This week's episode is the third of the 4-part series on LETTING GO. 

For this week's episode, I discuss "Letting Go of Toxic People." How do you know if you are in a relationship with a toxic person? Look for these three common traits:

1. Toxic people are manipulative. 
2. Toxic people rarely take responsibility for their own negative behavior. 
3. Toxic people are rarely supportive and interested in other people's goals and dreams.

After hearing the three common traits of toxic people, do you find yourself in some kind of relationship with a toxic person?  

Sometimes, letting go of toxic people means that you're actually letting go of their BEHAVIOR, not necessarily letting them go as human beings. Let's face it, there are people in our lives that we can't literally "let go" because of the role they have in our lives.  For many of us, it's a family member, a colleague, or co-worker.   Maybe you have toxic people in your lives that you just can't let them go, but you can let go of their toxic behavior.  You do this by setting healthy boundaries for yourself. 

In fact, setting healthy boundaries is the way of letting toxic people go.  Sometimes that means making the hard decision to distance yourself from those whose presence is more likely to keep you stuck than moving you forward. It may simply mean having a heart-to heart discussion about what's not working for you in your relationship or friendship.  It may even mean you taking ownership for accepting theis behavior and taking action to change YOUR role in the relationship or friendship. 

Remember… iron sharpens iron.  If you want to live a life of success and happiness, you need to make sure you become be the iron you want to attract.

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