Trust isn’t just broken through infidelity whether it be a sexual encounter/affair or even an emotional affair. In fact, trust is most often broken in relationships through an accumulation of small violations over time...
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Boundaries and setting them can feel like a foreign concept when you’ve grown up believing your needs and desires aren’t as important as others, you didn’t have healthy boundaries modeled in your family or experienced emotional abuse in one or more of your relationships.
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Let’s be honest, people are really good about telling us we “should” have better boundaries and while to some extent we know this, however the hang up with boundaries has more to do with our fear around hurting someone else’s feelings, making them feel bad, being perceived as unkind, harmful or like a bitch/asshole, or our underlying fears of rejection and abandonment, then it does from the knowledge we need them.
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When divorce happens you don’t just lose the person you were in partnership with, you lose so much more and often included is a restructuring of your friendships and supportive network/social community. Rebuilding a community and friendships after your world collapses due to divorce can feel overwhelming and frustrating as f…..
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What depth are you willing to go to get the love and approval of others? One of the things I’ve searched for everywhere in my life was the love and approval of others. It took me to some pretty dark and wildly intense places. Maybe it was because of the shame I carried, or the guilt I felt for my past actions and choices, or the self-judgment I used against
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Abuse damages people to the core in a variety of ways. It disrupts their feeling of safety, erode’s their sense of security and violates their trust. On the other hand even though “normal relationship dysfunction/conflict” may irritate and even infuriate you at times, it doesn’t have the same long lasting emotional, psychological and mental impact that abuse has on someone.
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When we spend a long time in a relationship, it can be hard to reconnect with who we were, but not impossible. But maybe that’s not even the goal…maybe the goal is to discover who you are now.
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I spent so many years worried about making my husband happy, I didn’t always think about myself and what I needed for me. I compromised often…
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When a relationship ends, it’s an opportune time for you to explore and not only uncover old patterns, but choose how you want to feel and act in your next relationship and rekindle the sparks of yourself that you might have previously cast aside.
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Tired, drained, overwhelmed. It seems to be a badge of honor amongst women trying to shock and amaze people with just how much we can do. Dazzling others with how much shit we can pile on our plates, take from other people, and deal with everyday.
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Divorce is hard. Ending a relationship that helped you reconnect with yourself and grow deeply is difficult. Moving forward through the loss and the heartache can take a toll on someone even when it’s the right thing to do.
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I downplayed my life and interests (partly because I was still hiding) and focused on getting him to love me by being the version of me that he wanted or by becoming the woman he was interested in. By doing this I disowned pieces of myself…
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Read MoreEvery past choice we made was done with the best of intentions.
Read MoreTo experience change, we have to take ownership of the stories we’ve been telling ourselves.
Read MoreFeelings of unworthiness, stops us from allowing beauty and love in our lives.
Read MoreThe more stuff we hold onto, the more cluttered our mind is and it robs us of our creativity, joy and freedom.
Read MoreMany of us don’t learn how to talk about uncomfortable situations, so they make us feel vulnerable.
Read MoreWhen we love ourselves and make changes for ourselves, it doesn’t matter what someone else thinks.
Read MoreWe need to release our fear stories so we can speak our truth, own our power and fly beyond our bullshit.
Read MoreLearning to let go of anything is a process but with it comes a new sense of freedom.