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Manipulation

Can someone change even after they've done something terrible to you?

  • June 25, 2025
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships
They did the worst thing imaginable, and now want you to stay in their life. Is it possible they can change? Should you give them a chance?
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You being the center of their attention is most of the problem

  • May 29, 2025
  • Anger, Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Podcast Episode
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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Trying to figure out who the emotionally abusive person really is in the relationship

  • May 22, 2025
  • Arguments, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships
What happens when the victim of emotional abuse gets convinced they are the abuser? It shouldn’t be difficult: The hurtful one is the abusive one… right? If you’re trying...
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When someone wants to change who you are

  • May 20, 2025
  • Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, 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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Why abusive people need to maintain power and control over you

  • February 22, 2025
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships
Some people just won’t stop being hurtful. Why won’t they stop? Are they just terrible people we have to accept and move on? Power and control are their M.O.,...
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The growing resentment that can build when their hurtful behaviors never end

  • January 22, 2025
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, 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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When you decide enough is enough – the first step isn’t the last

  • August 6, 2024
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships
The victim of abusive behavior will eventually reach their breaking point. In that moment, they finally feel like they can take their life back. But they may still not...
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What change really looks like when the emotional abuser heals

  • June 9, 2024
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, 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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A clever manipulation tactic that makes you believe you are the problem

  • March 2, 2024
  • Arguments, Control, Crazymaking, deception, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, lying, Manipulation, Podcast Episode
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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How emotional abuse can enter your life like an infection

  • February 14, 2024
  • Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, 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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