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How to Let Go of Toxic People Who Are Holding You Back

Mitzi Bockmann
6 min readApr 10, 2019

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Are you wondering how to let go of toxic people who are holding you back?

Do you know that some people in your life just aren’t good for you but you are finding it difficult to let them go?

Fortunately, there are ways to let go of toxic people but first let’s examine why it’s hard to let go of one.

For many people, staying in a toxic relationship is better than being alone.

We often don’t feel so good about ourselves and the other person feeds our feelings of insecurity with their toxicity.

Sometime we feel like we think we are the only person who can help/fix this other person so we are hesitant to step away from them, even if they are sucking us dry.

And, finally, we are often stuck in patterns with these people, patterns that we are incapable of breaking for a variety of reasons.

Now do you see how letting go of toxic people can be very difficult? Understanding the ‘why’ can often make the ‘how’ easier.

#1 — Make a decision — and stick to it!

Before you begin any life changing process you must ask yourself how determined you are to actually do it. On a scale of 1–10 how close to a 10 are you? Because without steadfast

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Mitzi Bockmann
Mitzi Bockmann

Written by Mitzi Bockmann

I’m a certified NYC based Life and Love Coach who works with people to help them find, and keep, happiness and love.

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