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A clever manipulation tactic that makes you believe you are the problem

  • March 2, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Arguments, Control, Crazymaking, deception, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, lying, Manipulation
There’s a clever manipulation that can happen in some emotionally abusive relationships. It starts with superficial kindness and vague promises and leads to blameshifting and avoiding true accountability. This...
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When you think you’re strong enough to get back into the difficult relationship

  • February 28, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships, self-worth
When you reach your breaking point with someone, you might make the decision to leave. During that time, you can regain your confidence and feel your power again. You...
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How emotional abuse can enter your life like an infection

  • February 14, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, Relationships
Emotional abuse can be like an infection that enters your body. You may not know it’s there until a lot of time has passed, and you’ve invested a lot...
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If you don’t know your limits, you wont have any

  • January 14, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Relationships
It can be hard to draw a line in a toxic relationship. Don’t make your emotional resilience a prison of your own making. Your personal boundaries are there for...
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When they go silent and emotionally disconnect from you

  • December 6, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships, self-worth
When the emotionally abusive person goes silent in order to make you feel guilty and give them the attention they want, do they have a deeper motive of self-preservation?...
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Should you give in to their perception of you?

  • November 23, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem
The core principle of everything I teach hinges on the importance of self-respect. I believe self-respect is the most crucial form of nurturing one can provide oneself. Exhibiting self-respect...
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Their past trauma and abuse isn’t the immediate issue in the relationship

  • November 6, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting
The emotionally abusive person can have a traumatic past. Their abusive behaviors can have an abusive origin. Is it better to help the abusive person address their past to...
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How do you know when your heart is sealed?

  • November 3, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships
In this article, I’m going to help you recognize the signs that indicate a relationship may be beyond repair. There comes a point where the damage to a relationship...
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Is taking a break before breaking up the final blow to the relationship?

  • October 13, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Relationships
The thought of breaking up or separating from a toxic person can be a difficult decision to make. But taking a break before a breakup can bring clarity and...
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How you describe the challenges in your relationship to others can reveal if you’re being emotionally abused

  • September 7, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Relationships
The language you use to describe your relationship and how you’re getting along with the other person says a lot. If you’ve ever wondered if you are the hurtful...
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