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How to Recognize Manipulation Tactics of the Narcissistic Mother

Are you exhausted by the manipulation tactics of your narcissistic mother? This is the toolbox of tricks she uses to maintain power and control over you.

How to Remember Joy When You Had a Traumatic Childhood

Advice to remember childhood to connect with joy or creativity is common in the self-help space. It ignores the fact that many of us come from traumatic childhoods.

How To Heal From A Narcissistic Mother: 9 Proven Ways

In this article, we’ll cover 9 ways to heal from a narcissistic mother from someone who’s been there. Plus, the most common signs of a narcissistic mother.

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childhood trauma/ Relationships/ dysfunctional family

11/30/21 11/30/21

Shame and guilt: how to know the difference

Since Brene Brown gave her famous talk, the pop culture difference between shame and guilt has become that the latter makes you feel bad for what you did. The former makes you feel bad for who you are.

11/23/21 11/23/21

How to stop hiding your core gifts

I recently read a book called Deeper Dating. In it, the author says the things we hide are our greatest and core gifts.

11/16/21 11/16/21

How to be kind to yourself

When you’re going through something hard are you kind to yourself? Or do you berate yourself for feeling the way you do?

11/9/21 11/9/21

Are you the family scapegoat? Here are 9 signs

My mother suffered with an undiagnosed mental illness which made her incapable of experiencing empathy or compassion.

11/2/21 11/2/21

The social stigma of going no contact with toxic family

If you’ve had to go no contact with toxic family, you know the strength required to protect yourself this way. Often decades of internal work go into reaching such a drastic conclusion.

10/11/21 10/11/21

How to understand your attachment style

The #1 reason we struggle in relationships is often due to our attachment style. This is the way we connect and communicate with our friends, family, and romantic partners.

10/6/21 10/6/21

How to know if you're part of a dysfunctional family

You may have wondered if you’re a member of a dysfunctional family. But how can you know for sure Symptoms vary but here are five hallmarks to look out for.

10/4/21 10/4/21

How to approach trauma-informed self care

How do we care for ourselves when we never learned that we matter? That question differentiates trauma-informed self care from the everyday variety.

9/27/21 9/27/21

How to take the air out of your revenge fantasies

Have you ever indulged in revenge fantasies? These are the normal outcome of feeling victimized or traumatized by others. Especially if you’ve suffered from PTSD, complex or otherwise.

9/24/21 9/24/21

Focus on what you want to have what you want

It may sound obvious, but the key to fulfilling your heart’s desires is to focus on what you want.

9/22/21 9/22/21

Why it's important to acknowledge negative emotions

When you have feelings you consider “bad”, do you try to avoid them? Instead of sinking into negative emotions, you talk yourself out of feeling that way.

9/20/21 9/20/21

Dysfunctional families fail at this one important thing

Dysfunctional families do this one thing that kills communication. It happens when one member of the family has a problem with another.

9/17/21 9/17/21

How to stop playing small and show up more powerfully

If you’re unfamiliar with the term “playing small”, it means hiding parts of yourself or settling for less because you don’t want to offend or eclipse others. Playing small is an insidious form of self-abandonment that puts others’ comfort ahead of your own liberation.

9/15/21 9/15/21

How to stop overthinking and what makes us overthink

Many of us are plagued by overthinking, that hamster wheel of thoughts running around in our heads. Some call this “the committee”, that cacophony of voices steering them in different directions.

9/13/21 9/13/21

How to stop using self-sabotage to protect yourself

Did you know that self-sabotage is a misguided form of self-protection? Yes, self-sabotage is your inner child’s way of keeping you safe.