Lisa Bilyeu

So I took ownership over the fact that I stayed in that relationship.

That's what the difference between a toxic relationship can do and a healthy relationship.

I took ownership in the fact that I became toxic too as a defense mechanism so that when he's coming at me, when he's yelling at me, when he's calling me names, how do I protect myself?

And the impact it can have on a woman and her confidence

I didn't really feel the weight until after my book came out.

So that's really what the extra chapter is about.

Instead of leaving, which I wish I had done, but I didn't feel like I had the confidence to do it, I stayed and became toxic back as a defense so that he couldn't hurt me.

It's how to identify that you're in a relationship that isn't serving you.

It's how to address it.

It's whether you should stay or leave.

It's how you got manipulated.

I have to own that that was my behavior, that I brought that to the relationship, that that just fueled the fire.

And the last thing is we beat ourselves up, right?

Oh my God, it's my fault.

I shouldn't have seen the signs.

What I did is I definitely took ownership because I can't control how he feels, but I can control how I show up.

So for me, it was about identifying all the things that I participated in, then going, how do I make sure that I don't do that in the future?

So I took ownership over the fact that I stayed in that relationship.

I took ownership in the fact that I became toxic too as a defense mechanism so that when he's coming at me, when he's yelling at me, when he's calling me names, how do I protect myself?

How do I build my confidence back?