I have also felt the heavy blow of insults throughout my childhood and even till this day. I’ve experienced them from my mother and my older sister mostly. It is the most disturbing realization to have that your own biological mother who raised you is somehow jealous or intimidated by you? The insults I receive from both of them come when I am speaking about something good about myself or affirming myself. It’s as if they do not want me to see my own worth. Perhaps I am the mirror reflecting back at them their lack of self-worth? I began to realize that the more whole and the more I was working on myself and letting go of bad habits etc. the more I was triggering them. Back in the day when I was living a toxic lifestyle of binging on alcohol and living recklessly I used to get along very well with my sister. Now that I’ve changed my ways and cleaned up a bit, there is always tension lurking.

I think the worst thing we can do for ourselves is to believe what they say, or the nasty faces they may pull. Their words are a reflection of their own state of happiness inside. So there’s actually no need for us to react to this. Perhaps the more solid we become in who we are we will end up inspiring them to also work on themselves? Either way, we are doing great and no one needs to tell us we are awesome because we know we are!

All the best, Blessings.