5 Reasons to Care about Domestic Violence

October 4, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

What’s domestic violence, anyway?! It’s a pattern of coercive behaviors designed to dominate an intimte partner or family member (the use of power and control) It’s physical, pychological, emotional, financial, spiritual, cyber / online, etc. It’s abuse between family members, significant others, roommates, etc. It can look like bullying, name calling, threats, intimidation, hurtful jokes, […]

Abusive Relationships Are Tricky

September 29, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

F E A R This element and strong emotion runs rampant in abusive relationships. Confusion and uncertainty pop up so often yet each time they feel so unexpected. You’re in love but not sure if you’re doing it right. You wonder why you can’t just be happy and feel peace. You ask yourself, “What am […]

Silent Suffering

January 9, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

It’s hard to pinpoint the start. One day you just become addicted to keeping secrets. You find reasons to cover up the not-so-pretty parts of life and relationships. It’s easier to hide behind a facade. When you want to tell someone and get help, self-doubt takes over and you second-guess yourself. You think that maybe […]

Emotional Checkup: Identifying Toxic Relationships

August 25, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

This is part 3 in our series on identifying toxic relationships. It’s quite a process to evaluate relationships objectively. In fact, it’s an ongoing process. One that exists out of love and protection for self. So, how are things going? Have you made new discoveries or accepted what you already knew was truth about your […]

Eviction Notices: Identifying Toxic Relationships

July 31, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

So, it’s time to make some changes and show people and bad habits the door. This sounds scary and really huge. I know. It’s not as easy as talking about it; but it can be done. This is a continuation of the post published on July 24th of this month. What did you come up […]