Escaping Abuse: Why We Stay; How To Leave For Good; 4 Strategies to End The Cycle | The WISDOM podcast | S2 E10

<p style="text-align:center;"> </p>   <p style="text-align:center;"> TIMESTAMPS:</p> <p style="text-align:center;">Podcast Intro:  0-1:32  |  Definition of Abuse: 1:34 |  Episode highlights including my client 'Beth' and the 4 Strategies You Need to Know to Help You Leave An Abusive Relationship:  1:55  | Why We Stay: 3:11  |  The Real Life Client Story of 'Beth': 12:13  | How Does Someone Find Themselves in An Abusive Relationship?  24:36  |  What Self-Worth Is:  28:29  |  The Four Best Strategies to Help You Leave and Also, Keep You Out of an Abusive Relationship:  33:30  |  Final Guidance and Words of Wisdom: 47:35  |  Podcast Outro: 50:22  </p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p> </p> In this episode I want to remind you of the power that you hold to choose for yourself the right and best relationship, and how you can stay clear of relationships that are damaging and abusive. I also wish to illustrate how living with abuse, perpetuates a cycle of dependency and the eradicating of one's self-worth and sense of self; and I will share the story of my client 'Beth', and the four strategies to prevent you from finding yourself in an abusive relationship and enable you to leave. TRUTH SERUM:  There are many forms of abuse. Abuse is, by <a href='https://www.loveisrespect.org/is-this-abuse/types-of-abuse/'>definition</a>, the mistreatment of another; whether intentional or as a facet of one's consistent actions that one may not be self-aware of. A-HA MOMENTS:  Abuse in the traditional variant forms that we categorize as physical, emotional, and psychological all originate with one's thoughts and beliefs; that is what one tells one's self and justifies in being discriminating, hurtful, and disrespectful towards another, and how one's misguided intentions can lead into a situation and a relationship that is both damaging and abusive.   PRACTICAL WISDOM:  We know that relationships that are unhealthy and abusive are also complex and complicated. We stay in these relationships for different reasons; whe