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Sometimes things need to be perfectly lined up to make the big decisions about the relationship

  • November 4, 2020
  • Boundaries, Children, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Shame
There’s a point of either intoleration or breakdown that you sometimes have to reach in order to finally make a decision that you need to make about a toxic...
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Should you try harder to please the emotionally abusive person?

  • September 30, 2020
  • Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Shame
One of the constants in emotionally abusive relationships is when the victim tries to please an unpleasable person.  No matter what they do or how hard they try, it’s...
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How the emotional abuser takes your empowerment tools away from you

  • September 10, 2020
  • Arguments, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
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 tools and resources become...
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Glossing over the first detail in an argument will make it fall apart fast

  • September 4, 2020
  • Anger, Arguments, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, influence, Minimizing, Podcast Episode, Relationships
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 express what they’re feeling...
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You deserve to be treated with nothing less than respect and kindness

  • August 28, 2020
  • Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
When you’ve been mistreated for so long, you may begin to feel less worthy of love and affection. You might actually start to believe that you deserve bad behavior...
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Should you share content that talks about emotional abuse with emotionally abusive people?

  • August 16, 2020
  • Codependency, Control, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships
There are times when you want to share what you learn on this show with an abusive person, but is it the right thing to do? This show articulates...
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How incompatibility can lead to hurtful and emotionally abusive behavior

  • July 18, 2020
  • Control, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships
< Simple incompatibilities are common in relationships, but what happens when they lead to emotionally abusive behavior? In this episode, I talk about the potential for hurtful and controlling...
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Breaking the patterns of bad behavior that diminish your worth and well-being

  • July 1, 2020
  • Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, lying, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
Every now and then someone you care about makes a mistake and says or does something to make you feel bad. These one-offs are forgivable. They could be having...
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Not everyone is going to agree with the decisions you make for yourself

  • June 25, 2020
  • Emotional Abuse, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Shame
What happens when you create a show about abusive behavior? You hear from people that aren’t happy that they are being called out on that behavior. On today’s episode,...
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Toxic relationships can disintegrate your strength and confidence, but you can get it back

  • June 16, 2020
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
When the toxic relationship has worn you down, taken away your ability to think clearly, and chiseled away at your confidence and mental strength, it might be time to...
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