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Boundaries

You being the center of their attention is most of the problem

  • May 29, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Anger, Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation
What does it take for an abusive person to change? A whole lot (if they even want to change), but their consistent focus on you can make their healing...
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When someone wants to change who you are

  • May 20, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, self-worth
The one-off difficulties in relationships are perfectly normal for everyone. We all have them. They’re not welcome, necessarily, but normal. But what happens when the “one-offs” become systemic? What...
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Don’t lock yourself into a worse situation

  • March 13, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships
When you get into an emotionally abusive relationship, you have no idea what you’re walking into. When you figure it out, you might have to make some tough choices....
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The growing resentment that can build when their hurtful behaviors never end

  • January 22, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Relationships, Resentment
When someone keeps hurting you, you might blame yourself and think if you were only better, they’d stop. But as their hurtful behavior continues, resentment builds, and you start...
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Are you the reason someone is hurtful to you?

  • December 13, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem, Shame
What is the cause of mistreatment in a relationship? Do you think it’s possible you are the reason someone is hurting you or trying to change you? If so,...
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What makes taking a break from the relationship work?

  • November 12, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Jealousy, Relationships
Is there a path out of being stuck in the whirlwind of a toxic relationship? Maybe taking a step back and out of the situation a while will help...
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When you can barely take care of yourself let alone give them what they want

  • October 17, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships, self-worth
What if you’re doing all you can to maintain your own health and well-being, but you have someone in your life who is a consistent drain on your mental...
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What change really looks like when the emotional abuser heals

  • June 9, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, self-worth
The healed former emotional abuser looks a lot different than the person they used to be. If you’ve ever accepted a hurtful person back into your life after they...
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When the emotional abuser reaches back out after they’ve healed and changed

  • May 17, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, Healing
When the emotional abuser apologizes to the person they’ve hurt and tries to make amends, especially after they’ve done a lot of personal growth and development, should they expect...
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Time with yourself is not only necessary, its required

  • April 22, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-worth
You give, you adapt, and you change who you are almost to your very core… to what end? When you are overly compassionate to others, you might actually be...
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