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Boundaries for Emotionally Abused Women
Boundaries are not the strongest suit of emotionally abused women. In fact, they could well be the weakest one. It’s not that emotionally abused women don’t know they should have boundaries – you can talk as knowledgeably about the need for boundaries as the next person. It’s just that you don’t know how you could […]
The Effects of Verbal and Emotional Abuse
What are the effects of verbal and emotional abuse? It’s hardly the first time I’ve been asked that. Still, it’s always hard to know how best to answer. Not because it is a difficult question to answer, but one of the key effects of emotional and verbal abuse is this: it feels so overwhelming that […]
What do you need to know?
What do you need to know, in order to get over all hurt and the pain that you’ve been through in an emotionally abusive relationship?
The trouble with being in agonizing pain is this: all you can think about is:
“How do I make the pain go away?”
So, you do the best you possibly can […]
“Next!”
Yesterday, my first blog post for Domestic Violence Awareness Month led one reader to comment: “That was the best thing that you have ever written, that I have read to date.” No pressure, then! 🙂 Other comments from my Facebook page suggest that one topic that interests readers is the effects emotional abuse has on […]
To Blog, or Not To Blog?
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and I’ve spent the past few days wondering whether or not to blog for 30 days about the topic. A special woman I met a few days ago made that decision for me. Here’s what happened:
I was sitting in a favorite restaurant of mine, enjoying a sublime meal with […]
Who NOT to Date
Who’d have thought it? Trinny Woodall (of Trinny and Susannah, “What Not to Wear” fame) is, apparently, giving a public masterclass in Who NOT to Date. – by dating Charles Saatchi, international poster boy for emotionally abusive men 2013, no less.
What can you say?
Trinny is younger, thinner, and possibly more widely known, internationally, than […]
How Do You Start Over After An Emotionally Abusive Relationship?
How do you start over after an emotionally abusive relationship when you don’t know how to start over? How do you find the courage to leave an emotionally abusive husband when you’re too frightened to leave, due to fear, guilt, or shame? How do you get over the hurt that, as an emotionally abused woman, […]
How to Stop Thinking Like an Emotionally Abused Woman
Your emotionally abusive partner, has probably left you with 2 abiding beliefs – both of them false, and potentially harmful to you.
The first is that, really, he has the makings of a Wonderful Man. But, somehow, the Wonderful Man seed inside your emotionally abusive husband has spawned a mutant Horrible Man bush. Still, with enough […]
How do you deal with setbacks?
How do you deal with setbacks?
Having a relationship with an emotionally abusive man means that you’ve had plenty of setbacks to deal with: including rejection, humiliation, criticism, blame, accusation, being made to feel worthless and unlovable, and much more besides. But what I want you to focus on specifically is: how do you deal with […]
The 5 Simple Steps to Healing from Narcissistic Abuse
Over the next 5 days, I'll send you some lessons and tips that I've found have really helped women to heal from narcissistic abuse. Starting with the basics.
