adverse childhood experiences
20 Ways Childhood Trauma Shows Up In Your Adult Life
Wonder why you do what you do? Feel like you feel? What shaped you? Listen to this episode and check for these twenty ways you
January 11, 2023
20 Ways Childhood Trauma Shows Up In Your Adult Life
Wonder why you do what you do? Feel like you feel? What shaped you? Listen to this episode and check for these twenty ways you
Why Gaslighting Sadly is the Word of the Year for 2022
It’s a sad turn of events when a way of misleading and manipulating people is the word of the year for Merriam-Webster. It’s TOO much.
7 Ways To Keep Your Passive-Aggressive Partner From Driving You Nuts
Is someone’s passive-aggressive behavior driving you crazy? You feel the energetic hit of her toxic behavior, but then you question yourself. The receiving end of passive-aggressive behavior
Hijackals® = Masters of Bait & Switch
Promises! Proclamations! Pronouncements of just what you want to hear. Does it happen as promised? No! See tactics for what they are: ways to get
Why You Might Be Afraid to Leave an Emotional Abuser
It can be hard to do when you’re emotionally exhausted. Leaving an emotional abuser is taxing, difficult, and brave. So many considerations! And, if you
When Is It A Rough Patch and When Is It Abuse? Recognize abuse!
No one likes to think of themselves as being abused, especially in an adult relationship. It’s time to know how to recognize abuse. It’s SO
Why Trauma-Bonding is SO Confusing
Never Mistake It for Love Am I in love or trauma-bonded? Did my parents love me or was I trauma-bonded? Essential to know! Understanding trauma-bonding–what
Oh, the webs Hijackals weave to trap you into their fabric! One of those is playing the victim, and another is the “you don’t care
How Emotional Abuse Creates Fear of Rejection
And How you can become immobilized & traumatized by it Find yourself afraid you’re not good enough? You won’t be hired? You won’t be wanted?
Why Someone Telling You How You Should Feel Is Covert Verbal Abuse
Covert verbal abuse happens when a seemingly benign remark goes under your radar. You don’t see it for the emotional abuse it is. You get