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I have often challenged patients (and myself) to mourn (release the victim identity and create new narratives)\u00a0<\/span>what they\/I\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0receive developmentally. This process allows freedom to observe yourself and the other very differently. Additionally, it allows one to appropriately define realistic expectations of the other and grants one the power to take more responsibility for self-care. Perhaps if we begin to heal in this way we would no longer tolerate dishonesty and have deeper discernment.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nThat brings us to the\u00a0SOMETHING VALUABLE<\/i>\u00a0portion of the word cheating.\u00a0 It seems to me when we start the process mentioned above, we will begin to redefine how we understand\u00a0value<\/b><\/i>.\u00a0 The most valuable thing we can give ourselves seems to be ourselves! No one can deprive us of that. Not daddy. Not mommy. Not an ex-lover. No one!!! When we begin to tap into our own value. Our own power. Our own beauty. We begin to realize that the love of the other is simply a reflection of our own self-love.\u00a0 The \u201cvaluing\u201d the other gives to you is simply a reflection of the value you have already assigned to yourself.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nAsk yourself today, what is my value? Can others sense my affirmed self-value? Am I projecting or placing on to others the responsibility of valuing me in ways I don\u2019t even value myself? Are my current relationship woes a reflection of my own inner pain-body?\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nI submit to you, this is a liberating process. The process of coming into your own.\u00a0 This sets the stage to receiving the other as a treat and not a necessity. This sets the stage for a mutual respectful connection with someone who is on a similar journey. See when you value YOU; you don\u2019t have to trick anyone to stay. You don\u2019t have to suffer with someone who is not on your level of consciousness. You can lovingly and firmly say, I am better than this. And to them, you are better than this. This connection doesn\u2019t challenge either one of us to work through our stuff or live authentically. I release you and me.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nSo, to the cheaters and the victims of cheating-There is hope!\u00a0 Let us begin the painful process of ending the externalizing of our pain and look inward. Come face-to-face with the areas of pain, self-loathing, fear, and rage that often gets acted out \u00a0in our relationships and\/or projected onto the other. Let us begin to nourish the self. Mourn the past.\u00a0 Affirm that the love and empathy you give to yourself\u00a0 is reflected in the relationships you experience with others.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nLet us stop cheating ourselves while expecting our relationships to reflect something else. Affirm it! And so it is!<\/span>
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