Daily Download

When someone appears to be toxic, seems like the whole internet says to distance yourself.

That’s only good advice if you get the lesson first.

The thing is, what you perceive as the other person being ‘toxic’ is merely a mask. A face they put on temporarily.

They do so for protection.

So recognize when you’ve hurt them with your words, actions, and even inactions.

This also goes much deeper than just you. We’re all programmed from early imprinting stages of childhood, pregnancy, and even before birth. When the brain is developing, it forms neural pathways around root causes, significant emotional events, and traumas. When something triggers an emotional response, the brain still follows those same pathways.

Ever notice when you’re angry, upset, or disempowered how you might not have all your resources and sometimes act like a child? (lol me) That’s because your brain is following the same neural pathways from your early childhood. Everybody’s does.

Not so toxic now, is it? People just get stuck in their patterns. They loop. They’re not even aware.

Until they wake up.

When you recognize that, you can find ways to respond rather than react. And that gives you the ability to be even more compassionate. Do that.

Recognize toxicity as the protective front people use. Because everybody needs to feel safe. Everybody needs to feel safe. Give them the space to feel safe. Because this can go very, very deep, even creating different personalities.

We all have many faces.

We only remove them when we feel safe and protected.

And what does that best?

Compassion.

Thank you. It is done. It is done. It is done.

=D