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Choosing Between My Children And My Sanity

Jul 18, 2015

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Choosing Between My Children and My

Sanity

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Question: • I want to leave my marriage and

my children for the sake of my own sanity

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• I have never been maternal • My marriage is smothering me

with obligations and expectations

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• I have thought this through • This is the right decision for me

and them • How do I get my husband to

allow me access to the children?

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Answer: • You are going against the norm

by leaving your marriage as well as your children

• This is not about right or wrong • This is about security

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• You do not feel secure inside or outside of the relationship

• You want to leave the marriage so that you can survive and grow

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• You will need a lot of courage • How do you prepare yourself

and your children? • Find self-love before you do

anything else

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• Your relationship has a natural life cycle

• Holding on to the relationship at all costs is not a solution

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• Find your good traits so that they can balance out your other traits

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• For example you feel like a failure as a mother

• What if your husband is frustrated by your lack of conformance and a better carer than you?

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• Not all mothers feel a mother instinct

• You want to follow your heart

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• The alternative is to stay in a relationship at all costs

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• When you find self-love, your children will know you are all right

• Your husband will also find clarity

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• Wait until you can leave feeling happy and without self-blame

• Your relationship with your children will benefit

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• You have a soul contract with your husband and children

• You are living that soul contract

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• Love means accepting and loving yourself, so that you have love to give to others

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