Yes, it can be a challenging situation for sure when confronting a partner who won't necessarily change their ways, especially if you wake up recognising you supressed yourself for so long.

Honesty is the real key here, and overcoming fear of what change might do. So being honest with oneself first and foremost. Then making sure you now progressively follow behaviours in the interactions that are more aligned.

If that leads to strong confrontation or conflict, I always found the best approach is just to be clear that you've changed within, that you've grown, and this is how you feel to express now - this is how you feel to be now. So at least help them come to terms that things have now shifted. And then go from there with sovereignty, but compassion too.

Then you'll find things will unwind into a more aligned way of being.

Much love and support

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