Emotional Abuse is The Opposite of Love

Emotional abuse is the opposite of love
When a reader wrote to say; “You are teaching us how to love.  Thank you.”  I was deeply touched.  Back when I started my emotional abuse recovery journey, I could not know that the healing journey is all about learning to love and be loved.  At the time, I […]

When you need someone to believe in

The relationship with a narcissist or emotional abuser is guaranteed to take you to rock bottom. By the time you decide you can’t take any more, your self-belief has been shattered into tiny pieces. Before you can rebuild, you need someone to believe in.  But where do you find that someone to believe in?  And what is […]

“I can’t be happy because of the past.”

Why leaving emotionally abusive husbands is hard
When I left my emotionally abusive husband life was hard. Needless to say, he did everything he could to make it hard.  Of course, I couldn’t know that.  All that I did know – and repeated to myself like a mantra was this, “I can’t be happy because of […]