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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
BUT … when you allow the stress of the OUTSIDE world issues to result in you fighting with your partner, blaming your partner, tearing down your relationship … then you’ ve just taken what WAS an OUTSIDE problem and turned it into an INSIDE problem.
DO NOT do that.
As they say so eloquently in the Hunger Games,“ Don’ t forget WHO the real bad guy is.”
If the challenge is the loss of job or stress at work or the horrible fires that tore through Los Angeles or the national crisis … don’ t forget who the REAL bad guy is.
The real“ bad guy” or problem is OUTSIDE your home. Your partner is NOT the bad guy.

Key # 2: Turn Your HOME into Your Sanctuary

Your HOME, your marriage, your family … should be where you( and they) come to for certainty, support, kindness, love, harmony and peace!
Your relationships in your home should be what recharges you to go OUTSIDE to face the world. Those connections and that peace are what re-center you to be who you need to be to overcome the stressful times.
If you fight INSIDE your home AND OUTSIDE your home, too … that is too much for anyone to bear.

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