The woman wants to leave her marriage and children for her own sanity as she feels smothered by obligations. The document advises that she should focus on finding self-love before making any decisions. Leaving is not about right or wrong, but about finding her own security. She is encouraged to prepare herself and children, and wait until she can leave feeling happy without self-blame so her relationship with her children will benefit.

1. Choosing Between
My Children and My
Sanity
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Question:
• I want to leave my marriage and
my children for the sake of my
own sanity

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• I have never been maternal
• My marriage is smothering me
with obligations and
expectations

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• I have thought this through
• This is the right decision for me
and them
• How do I get my husband to
allow me access to the
children?

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Answer:
• You are going against the norm
by leaving your marriage as well
as your children
• This is not about right or wrong
• This is about security

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• You do not feel secure inside or
outside of the relationship
• You want to leave the marriage
so that you can survive and
grow

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• You will need a lot of courage
• How do you prepare yourself
and your children?
• Find self-love before you do
anything else

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• Your relationship has a natural
life cycle
• Holding on to the relationship at
all costs is not a solution

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• Find your good traits so that
they can balance out your other
traits

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• For example you feel like a
failure as a mother
• What if your husband is
frustrated by your lack of
conformance and a better carer
than you?

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• Not all mothers feel a mother
instinct
• You want to follow your heart

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• The alternative is to stay in a
relationship at all costs

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• When you find self-love, your
children will know you are all
right
• Your husband will also find
clarity

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• Wait until you can leave feeling
happy and without self-blame
• Your relationship with your
children will benefit

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• You have a soul contract with
your husband and children
• You are living that soul contract

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• Love means accepting and
loving yourself, so that you have
love to give to others

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