07-23-2023 Bad Behavior in Parenting

07-23-2023 Bad Behavior in Parenting

Have you ever had your parent’s voice come flying out of your mouth? Nine times out of ten that happened when you were stressed out, and it was a knee-jerk reaction. What can you do when that happens? Are you aware of all of the bad parenting that your dysfunctional...
07-23-2023 Bad Behavior in Parenting

06-11-2023 Our Relationship With Food

Did you know that most survivors of abuse, either by the family of origin or by a significant other, have eating disorders or issues with food? Yeah! Yet another lovely side effect of abuse. Survivors of abuse are more likely to have anorexia, bulimia, binge/purge, or...
07-23-2023 Bad Behavior in Parenting

06-04-2023 Why They Crush Dreams

Have you ever had someone either pooh, poo, or dismiss or actively destroy your dreams? Have you ever wondered what would possess someone to do such a heinous thing? What drives an abuser to stop their target of abuse from reaching their potential or from doing what...
07-23-2023 Bad Behavior in Parenting

04-02-2023 Examples of Control

coercive control, abuser, abuse, partner, narcissist, person, control, absolutely, people, hoovering, child, target, therapist, friends, relationship, accuse, narcissistic, contact, boundaries, healthy What is coercive control? How do abusers make their targets do...
03-19-2023 When Mothers are NOT Moms

03-19-2023 When Mothers are NOT Moms

What is the definition of a toxic mother? What causes women to turn on their own children? What does that kind of physical/verbal/emotional abuse do to a child and how does that affect adult children of toxic mothers? Toxic mothers can present one way to the “public”...