| Most people enter a relationship eager to find | | | | exercise as advised by your doctor. Doing all of |
| someone with whom they can have a mutually | | | | these things not only increases your health and |
| fulfilling loving, and supportive relationship. When | | | | endurance, it also sends the message to your |
| both partners are emotionally healthy and | | | | mind that you are worthy of effort. |
| committed to one another, this result is a distinct | | | | 2. Gather your social support around you. This can |
| possibility. However, there are some instances | | | | include friends and family as well as helping |
| where one or both partners bring a degree of | | | | professionals such as coaches or counselors. You |
| dysfunction or personal issues into the relationship | | | | need to be able to fill your social calendar to avoid |
| that prove destructive to the other partner and | | | | isolation. You also need to counterprogram the |
| the relationship as a whole. Whether it is abuse, | | | | negative messages that your toxic partner's |
| untreated addiction, or infidelities that make the | | | | words and behaviors out in your mind. Hearing |
| relationship toxic, the traumatized partner is often | | | | words of support and affirmation will help you do |
| left feeling unworthy and questioning his or her | | | | this. If you need to work through overwhelming |
| abilities to go it alone. If you have made the | | | | emotions or do healing work, a counselor is an |
| decision that you want to leave a toxic | | | | excellent resource. If you are ready to start |
| relationship, it is important to give yourself all the | | | | moving forward from today and achieve goals, a |
| resources you can to help you follow through. | | | | coach will be of enormous benefit in getting you |
| Here are 3 keys to escaping your toxic | | | | into your new and happier life much faster. |
| relationship successfully: | | | | 3. Don't talk to your ex partner. Especially in the |
| 1. Take good care of yourself physically. Your | | | | beginning when you are most vulnerable, do not |
| mind needs all the support it can get, and the | | | | interact with your toxic ex if at all possible. He or |
| health of the body is linked to that of the brain. | | | | she will likely continue to use tactics to get to you |
| Eat healthy, organic food choices whenever | | | | as he or she did in the past. You need time to |
| possible. Take vitamins and supplements as | | | | gain distance and perspective to avoid being pulled |
| needed - many people can benefit with starting | | | | in again. If you must interact due to children, etc, |
| with a food based multivitamin and fish oil. A | | | | stick closely to business and disengage if your ex |
| naturopath can give you a supplement plan | | | | tries to steer the conversation into the personal. |
| tailored to your specific health needs. Get regular | | | | |