LIFESTYLE, LIFE LESSONS

Are You Being Held Back By Your Own Attachments?

Finding Freedom Through Letting Go

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Are you feeling stuck in life?

Attachment is a common source of stagnation.

We attach ourselves to people, places, and things — both physical and emotional — as a way to feel secure and safe in our lives.

But when the inevitable changes come, these attachments can hold us back from truly being in flow with what is happening.

Have you ever had something in you life that maybe you thought would never, ebb, change, or leave?

I can say I did.

I was a braggart about the fact that my ex-husband (yes you read that correctly) would never leave me.

We didn’t realize that him walking out would be the greatest gift both of us would ever receive, so when he left, I went out seeking a replacement.

I never thought of these folks as “replacements” but in retrospect I can see they were.

I found them.

I found TONS of them.

The issue was, I was welcoming the same issues, the same struggles, the same reasons my ex and I split, right back into my life, unconsciously so, in order to…