Annie Kaszina

 It is, of course, that time of year again when all of us are meant to submit ourselves to The Great Christmas Exam. How have we done on the Great Christmas Syllabus? Can we boast belonging to a happy family of origin?  Are we successfully coupled up? Do we have the requisite Great Relationship with […]

Loving an abusive Narcissist is an experience that turns on its head everything you ever thought you knew about people and human values.  However, it also serves to teach the heart-led empath a number of crucial life lessons  – albeit lessons that the empath might have preferred not to see.  In this article we shall […]

Anyone who ever leaves an emotionally abusive relationship, faces a shedload of problems. Not least among these is how you get other people to see the truth. That usually turns out to be far harder than it should be. In this article, we shall look at why that is and what you can do to […]

How do you accurately assess the cost of the Narcissist’s charm to you? And, if you have fallen for a Narcissist’s charm before, how can you protect yourself in the future?  In this article we shall be looking at how a slight tweak  in your own thinking may prove the best protection of all, going […]

How do you know if you are, or have ever been, a Hopium Addiction? In this article, the time has come to revisit Hopium Addiction and look at the part that this damaging behavior may have played in your life.  As with any damaging behavior, it is important to consider  how to overcome this thing that […]

What part does gaslighting play in your thinking? How often do you stop to to think about how gaslighting affects the way that you show up in the world? Obviously, by gaslighting I don’t mean a means of lighting the darkness that preceded the marvels of electric lighting.  Rather, in this article I want to […]

What makes it so hard to recognise a controlling, abusive partner for the toxic creature that they truly are?  Why is it that the people who love them find it so hard to make sense of the controlling abusive partner’s behavior?  And why does all the information that they have about control have so little […]

Who would not want to have closure from their emotionally abusive relationship?  You have been forced to admit that the harmonious relationship that you desired can never be on offer.  It is only normal to longer for the compensation of a gracious ending that melds finality with peace of mind.  Is it really too much […]

Have you ever had a problem with loyalty? Or, more correctly, have you ever had a problem with other people who have a problem with loyalty?  I am guessing that you have.  Maybe that problem still shows up in your life.  It is just not possible to go through an emotionally abusive relationship without acquiring […]

Have you ever used the seemingly innocent little phrase, “I know this sounds stupid but…” (or else its close relative, “I’m probably being stupid but…”)?  “I know this sounds stupid but…” is a  little phrase  that is common enough to pass more or less unnoticed.  But don’t be fooled. It is a little phrase can […]