Men don’t change when you ask them to. They change when they’re forced to face themselves. #feminineenergy #relationships #datingadvice #avoidantattachment #womensdatingadvice
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If I could only teach women one thing about men, it would be this. Men don't change when you ask them to. They change when they're forced to face themselves. So what makes somebody face themselves? Well, it certainly wouldn't be when you're constantly closing the gap and making his life easier, or when you're making threats that you never follow through on. And I talk about this all the time in my one-on-one sessions and masterclass. When people face themselves, they face themselves in absence. Sometimes you have to leave them alone simply because they don't think you ever will. There are certain things that only your absence can communicate about your value that your words never could. People face themselves in silence. Why? Isn't communication everything? It's one thing to communicate your position once. It's another when you're constantly over-explaining yourself. Over-explaining is just another form of begging. Begging to be heard understood and validated. And when you do this, you end up putting him up here. And so he's actually kind of confused because it didn't shoot tell me that you have so much self respect and options and you're not afraid to walk away. And so if that's true, then why are you losing all of your dignity explaining yourself to me? And that's why silence is actually a power move. And lastly, people face themselves when there's loss because loss is painful and pain creates significance. It makes us pay attention and we learn most from what we pay attention to.
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