Nothing will sabotage your efforts to live a healthy, balanced, fulfilled life more conclusively than surrounding yourself with people who don't support your desire to live in this manner. The most difficult course you'll chart as you make life improvements will be that of nurturing and evolving relationships with those who sustain you and identifying and terminating relationships with those who aren't willing to support your growth.

Your relationships have the capacity to lift you up. They also have the capacity to keep you stuck and tear you down. Surrounding yourself with people who support your growth is an incredibly powerful way to create a lifestyle that pulls you toward your highest potential. Surrounding yourself with people who don't will almost certainly undermine the very change that you're attempting to make.

Your commitment to surrounding yourself with supportive people and clearly asking for the kind of support you need sets you up for success. Your willingness to develop relationships with people who share your values and interests increases your chances of success still further.  Your resolve to end relationships with people who won't support or who undermine your attempts at change ensures your success, increases your satisfaction and validates your deservingness.

Take a moment to consider the key people in your life. Are they supportive of the new things you're learning? Will they encourage you in your desire to change your behavior? Better still, will they partner with you? Don't settle for less than you deserve. Adopt the strategy of surrounding yourself with empowering people and you will step more fully into your power.