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Breaking up for newbies – Enabling your own terrible relationship – Dating the emotional abuser

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Breaking up for newbies – Enabling your own terrible relationship – Dating the emotional abuser
Breaking up for newbies – Enabling your own terrible relationship – Dating the emotional abuser
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Breaking up for newbies – Enabling your own terrible relationship – Dating the emotional abuser
February 4, 2018
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Segment 1: Without a history of breakups, your first major one can seem devastating and life-ending.

In this segment, I help the newbie get through all the symptoms of the first major heartbreak.

Segment 2: When you think your relationship is horrible and you find yourself taking up all the slack for your deadbeat other half, are you creating your own misery?

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Filed Under: abuse, Codependency, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Withdrawal, enabling, Human Potential, Loneliness, Loss, Lying, Manipulation, Marriage, Narcissism, Relationships Tagged With: Breaking up for newbies, Dating the emotional abuser, Enabling your own terrible relationship

Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence

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Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence
Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence
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Stupid questions that heal – Dealing with the Sociopath – Endless codependence
January 21, 2018
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Segment 1: Asking yourself stupid questions may be the path to healing and moving through the hard stuff in your life.

We often have choices when it appears we don’t – stupid questions may lead to more choices (full article here).

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Filed Under: Codependency, Communication, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Triggers, enabling, Family, Human Potential, Manipulation, Marriage, Narcissism, Negative Emotions, Thinking, Toxic People Tagged With: Dealing with the Sociopath, Endless codependence, Stupid questions that heal

Will letting go of my narcissistic mom destroy my self-worth?

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Will letting go of my narcissistic mom destroy my self-worth?
Will letting go of my narcissistic mom destroy my self-worth?
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Will letting go of my narcissistic mom destroy my self-worth?
January 17, 2018
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Letting go of a narcissistic parent can seem like cutting off a limb to some people, but what happens right after the moment you make the decision to cut them out of your life?

Matthew Bivens of the Having it A.L.L. podcast joins me today to discuss what can be a challenging task.

Filed Under: Codependency, Control, Decisions, Emotional Abuse, Family, Narcissism, Personal Boundaries, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Toxic People Tagged With: I have a narcissistic mom, Will letting go of my narcissistic mom destroy my self-worth?

When your partner sides with their family against you

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When your partner changes their mind about your life plans
When your partner changes their mind about your life plans
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When your partner changes their mind about your life plans
April 8, 2018
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If your partner’s family is against you and your partner sides with them, what do you do?

When you can’t feel safe in your own relationship because your partner’s priority is his or her own family over you, you may have some hard choices to make. In this episode, Matthew Bivens and I have an emotionally intelligent conversation about an email I received from a woman whose husband shared her personal message to a relative of his.

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Filed Under: Abandonment, Ask Paul, Betrayal, Codependency, Control, Decisions, Divorce, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, enabling, Family, Human Potential, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic People Tagged With: blood is thicker, mama's boy, unhealthy family ties

Attracting higher quality partners – Feeling sorry for those that abuse you – Try, try again or do or do not?

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Attracting higher quality partners – Feeling sorry for those that abuse you – Try, try again or do or do not
Attracting higher quality partners – Feeling sorry for those that abuse you – Try, try again or do or do not
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Attracting higher quality partners – Feeling sorry for those that abuse you – Try, try again or do or do not
December 3, 2017
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Segment 1: Do you attract the worst partners? What does it take to find a normal person to date?

There is a path to attracting quality partners but it may involve facing your fear of loss.

Segment 2: If you feel bad for your emotional abuser or manipulator, you are more likely to stay in the relationship and take the abuse.

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Filed Under: abuse, Codependency, Compassion, Control, Divorce, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Withdrawal, enabling, Manipulation, Marriage, Relationships, Thinking, Toxic People Tagged With: Attracting higher quality partners, Feeling sorry for those that abuse you, Try try again or do or do not?

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