A guest post by Daylle Deanna Schwartz for Powered by Intuition

It’s common to hear people complain about friends or romantic partners while they stay in the relationship.

These folks tolerate unacceptable behavior to keep the peace or because they’re afraid of losing people they think they need. Or, they’re so in the habit of pleasing everyone and don’t know how to set boundaries.

I hear:

“When he gets angry, he deeply hurts me with insults.” “She makes me feel that my money is more important than me.” My friend rarely keeps her word but we go back years so I tolerate it. “I’m always there for my friends but feel like most don’t support me.”

Yet they continue to maintain the relationships, tolerate hurtful behavior and then wonder... More...