The actor in the relationship can fool the best of us. When you can’t tell what’s an act and what’s real, you soon start to question your own sanity....
Isolation occurs when someone wants to keep you from your friends, family, and support structures. You will become more dependent on the one who is isolating you, causing you...
Are you waiting for someone else to change so that you can get what you want? In this episode, I talk about an email I received from a woman...
Sometimes a conversation with a certain person always seems to lead down a path of misery. You end up feeling bad and can’t figure out what happened. These old...
Many emotional abuse victims believe they are at fault for the abuse as if there is something they did to bring it on. The short answer is there is...
When you are kind, generous and caring, and you get controlling and manipulative behavior in return, you may be the very cause of perpetuating it without even realizing it....
We are often told that we can choose how to feel and that no one can actually control us. However, in emotional abuse and manipulation, that concept doesn’t seem...
One of the biggest challenges for someone dealing with a manipulative or narcissistic partner is that others don’t see what happens behind closed doors. The manipulator often appears kind...
Would you know if you were being manipulated? Do you know what to look for? Manipulative people are experts at toxic language and behavior to make you question reality...
Some people have a strange way of showing they care by sending you small messages out of the blue to get you to think about them. However, as much...