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Turning Anger into Action: 4 Steps to Heal After Emotional Abuse or Betrayal anger and resentment after abusive or toxic relationships Nov 01, 2024
 

When a relationship breaks down, about 40% of people struggle with intense feelings of anger, especially if emotional abuse or betrayal was involved. If you’re reading this, you may be

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Hold Tight or Let Go Sep 09, 2024

Should we hold on tight or let go? This question sits at the heart of many relationships. In this post, we’re diving into a fascinating topic: Do we need to stay attached to feel secure, or is there w...

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Spiritual Abuse Sep 09, 2024

When spirituality is misused, it’s not uncommon to hear statements like:

  • “It’s not spiritual to be so upset—you need to work on being less attached…”
  • “God has put it on my heart to change jobs and...
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Taking Responsibility for Healing from Abusive Relationships Jul 13, 2024

 

Who is responsible for the impact of someone else's abusive behaviour on you?

This is a complex question that many grapple with, and it was recently raised in the comments section of my YouTube ...

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Where does your fear of abandonment come from? Jun 18, 2024

Do you often find yourself fearing the loss of your partner or loved ones? You're not alone. Let's explore where this fear comes from and how it manifests in our lives.

What It Looks Like:

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Learn to trust again Nov 10, 2023

If you have experienced abuse, betrayal or persistently hurtful behaviour in your relationships, it is understandable that you might develop a strong sense of other people as untrustworthy and likel...

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Radical acceptance of offensive behaviour Oct 30, 2023

 

One of the biggest misunderstandings I see of the concept of "radical acceptance" is that it means accepting abusive situations or situations in which we are getting hurt. 


Radical acceptance does...

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Radical Acceptance: Welcoming Painful Emotions Oct 26, 2023

 

I recently interviewed John from the YouTube channel, PDQuestions, about his experiences after being diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

One of the things we talked about was the ne...

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Do "narcissists" deliberately hurt those closest to them? Apr 19, 2023

People with Narcissistic Personality Disorder and narcissistic traits often hurt those closest to them and they are often characterised as evil, demonic, manipulative and predatory.

But is this...
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Reactive vrs planned break ups and one way to reduce relationship anxiety Apr 15, 2023

In some relationships, couples fall into a pattern of breaking up, making up and breaking up again. Reactive break-ups typically occur in response to arguments or conflict when partners are feeling ...

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Loving the enemy Apr 07, 2023

People with Narcissistic Personality Disorder are often intensely self-critical and impatient, even angry, at their own flaws and vulnerabilities, seeing them as the enemies to success, greatness an...

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