Our cultural context encourages us to live depending on other people: our parents, children, romantic partners… Since we were children we have been inoculated with the idea of ​​romantic love, one in which both members of the couple cannot and should not live apart from each other, and must base their relationship on exclusivity.

This myth of the better half has serious consequences on the way we relate. not only with other people, but also with ourselves, since we get used to depending on external approval to be happy. In this way, we base our self-esteem on the opinion that others have of us: big mistake!

In this video, Laura Gutman talks to us about a child’s need for attachment:

Phrases of emotional freedom: living without attachment

Living without ties, free, where the main love is the one you give yourself is the seed that will grow healthy relationships at all levels: family, sentimental, friendship…

Real love has to allow you to be yourself in any situation and before any person. Real love does not want you to change, to adapt to its opinion, but it respects you as you are. There would be no need to get attached to anything or anyone. Enjoying what you have in the present moment is the best way to find happiness.

Are phrases for detachment They will allow you to acquire another perspective on human relationships. They are famous quotes that psychologists, philosophers and writers have left us throughout history.