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Top 4 Manipulation Tactics a Narcissist Uses To Destroy Your Self-Trust

In a narcissistic abusive relationship, the narcissist will do all he/she can to exert control in the relationship. The way in which they obtain that control is by slowly disconnecting you from your power. There are many different forms of psychological and emotional manipulation tactics that they may use to accomplish this. Here are the…
Love Is All We Need…..

Earlier this year, I was a guest on the Mystic Nerd Squad podcast (take a listen HERE) and while we jumped around a bit from topic to topic, I think and I hope, that the overall message was that LOVE is key to reconnecting to our Joy. Now, some of you may be wondering – does…
What is Your Life Purpose?

If you were to poll random strangers and ask them whether or not they had found their purpose in life, they would likely look at you quizzically. Most people would assume that you were asking if they had found their dream job or whether they loved being Tommy’s mom or dad, David’s wife or Sarah’s…
The Truth About People Pleasing

People Pleasing is a behavior often learned in childhood as a self-preservation technique. It becomes a way of getting our needs met by receiving recognition or attention for being “the good girl or boy,” the “helpful one,” the “easy-going one,” the “kind and generous one,” the “selfless one,” the “thoughtful one,” the “high achiever,” the…
Breaking the Chains, Rewriting the Narrative

When we pin our happiness upon someone or something outside of us, that someone or something hijacks our opportunity to love ourselves fully and completely because we depend on someone else to do it for us rather than taking responsibility. Until they no longer “love us”, and then we find ourselves crying into a never-ending…
The Most Important Relationship You’ll Ever Have

What kind of relationship do you have with yourself? Do you have high, unattainable expectations for what you can achieve? Do you criticize yourself for how you look, the choices you’ve made, or the goals you haven’t attained? Do you put yourself last? Do you ignore your own needs until you have a physical (illness),…
What is Holding You Back?

In biology, a cell can either be in growth or protection mode, never both at the same time. When a cell is in protection mode, it uses all of its energy to preserve its original state, to prevent it from evolving, growing or changing. Similarly, in life, you, too, can not grow and evolve and…
What If In Order to Come Together, We First Have to Fall Apart?

Imagine at birth, you were given all of the pieces of a puzzle that you needed to become the best version of you. Imagine then throughout your life, that you learned to hide some of the pieces because you didn’t think they would help you fit in. Perhaps you took pieces from others that you believed would help…
“Heaven Let Your Light Shine” Through

A well-used, worn piece of cracked pottery is still beautiful when the light is allowed to filter through its cracks and chips. Imagine an ancient water jug that has cracks and chips, where the paint has faded and the shine has worn away from over-use. When we look at it, we can appreciate how it…
Unleash Your Power and Create Your Most Important Masterpiece: Your Life Story

Each and every single one of us is a powerful co-Creator. We were given this amazing gift of “free will” so that we could create a life we love. Are you ready to unleash your power and create your most IMPORTANT masterpiece – Your Life Story? How many of us are actually living a life…