"We sell our souls to a dream that we are told we should want, and then carry our secret sadness behind a mask of the 'perfect life' so all that we have built will not crumble around us and crush our precious children. This is the kind of sacrifice I thought I needed to make." Who are we in that moment of accepting toxic words to be spoken towards us? Who we become as we allow toxic behaviors to seep into our souls. Enough said about the toxic people in our lives. Time to focus on ourselves (the target) and the behaviors as we hand our power, energy and livelihood over to another person just to please them.