Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2019 Aspire Mag FINAL | Page 65

TRANSFORMING Your Relationship EMPOWERMENT Away BY STACEY MARTINO C an you think of something that made you unhappy in the last 24 hours? Anything? Can you recall any kerfuffle or something that made you unhappy? It’s not that hard, right? You might have thought: • Oh, if I could just get him to... OR • If this could just go my way….OR • I  f I could just...(fill in the blank)… then I could be happy. We have all had those thoughts. And here’s the thing: no one else was put on this planet to make you happy. So, as long as you’re telling yourself that HE or SHE needs to change for YOU to be happy, you’re holding yourself stuck. 65 Don’t Give Your