This Is How To Deal With Toxic Family Members This Season

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It’s a holiday, and holidays means family, and every family (especially the extended family) has that one person who always gets on your nerves, they make the best of every moment to make you miserable.

It is a year of “zero chills” so you should also pick it up but in a very smart way. Here’s how to handle all that energy draining voodoo from people you HAVE to call family.

1.Acceptance
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Yes, it is part of the process. You just gotta accept people for who they are and move on! Stop making excuses for them you don’t like and you will live calmer. Acceptance is key, don’t argue with me because I don’t make the rules.

2. Honesty
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If we’re being honest-see what I did there? Most toxic behavior goes unchecked because we are scared of being honest. Learn to find your voice especially if your family dynamic is complicated. If something does not sit well with you, speak out, be assertive. Don’t go around flipping tables and pinching babies though.

3. Put yourself first
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No one is saying be Cruella De Ville, okay, but we are. For good reason too! Be a mean bitch with your emotions, time, space and money. Handle your business first kabla uchekwe Mother Teresa!

4. Snip, snip!!

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Sometimes you gotta abandon ship. You are a young woman in your prime; you are a lover, a mother, a friend who is like a sister. We have families who are more than blood. That dead beat dad who keeps popping up when he needs something? Snip snip!

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