How to demand more of your partnerWithout demandin

I know it sounds crazy, right?

I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t done it myself.

When I started focusing on me my energy, how I was showing up I stopped giving my partner the power. I took it back.

And without me saying a word… he started matching that energy.

I used to beg and blame:

“Why can’t you just clean the kitchen?”

“You never do anything.”

Now? He maintains the kitchen and other areas of the house.

But don’t get it twisted this isn’t a “sit back and manifest” thing.

It’s a lot of work on YOU.

You have to get brutally honest:

Are you holding yourself to the same standard you expect from them? Or are you also leaving your clothes on the floor and then yelling because they didn’t pick theirs up?

You have to become obsessed with yourself. That takes deep reflection.

And you have to drop the excuses that blame him for holding you back.

Raise your own standard, and watch them rise to meet it.

And if they still don’t step up?

Well… now you’re empowered, obsessed with yourself, and you know you deserve more.

Do with that what you will.

#mumlife #partner #relationship

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