Top 10 Tips to Get Over An Emotionally Abusive Partner

Pay attention to what you tell yourself. If  you want to recover from emotional abuse, but you’re telling yourself your emotionally abusive relationship has been so awful, and you’re so damaged you’ll probably never get over it, then you’re not doing yourself any good at all.  You MUST learn how to stop that.
Don’t listen to […]

Oscar Pistorius Poster Boy for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Could the outcome of the Oscar Pistorius trial have been much worse?  Could it possibly have come at a more appropriate time than Domestic Violence Awareness Month?
It’s true, 300 hours of Community Service and House Arrest would have been worse, but the message Judge Masipa’s verdict sends to the world is deplorable:  South Africa has […]

You’re not crying over spilt milk, are you?

You’re not crying over spilt milk, are you?
A relationship with an emotionally abusive partner is guaranteed to leave you floundering in a sea of regret.   You regret what happened, and what didn’t happen, what you said and did – and what you didn’t say and do in your emotionally abusive relationship.  You regret what might […]

What Emotionally Abusive Men Are Not

“Do emotionally abusive men get better when they are older?  Will he get better as he ages now that I’m gone?” was one interesting query I received this week.
I’m afraid I couldn’t help myself.  My knee-jerk response was:
“He’s not a cheese, and he’s not a fine wine.  He’s not even a fruit cake – that […]