{"id":94930,"date":"2018-02-08T17:38:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T22:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=94930\/"},"modified":"2018-02-08T19:17:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T00:17:26","slug":"internal-reasons-blocking-finding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/ja\/journal\/internal-reasons-blocking-finding\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internal Reasons Blocking Us From Finding Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I remember when being single over the age of 30 was shameful. The cock of the eyebrow and the annoying questions, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong? Why aren\u2019t you married yet?\u201d as though that were anyone\u2019s business but mine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thankfully, that humiliation is quickly becoming a distant memory, as two years ago, for the first time ever, unmarried Americans surpassed married ones by .2 percent, making ours the most unmarried generation in recorded human history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The reasons for this are one of debate: Yes, we\u2019re collectively waiting longer to marry. It\u2019s also easier to get a divorce than it was a generation ago. The crazy internet dating culture is giving us so many choices that it\u2019s harder and harder to choose someone. And of course, \u201calternative families\u201d that don\u2019t fit the norm are growing at an unprecedented rate and messing with our stats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But basically, if you\u2019re someone who really wants to fall in love and settle down, as the years tick-tick-tick by with no partner in sight, it\u2019s likely you become sad and confused. You begin to think that it\u2019s your birthright to spend so much time looking for that special someone. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In trying to make sense of our perpetual single status, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">most of us assume that our biggest obstacles to love <\/span><span class=\"s1\">are outside of ourselves, and therefore not really in our control.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In trying to figure this out, we may finally arrive at some hard-to-face conclusions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A.) There really are no good men\/women out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">B.) Men don\u2019t like women who are more successful than they are. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">C.) Women want too much, putting men in the impossible position of having to be financially successful while also spiritually and psychologically sophisticated in ways only those who\u2019ve had idle time to grow these capacities might have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At some point, though, most of us will come to the conclusion that we just haven\u2019t met the right person, covertly blaming our careers or our creative pursuits. All the while, secretly fearing that maybe we\u2019ve never actually been the right person, as we start questioning our capacity for happy, healthy love, pointing to our jagged romantic histories as evidence that a great relationship just might not be in the stars for us this lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Yet all of these theories have one thing in common: they leave us completely powerless to manifest the loving and fulfilling relationship we want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">What if I told you <\/span><span class=\"s1\">that your biggest barriers to love\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">are<i> internal <\/i>rather than<i> external<\/i>?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">And that these inner obstacles, once identified, are easily transformed? <\/span><span class=\"s1\">That once you understand the unconscious ways you may be covertly sabotaging your chances for love and what you can do instead, your power of choice is restored, and you\u2019ll be liberated to evolve beyond serial disappointments in love. After all, over four million people find love and get married in America each year. Why shouldn\u2019t you be one of them?<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_95159\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-95159\" src=\"http:\/\/live-wanderlust-fest.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iStock-809888640-1-768x456.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iStock-809888640-1-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iStock-809888640-1-992x588.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><div class=\"caption\">Portrait of couple walking through pathway on mountain. Man and woman enjoying vacation in countryside. Young people hiking in nature.<\/div><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Identifying Your Personal Barriers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While you may be wishing, hoping and praying to meet \u201cThe One,\u201d there may be some parts of you are actually ambivalent about committed love, and working against finding it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There may be parts of you stuck in the past, and operating out of some antiquated ideas that have you feel unsafe to open up your heart up to love. Deep down inside, you might question whether you even deserve to have love, or maybe you clandestinely believe that if you let yourself find love, you\u2019ll somehow be hurting someone else, like your mom who was never very happy in love, or your older sister who\u2019s always been romantically invisible to men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here are some of the most common internal barriers to attracting and sustaining the love we desire:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"s1\">Festering Resentments (Particularly Towards a Former Love)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">If you\u2019re still struggling with unresolved feelings of hurt and anger, it\u2019s probably for good reason. Your former love probably did do some pretty hurtful things that cost you greatly. He lied. She was selfish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">Yet here\u2019s the thing about that: Whenever we find ourselves ruminating about what someone else did or didn\u2019t do that left us feeling victimized, we\u2019re failing to use our pain to help us learn from our mistakes. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Even if it was 97 percent of the other person\u2019s fault,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">you want to be really interested in your three percent.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Because understanding your part of what happened, even if it was passive like \u201cI didn\u2019t speak up,\u201d or \u201cI ignored the red flags,\u201d is what will help you grow in ways that will allow you to trust yourself to never make that same mistake again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Bottom line<\/b>: Learn your lessons! Look to discover your part clearly so you can identify what you will never do again. This will help you trust yourself to never do <i>that<\/i> again, so you feel safe to open your heart to someone new.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Old Agreements That Now Need Renegotiating<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">What are the prior agreements you may have made that are now limiting what\u2019s possible for you to create? For example, the vow you made to your ex that you\u2019d never love anyone more than you loved him. Or the promise you made to your kids to always be there for them 110 percent. Or the pact you made with yourself to <i>never ever,<\/i> <i>ever <\/i>allow anyone to ever hurt you again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">The agreements we make serve as intentions, and they covertly influence our choices and actions, sometimes for years, even if we\u2019ve long ago forgotten we even made them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Bottom line<\/b>: Take inventory of all the agreements you\u2019ve made with those you\u2019ve loved over the years, and update the ones that no longer serve you or anyone else. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u201cToxic Tie\u201d Relational Dynamics With People Who Are Important to You<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">A \u201cToxic Tie\u201d is an on-going relationship characterized by fear, obligation,\u00a0and guilt, where you\u2019re continually losing personal power and showing up as less than who you are. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">These connections tend to be with people who matter to us, and who we depend upon in some way; a boss, a parent, or a life-long friend.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>We fear we either have to put up with their abuse or lose the relationship. So we give in and allow the person with the least amount of maturity to dictate the terms of the connection. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s impossible to attract and create a mutually empowering romantic partnership that brings out the best of who you are while staying in a \u201ctoxic tie\u201d relationship with someone who is clearly bringing out the worst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Bottom line:<\/b> Notice who you\u2019re giving your power away to, and have the courage to start setting appropriate boundaries that can restore integrity and health to that relationship. The other person may not like it but he or she will learn to adjust. You\u2019ll feel a whole lot better about yourself, which is imperative to attracting a great partner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once you become internally congruent with the future you\u2019re committed to creating, you\u2019ll begin to feel more empowered to be one of the lucky ones in love. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To find out about Katherine\u2019s upcoming 7-week virtual course that begins at the end of February, <b><i>Calling in \u201cThe One:\u201d 49 Days to Love<\/i><\/b>, please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.CallingInTheOneCourse.com\"><span class=\"s3\">www.CallingInTheOneCourse.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<div class=\"artist-intro__block-content\">\n<div class=\"artist-intro__description wysiwyg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94931 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/live-wanderlust-fest.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/katherine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"250\" \/><em>Katherine Woodward Thomas, M.A., MFT is the author of the New York Times Bestseller Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Ever After which was nominated for a Books for a Better Life Award, and the national bestseller, Calling in \u201cThe One:\u201d 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life. She is also a licensed marriage and family therapist and teacher to thousands from all corners of the world in her virtual and in-person learning communities.\u00a0 To date, Katherine has trained and credentialed hundreds of people as Certified Conscious Uncoupling Coaches and as Certified Calling in \u201cThe One\u201d Coaches. Her life-affirming and highly transformative teachings been featured on The Today Show as well as in The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The London Times, People Magazine, Women\u2019s Health and many other media outlets throughout the world.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artist-intro__block-link\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MFT Katherine Woodward Thomas reveals some of our biggest barriers to attracting the love we deserve. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2757,"featured_media":95158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1057],"tags":[875,144,912,3055,803],"class_list":["post-94930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wisdom","tag-advice","tag-love","tag-relationships","tag-romance","tag-wisdom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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