How do you know when you should fight for your relationship or when it's time to walk away?

This is probably the number one question that I receive and have received over the years.

And most of the time, there is no simple answer.

When we love someone, we want to be able to say that we've done everything that we can to make the relationship work.

We're not supposed to be miserable for extended periods of time in a relationship.

And if we are, that is an indication that the relationship should end.

And that we should probably do some work on ourselves and figure out what happened,

the things that we have to develop inside ourselves to co-create something

healthier with someone else. But the truth is that if you are going to be in a relationship

with someone for years and decades over the long term, you are going to have seasons where

you're working on the relationship more than you are not.

But where do we draw the line? Well, here are three things to ask yourself before you walk away from

your relationship. Number one, am I and have I been clear about what my needs are

and what I need from my partner? Because the truth is most people, and I've worked with a lot of them,

they don't communicate well. They think that they're

saying what they need, but really what they're doing is expecting their partner to read their

mind. They're expecting their partner to be able to intuit what it is that they need. of saying very clearly what it is that they do need.

And not only saying what it is that they need, but giving their partners some advice, some guidance,

a roadmap on how they can best meet their needs. So you have to ask yourself,

do you know what's missing? Do you know what it is that you need, that they are not able or

haven't been able to fulfill? And have you communicated that very clearly and in a way that gives your partner

some sort of guidance on how they can win with you? Number two, have you examined your role

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