Tag: Relationships
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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…
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Failure Is Not an Option
The other day, I was driving along the highway with my son on our way for a hike when a truck passed us by with the slogan, “Failure is not an option.” My first thought was, “How appropriate for a logistics company,” followed by, “that statement feels incomplete.” The way I interpreted it, it seemed…
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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…
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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),…
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