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Does Your Partner Have Wonderful Man Syndrome?

Did your narcissistic and emotionally abusive partner tell you how wonderful they are?  Did they keep telling you how lucky you were to have them?
And did they do that in between telling you what a worthless wife, mother, lover and human being you were?
Most of the time these “wonderful” partners sound so persuasive – and […]

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How do you cope with the pain?

A dear friend of mine is going through a very tough time. Someone she loves who should have behaved much, much better has let her down big time. It’s as if an enormous abyss has opened up under her feet. From where she stands, there is no way she can go except down. And down.
How […]

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The Problem with Being an Honest Person

Have you ever suffered with an intimate partner who lies to you? Have you struggled to understand why they lie, when they lie, and what they actually mean by the lie?
In this article, we’re going to be looking at why emotional abusers and narcissists lie to you. And in order to clear up the confusion […]

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Do narcissistic and abusive partners really want to hurt you?

Have you tried and failed to get a narcissistic or abusive partner to understand that what they’re doing is really, really hurtful to you? Have you wondered why it is that you just can’t make narcissistic and abusive partners see things from your point of view?
In this article we’re going to be looking at the […]

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What love really means to the Narcissist or abuser

Have you ever wondered what love really means to the narcissist or abuser?  Have you ever wondered what goes through their head?  And why it is that what goes on in their heads does not coincide with what goes on in the head of their much put-upon partner? Nowhere is this divide more apparent than […]

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Why Narcissistic and Abusive Partners Don’t Want You to Be Happy

Have you ever asked yourself, “Why does my partner behave so badly? “Why are they SO mean to me?” If you have, that is perfectly normal.  That is one of the key questions that all partners of abusers and Narcissists ask themselves.   This article will provide you with the answer that you need about why […]

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15 Things You Need to Know about Abusive and Narcissistic Partners

Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who treated you badly? Have you asked yourself, why do they behave like that? In this article we’re going to be looking at the 15 things you need to hear about abusive and narcissistic partners.
What I’m going to be sharing with you are the things that […]

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When you need to be strong

My lovely client’s expression switched from radiant to anxious as she told me about a situation that had just come up which she had to address.
“I have to be very strong…”
“My friend told me I have to be very strong,” she said.
“Scary!” I replied.  “I don’t know how that makes you feel but just hearing […]

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Different kinds of bad relationships

Wouldn’t it be nice if we only had to experience being ill-treated by one man, and we learned from it never to make certain mistakes again? For most of us, the reality is slightly different. We learn that a certain kind of man treated us badly, in a certain kind of way, and we resolve never to make that mistake again. Sadly, we don’t think that we could be vulnerable to different, but equally calamitous, mistakes. That is precisely why we repeat them.

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The One Thing You Really Don’t Want to Wear

My mother’s favorite phrases – when I was doing my best to grow up –  included these three gems, “What do you think you are doing?” “What do you think you are wearing?” and “You aren’t going out looking like that!”  There were plenty of things she did not want me to wear – because […]

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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.

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