It’s Okay to Skip the New Year’s Resolution: Here’s Why
As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, we’re bombarded with messages urging us to set ambitious goals, reinvent ourselves, and commit to resolutions …
7-Day Self-Care Countdown: Simple Ways to Stay Calm And Joyful
The 7-Day “Stressmas” Self-Care Countdown is a simple, feel-good guide designed to help you stay calm, centered, and joyful during the busy holiday season. Each …
How Abusers Trap You In Isolation: Coercive Control #3
Isolation is a powerful tool of coercive control. It doesn’t always look obvious—it can be moving you away from loved ones, controlling your finances, or …
Stop Living Small: Sculpt a New You
Living with a narcissist often feels like being a lump of clay, constantly molded and reshaped to meet someone else’s needs. Narcissists make us feel …
Guilt: The Sharp Sword of Coercive Control (CC#2)
Guilt is a powerful emotion—one that, when used in the right way, can guide us toward better decisions. But in the wrong hands, it becomes …
Guilt-Free Thanksgiving: How to Prioritize Your Needs
Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude, family, and… guilt? For many of us, the holiday season feels like a high-stakes balancing act. You want to …
Breaking Up with Guilt: My Letter to Guilt
Dear Guilt, I don’t remember the day you arrived, but I know you were uninvited, like an unwelcome guest who slinks in just as the …
Tribute to the Invisible Bruises that Still Leave Scars
I think he loves me.He tells me I’m lucky, that he knows best,slowly teaching me to need his approval.I feel like I’m shrinking, bit by …
Accomplish 3 Minute Control: Maybe with a Donut?
Control is the power to influence or direct our own lives. At its best, control helps us set healthy boundaries, make empowered choices, and feel …
Is Narcissistic Coercive Control A Mystery to You? (CC#1)
Do you know what coercive control is? I didn’t. In fact, it was years before I understood that I had been a victim of it. …
