not appear as a place to drive down.