Let’s normalize choosing ourselves before the body is forced to pay the price. Because the truth is, love should not cost you your health. Period. Once you read the work of Dr. Gabor Maté on the connection between chronic stress and illness, you can’t unknow it. You begin to realize that the kind of stress that comes from living in a home you are anxious returning to, or being in a relationship where you’re constantly walking on eggshells, doesn’t just affect your emotions… i