Boosting Your Self Esteem Coming Out of a Toxic Relationship - 2 Tips For Success, Part 1

Healthy relationships can be mutually supportive, loving, and help people achieve more of their personal dreams than they might alone. Both individuals can be successful and happy without a partner, but find the relationship an enhancement. Unfortunately, too often the opposite effect occurs in a relationship - one or both partners are restricted, traumatized, and made to feel worthless. A toxic relationship damages self esteem and causes self doubt, and there is some repair work that needs to be done once out of it to assure greater self-realization as well as healthier choices in companionship in the future.   Here are the first 2 out of 4 tips for building self esteem coming out of a toxic relationship:

1.       Attend to your physical health. There are two reasons for this. First off, it is important to support health physically because the mind and body are linked, and making the body as healthy as possible helps to balance the chemistry of our emotions as well. The other reason is that by taking care of yourself, you send your mind the message that you are important, worthy of care and concern. So eat right, reduce the intake of processed foods and sugars, and opt instead for lean proteins, fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grains. Take vitamins and supplements as needed - your natural health practitioner can give you specifics to optimize your health. Fish oil and a good food based multivitamin are a good start. Exercise regularly in a doctor approved plan, focusing ideally on cardio workouts for maximum mood elevation.

2.      Spend time with positive, uplifting people who support and love you and desire your success. A toxic partner often spends a lot of time trying to control you through various tactics, including putting you down, so you need to do some reprogramming of these false messages. You may want to work with a counselor to work through past issues that have led you to this point, and/or you may want to hire a coach to help you set achievable goals and work toward healthier choices moving forward.

By the way, what is holding you back from making the best choices to achieve the life you deserve?

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Shannon Cook is a personal coach and resource guide who has written a number of informative articles and ebooks on the topic of toxic relationships and "difficult" divorces, including the physical, emotional, practical and relationship components.