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There are actually a lot of deep psychological and even physiological reasons for why this fails, but mostly it comes down to this: that person is not yet ready to change.
Aside from only really being able to function in the present, your gut instinct is also quiet. The “little voice” within is just that… little.
If you want to change your life, you need to utilize microshifts, tiny, almost undetectable patterns of behavior that condition you to your comfort zone.
Decide you’re deserving of real friendship, true commitment and complete love with people who are healthy and thriving.
The fact is that the more you are grateful now, the more life will give you to be grateful about in the future.
Sometimes, you are going to need to walk away from the relationship, the job, the friend that isn’t wrong, but isn’t totally right, either.
When you’re in a state of distress, you’re vulnerable. And when you’re vulnerable, you need someone in your life
