Am I Responsible for Feeling Abused?

“When reminding my partner that he needs to take responsibility for his emotions, and that I can’t be blamed for his anger, he responded that it should be the same for me and that he shouldn’t be held responsible for my feeling abused, and that I...

Trauma Bonds with Lisa Sonni

When you’re in a Trauma Bond it feels impossible to break. It feels like love. When we are in it, we don’t really know that we want to break a trauma bond. We just know that we want to stop feeling the way we’re feeling, but we can’t leave....

A Meditation to Help You Connect to Yourself

It can be very hard to connect to your wants, needs and feelings when you are in an Emotionally Abusive or Narcissistic Relationship. This 8 minute meditation is intended to help you begin connect to you again. Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1916632/11659516...

Emotional Abuse on Love is Blind

Matt’s behavior on Love is Blind is the text book definition emotional abuse. Their interactions triggered me all season long, and after seeing Colleen visibly scared on the reunion, I wanted to record a podcast breaking down the behavior and looking at their...

Difference Between Therapy and Coaching

A therapist is a licensed mental health professional with a master’s degree in psychology. They use talk therapy to help you explore and unpack your past and provide support for the present. Together, you can develop better cognitive and emotional skills to help you...

The Mind of the Abuser

What does it take for an Emotional Abusive person to change? What do they have to do to change? How did Paul know he had to change? Paul is a Relationship Coach and founder of The Overwhelmed Brain and the Love and Abuse podcasts. He created the MEAN workbook, a 200...

Relationship Recovery Program

The Relationship Recovery Course is About Healing Your Relationship with Yourself One thing I learned in healing from Emotional Abuse was that I needed – and wanted – to be validated. I felt crazy. By the time I was ready to leave the relationship, I had...

Narcissistic Abuse Cycle

This is the Narcissistic Abuse Cycle. Understanding this can be really helpful when identifying “am I being abused?” Narcissists behave in certain ways because they are unlikely to consider their actions as problems. Until they can reflect on their own...

Realizing Abuse

It took me a long time to realize I was in an emotionally abusive relationship. The one thing that really helped me was reading signs of emotionally abusive behavior and seeing myself in the exact description. I needed to validate my experience – especially...