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I believe challenges in our lives are opportunities to evolve and learn about ourselves. I’m confident that when we focus on what we can learn from a situation, instead of the pain of it, it gives us permission to grow and move forward. We can switch our mindset from “poor me” to one of strength and understanding, healing our relationships, and becoming happier humans. Future relationships benefit because we can navigate through them more harmoniously. The four vital parts to healing are self- awareness and self-acceptance, leading to self-love and self-care. When we have a good relationship with our self, we tend to have good relationships with others. Exercises and meditations help us to move closer to you and heal the most important relationship you’ll ever have, the relationship with yourself. Self-awareness About Camilla Sacre-Dallerup natural during challenging breakups to want to blame everyone else for the situation we find ourselves. It’s harder to look within and accept that you need to take responsibility also. In those moments, I want you to know, that no matter the depth or darkness of the hole you have found yourself dumped in, there is a way out, one that can see you rise even higher than from where you fell. Camilla Sacre-Dallerup is an NLP master practitioner coach, certified hypnotherapist and a popular meditation teacher at the trendy Unplug Meditation studio in Los Angeles. She is also the author of It’s Not You, It’s Me: How to Heal Your Relationship with Yourself and Others. Before she started her life coaching and motivational speaking business in the UK ten years ago, she spent over 25 years as a successful competitive athlete in the world of ballroom dancing. Camilla was part of the original cast of Strictly Come Dancing (the UK’s equivalent to Dancing with the Stars in the US). After winning the trophy in 2008, she left to focus on her wellbeing business. Learn more at www.zenme.tv It has become more apparent to me that the relationship issues my clients are dealing with have a common thread running through them. They all require my clients to accept that they can only change their response to things; how they behave. situation that triggers us is an opportunity to get to know ourselves better and to grow. Once we are tuned in, we will become aware of the patterns and behaviors we are repeating, and what we would like to change and improve on. It’s like working muscles in your body. Every time you experience a situation, you will deal with it differently and feel stronger afterward. When we are aware, we can observe our feelings, emotions, and behaviors. Every I always tell my clients that being aware of an issue is the first step to healing it. I like to think 23