Investigating the nature of our relationships gives us insight into how we feel about ourselves. Some relationships give us joy and reflect a healthy self-esteem. Others may be adversarial and show us where we withhold love from ourselves. Since all relationships mirror some aspect of the relationship we have with ourselves, we can learn a great deal from the ones that give us trouble. Rather than blaming outward for how we feel, looking within to investigate what we’re unhappy about helps us heal our feelings about ourselves and transform our judgment about them…
Into self-awareness.