| Far too often, we hear individuals in abusive | | | | Thus, I invite you to look within for the revolution. It |
| relationships seeking to change their partners in order | | | | is from here that lasting change occurs. It is truly |
| to change their relationship. While it is true that a | | | | from within. |
| change in either person will change the overall | | | | In closing, I leave you with seven secrets to |
| dynamic of the relationship, changing one's partner is | | | | successful survival in an abusive relationship, during |
| only an option if it is partner-self-initiated. | | | | and afterwards should the relationship remain abusive. |
| Rather than holding onto something that is essentially | | | | 1) Writejournal daily both your inner world and your |
| out of one's controlactually not one's businesslook | | | | outer world. |
| to changing what is within your control and is indeed | | | | 2) Whole foodnourish your body with that which is |
| your business: yourself. In working with thousands of | | | | truly nourishing. |
| patients over the years, the one thing I consistently | | | | 3) Waterlet pure water be your primary beverage |
| see is that when people grow to honor and respect | | | | and saturate every cell with it. |
| their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual space, | | | | 4) Work-outfind a body strengthening and toning |
| they have no tolerance for others not doing the | | | | routine and make it a regimen. |
| same. | | | | 5) The Workwhen you feel mental and/or |
| Now as I write this, I'm keenly aware of the hair | | | | emotional distress, open your thoughts to an inquiry |
| standing up on end for those that are currently | | | | until they let go of you and your authentic truth will |
| struggling in an abusive relationship. Know that I, too, | | | | emerge. |
| lived there once. And I know that when being | | | | 6) Welcomeexpect the universe and the individuals |
| battered and remaining entangled in an abusive | | | | in your world to support, honor and respect you. |
| relationship, on some level, we are failing to hold | | | | 7) Wholenessmeditate and know the inner well of |
| reverence for that which our abusive partner has | | | | well-being. How? By cultivating the effortless innocent |
| scorned. | | | | discipline of letting it in. |