A few weeks ago in my newsletter, I mentioned parentification and I got a few emails from people asking me to explain it a little bit more. Parentification is where a child is forced or…
Let’s talk about the difference between trauma bonding and healthy bonding! (I made a workbook that might be a good tool if you’re healing from a breakup!) I really want to talk about trauma bonding…
Today we have another post from our contributor, Sam on emotional abuse. Love should never hurt. But for too many, “love” seems almost inevitably linked to pain. For too many of us, our past relationships…
I have a lot of experience with trauma bonding and unfortunately, it’s firsthand. I talked about it in my workbook Self-Care For Break-Ups: Healing from Toxic, Abusive, and Codependent Relationships. But I am still in…
As Valentine’s Day approaches it gives everyone a chance to re-evaluate their relationships. I wanted to showcase what healthy relationships look like and also what unhealthy ones look like. No one’s perfect and you might…
I have a workbook called Self-Care for Breakups: Healing from Toxic, Abusive, and Codependent Relationships that was inspired by my last relationship of gaslighting, emotional and psychological abuse, and codependency. Psychological abuse (also called narcissistic…