Religious Abuse: When they use your beliefs and faith against you
Your religious or spiritual beliefs are supposed to help uplift and inspire you, not make you feel oppressed and exhausted. Religious abuse happens when people
Can you find yourself after they stop the hurtful behavior?
Sometimes the emotional abuse stops. If and when it does, will you know who you are? Do you know where you went? Sometimes we lose
How many times does someone have to hurt you before you decide enough is enough?
There’s a point when there has been enough abusive behavior where you decide you’re no longer going to stand for it and it’s time to
Letting hurtful words or threatening comments become the new normal
When you’re around those who always put you down with hurtful words or threats that they’ll never talk to you again, but they never follow
Is it reactive abuse or a normal response to emotionally abusive behavior?
“Am I the abuser?” It’s a question I get a lot. In this episode, I want to make sure you’re aware of reactive abuse and
Understanding the addict in the manipulative relationship
Dealing with a manipulative and controlling relationship is bad enough, but what happens when the person doing the bad behavior is also dealing with addiction?
How the emotional abuser takes your empowerment tools away from you
What is one of the most effective forms of emotional abuse? When the abusive person takes everything that empowers you away from you. All your
Glossing over the first detail in an argument will make it fall apart fast
The first important point in a growing argument might be the most important one that gets glossed over. When that happens, the person trying to
What do you do when they’re gaslighting you?
Gaslighting, or “crazymaking” is one of the more insidious forms of emotional abuse. Those that do and say things to make you feel crazy want
How incompatibility can lead to hurtful and emotionally abusive behavior
< Simple incompatibilities are common in relationships, but what happens when they lead to emotionally abusive behavior? In this episode, I talk about the potential
