An elimination diet is more potent when embraced with autonomy, spiritual maturity & integrity that has nothing to do with food.
Give yourself the grace to walk away without explaining. When it's not aligning, it's not aligning. The more you push - the more you will feel resistance. The more you are willing to walk away & be genuinely ok with any of the outcomes that come to pass - the more you no longer hold any government over you.
Grant yourself the full autonomy to understand that not everyone will champion your path, life, or happiness. This is not a burden for you to carry or possess. It's a liberating realization that allows you to confidently navigate your own journey.
Remember that some folks, no matter what you say, do, or provide in all contexts, will not be willing to meet you, let alone be accountable for who they are, so they will only be willing to be responsible for you in some capacities - by what you can give them or be for them. Yes, it's unbalanced, toxic & selfish, but it's within your discernment to sniff these folks out & stamp out their energy fields as you dismantle the horizons that do not honor the light in which you are.
When folks do you wrong, can't control you, or manipulate you anymore, they lean into manipulating the narrative that makes them look to be a saint when they are continuing to be a sinner.
Not a sinner in biblical logic, no sinner in that it's easier to paint another in the eyes of a dichotomy than be self-accountable and deflect by now owning the actions, beliefs, and behavior that make them the not-so-nice person they are - so they project a "nice" persona that is a sham because they can only keep up appearances with it for so long as light hunts darkness.
It slays in ways that darkness will never understand. Light and eternality are gifted in wisdom to those who devote their lives to the eternal mysteries of radical self-leadership, a concept that emphasizes taking full responsibility for your own life and decisions, sovereignty, and divine presence for the well-being of all. Narcissism shows up in many ways beyond how it is described. But it is always self-serving.
Always let people show up for you in the way they choose, and then decide if that's enough for you.
Period.
Honestly & congruently with how you wish to feel in life daily. When you create space for people to show up for you in how they want to show up for you, you are, by default, creating a space for you to witness others' true intentions in how they convey, connect & hold integrity in the world. When you can differentiate this, you remove the desire and projection of people showing up for you in a capacity you want by allowing them to be themselves in the capacity of what they stand for in a light, shade, integrity & inauthenticity.
When you can love people as they are, you give them the freedom to be themselves. It's up to you to decide if their authenticity is enough for the reciprocal connections you want to foster in life.
Radical honesty begins with yourself. Once you're radically honest about the kind of connections you want to reciprocate, you'll attract people who are truly aligned with you. No more power plays or master manipulations, just authentic connections.
So let anyone that drains you put them on an elimination diet. Just as you would remove certain foods from your diet to see how your body reacts, remove people from your life who drain your energy and see how your emotional well-being improves.
Your inner circle will always reflect those who live with a pure heart, meaning they act with genuine intentions, kindness, and love. The circle may be small, but it will always be authentic.
Honoring the ancients in whom stewarded these sacred lands in deep preservation of divine truth, liberty & realization through the Aether as much as the earth, is knowing the power of elimination.
You cannot ever force flow, in organic & artificial tendencies alway rise to be eradicated fully, today for a brighter tomorrow.
Keep the path sacred one, in knowing the temperance you keep is the company you inspire.