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4 Limiting Beliefs Disguised As Great Relationships Advice

4 Limiting Beliefs Disguised As Great Relationships Advice

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Toya Gavin
Feb 06, 2020
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limiting beliefs about relationships

(This post is the fourth installment in the Legally Bold series on limiting beliefs and how they rob us of achieving fulfillment in essential areas of our lives. You can find the other posts in the series here.)

So this is the point in my series on limiting beliefs where we talk about relationships. And I just the thought of this discussion makes my eyes roll.????

Not because the topic isn’t necessary. It’s because most relationship talk out there is full of cliches and ways that women must change themselves to “get a man.”  

The sum and substance of this advice tend to be: 

→  dress up, 

→  wear heels all the time, 

→  don’t have sex too soon, 

→  don’t mention marriage, and 

→  → don’t be stupid because all men are dogs. 

Oh, and make sure you have a great job and can cook gourmet meals while you’re at it. ???? ???? 

This “advice” is usually quite sexist and cheapens the importance of all relationships — both romantic and non-romantic — in our lives. 

Relationships encourage and support our so…

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