On cutting people out

It is often quite difficult managing the internal dialogue around cutting people out of your life. Sometimes having an ex-partner, friend or even family member is too toxic to a conducive life. So where do you start with reconciling that internal conversation?

Here is an analogy which could be resourceful.

Look it your social connections like the cells in your body.

There are times when things are functioning well. You feed your body, your cells serve you well and everything is in equilibrium. You and your cells are all happy.

There is the possibility that the body could become unwell and possibly to the detriment to a balanced equilibrium and life. At those times you need to ask yourself, "are my sick cells helping me or hurting me?"

It is time to love those cells and let them go.

It's the same with those people in your life who are hurting you.

Accept them for who they are and let them go.