Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 4, Issue - 5, 1 November 2019 | Page 3

But if we can get you to think back over the past bit of time rather than recent events, you're more likely to make a realistic, business-like projection. So ask yourself, is it going to get worse? What's the likelihood that things will improve? 3 What would you do if you could go back in time? When we're working with someone who is stuck trying to decide whether to leave a relationship, we often do a powerful time-shifting guided visualisation. Here's how to do it: In your imagination, go forward in time one year from now. Think about what your life will look like - both if the relationship continued as-is, and if you separated. Then, look back to now and ask yourself what you wish you would have done. 4 Have you made changes all on your own? Everything we teach, rests on a common principle: “The outer reflects the inner”; Meaning:-If you shift inside, your external conditions must change as well. What this means in the context of relationship is that you can change your relationship all by yourself. If you take the focus off your partner (even just temporarily) and redirect your energy into becoming who you want to be, one of two things will happen: Either your partner will step up and expand with you, or you'll realise that this person is NOT your life partner, and the relationship will dissolve. If it does, you will have the peace of mind to walk away, knowing you've opened yourself up to genuine, lasting love. Toxic Relationships And Self Love Toxic relationships come in many different forms, but fundamentally they all have one thing in common: They undermine your relationship with yourself - THE most important relationship of all. If your relationship with yourself is strong - if you've learned how to love yourself no matter what someone else is doing - you will have a very hard time attracting a narcissist in the first place. Narcissists are very good at finding their "victims" - the people who don't feel worthy enough of a healthy, happy relationship, and who will play second fiddle just for the sake of being in a relationship. When you've learned to truly love yourself, a narcissist simply cannot operate in your orbit. You will not be able to feed his or her need for adulation and acquiescence at all costs. And you will trust yourself to know