There's no easy route to finding The One. One of the most important parts of getting there is to have healed our own emotional wounds.

And one thing's for sure: you can never have a healthy relationship with another person untill you have one with yourself (I mean the general "you" - not you in particular!). The foundation of this is self-love - and also self-respect.

These are essential for developing good, solid boundaries, which allows us to refuse to accept behaviour that isn't helpful or healthy.

Great article - thank you!