| There are no "right" or "wrong" answers when it | | | | you. Where did you get that information? |
| comes to domestic violence. Each situation is as | | | | Chances are, it was from within. If you are in an |
| unique as each person living it. You heard me. There | | | | abusive relationship, catch yourself as you reach out |
| are as many variations to this story as there are | | | | to others for your answers. And let your doing this |
| people living it. So, don't let anyone tell you what you | | | | become your signal to remind you to check in with |
| "should" or "shouldn't" do. | | | | yourself. |
| Far too often survivors of domestic abuse look to | | | | You may wish to find a place to sit quietly alone. And |
| other people for answers to questions that truly lie | | | | with eyes closed, you may better feel the sensations |
| within. They pursue the "wisdom" of those they pay | | | | within...out from which images and words can follow. |
| for legal advice to those that shelter them from the | | | | In the nuggets that effortlessly spring forward are |
| danger in their homes. And sadly, they do this all | | | | answers to your most burning personal questions. |
| awhile ignoring their own inner most wisdom. | | | | Trusting and Following Your Gut |
| It's almost as if their inner voice does not speak to | | | | Let's say you are okay up to this point and you get |
| them or they have become accustomed to letting its | | | | wind of the messages from within, but then you |
| guidance fall upon their own deaf ears. I certainly | | | | don't trust what you hear. And even worse, you fail |
| don't fault them for being out of touch with | | | | to follow your inner knowing. |
| themselves in this way; I see it as going hand-in-hand | | | | Then you want to become practiced in testing out |
| with living in an abusive relationship. | | | | your inner guidance by acting on small less significant |
| Let's face it, when your significant other bombards | | | | information first. With time, you will notice the more |
| you with discount upon discount, eventually you grow | | | | you do this, the more faith you cultivate in your inner |
| to discount yourself. And with that said, you can see | | | | voice. |
| how that inner voice stops speaking when you need | | | | Answers for Domestic Violence Survivors |
| it most. It certainly did for me in the years that I | | | | When you ponder if you should or shouldn't do ABC, |
| lived in an abusive relationship. | | | | think about this little Internet article that you have |
| Hearing Answers Within | | | | just read. And instead of running to someone for |
| There is nothing more powerful, more potent, more | | | | answers, seek to unveil them from within. Instead of |
| meaningful to an individual than a signal from within. | | | | running to someone to tell you what to do, find |
| There truly isn't. Think of every major decision you | | | | someone who will help you access your own inner |
| have ever made in your entire life in which the | | | | voice. Once you uncover it in all its clarity, you will |
| direction you took was really the right direction for | | | | delight in the purposeful direction you experience. |