Create A New Relationship… With Yourself
You may think that the last person you want to create a new relationship with is yourself. What does that even mean and why would I want to do that?
There are so many important reasons why you would want to create a new relationship with yourself. It’s a transformative step that leads to recovery and healing from the consequences of CEN. If you think about your current relationship with yourself, does it give you the life-affirming energy you need to move forward in the life you want to live?
For someone who wants to recover from CEN, this new relationship is about reclaiming your emotional birthright and learning to love themselves in ways you might never have experienced before.
Here are outcomes you can accomplish when you create a new relationship with yourself.
Heal from Unmet Emotional Needs: CEN often leaves a person feeling emotionally disconnected or unaware of their own needs. Developing a new relationship with yourself helps to finally acknowledge and meet those long-ignored emotional needs, fostering self-compassion and care.
Break Patterns of Self-Neglect: People with CEN tend to put others’ needs ahead of their own or minimize their own feelings. Building a healthier relationship with oneself helps to break this cycle and prioritize self-care and emotional well-being.
Improve Your Self-Worth: CEN can erode a person’s sense of worth, leaving them feeling inadequate or unimportant. By working on their relationship with themselves, they can rebuild their self-esteem and recognize their inherent value.
Develop Emotional Awareness: Those with CEN often struggle with identifying and processing their emotions. Creating a new relationship with oneself helps build emotional literacy, enabling them to feel and express emotions more freely and authentically.
Foster Inner Security: A lack of emotional support during childhood can lead to insecurity in adulthood. By nurturing a relationship with themselves, individuals can develop inner confidence and security, learning to trust their own judgment and intuition.
Reduce Dependency on External Validation: Without a strong sense of self, people with CEN may rely heavily on external validation. Building a relationship with oneself reduces the need for others’ approval, fostering self-acceptance and independence.
Create Healthier Boundaries: People with CEN may struggle to set boundaries because they’ve been conditioned to ignore their own needs. A stronger self-relationship helps them understand where their boundaries lie and how to assert them without guilt.
Increase Resilience to Stress: A healthier internal relationship allows individuals to be more attuned to their emotional needs, making them more resilient and capable of navigating life’s challenges without being overwhelmed.
Enhance Personal Fulfillment: By fostering a new relationship with oneself, individuals can explore their true desires, passions, and life goals, leading to a more fulfilling and purposeful life that’s based on their authentic self.
Repair Self-Trust: CEN can make it difficult to trust oneself, as people with emotional neglect often feel disconnected from their own instincts. Developing a new relationship with oneself helps to rebuild that trust, enabling them to make decisions with more confidence.
Is all of this possible? I’m here to tell you that yes, it is.