Jagged Edges Singing
In this moving collection of poetry, we are drawn up through stygian darkness as it alchemizes into layers of increasing light. The poet’s long and convoluted path of heart and soul healing rings the...
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When Love Hurts-Traumatic Bonding with a Pathological Partner
When love hurts it is possible that you are entangled with a pathological partner. A narcissist or sociopath or psychopath, all of which are masters of manipulation. They take you apart piece by tiny...
Saving Your Most Significant Relationship
The quality of the relationship you have with yourself is what determines the quality of your relationship with every other person in your life. ...
How to Dissolve Childhood Fears Still Acted Out in Adulthood
The whole idea of tackling one’s childhood trauma is incredibly daunting. Mostly because we think of it as one humongous, pulsing mass. For us, it is the monster under the bed. But truth be told, it’s just our inner child under there, shivering in the dark, wanting nothing more than to be loved, soothed and assured that they are significant, safe and—more than anything—WANTED.
The only way your inner child can ever receive those gifts is if YOU are willing to pull them gently from their hiding place and relent to intimate terms with them. Following is an excerpt from my book, under Little Monsters:
Who Makes You Feel Less Than?
Personal Boundary #3 I will not associate with people who treat me or speak to me in a way that makes me feel diminished Are you still associating with people who say and do...
Are You Last on Your List–Since Childhood?
When it comes to me discussing relationships, it will always come back to loving yourself. For survivors of chronic childhood trauma, that is our Mt. Everest. We reach the highest pinnacle of healing and...
Was There a Crazymaker in Your Childhood?
As a survivor of chronic childhood trauma you grew up justifying the behavior of the crazymakers in your home — to yourself — in order to cope mentally and emotionally. That ongoing survival technique...
Immovable Boundaries-Gatekeepers to Your Mental and Emotional Well-Being
Immovable boundaries are the Gatekeepers to your mental and emotional well-being. Today you’re going to find out just how that works. Life is going to get a whole lot better for you—starting right now....
Childhood Trauma Survivors Ask, “Why Me?”
Millions of childhood trauma survivors are asking the same question, “Why me?” This one question alone can drive you mad or make you so bitter that any joy is obliterated by the long shadow...
