Healing from Trauma: Retaining Your Core Kindness

Healing from Trauma: Retaining Your Core Kindness

Trauma has a profound impact on our lives. It can reshape our perspectives, alter our behaviors, and challenge our sense of self. For those of us on the path to healing, one of the greatest challenges is to remain true to who we are at our core—kind, compassionate,...
The Silent Treatment: A Tool for Manipulation

The Silent Treatment: A Tool for Manipulation

Silent treatment is a deliberate passive-aggressive manipulation tactic designed to control, devalue, and punish, pushing you to succumb to another person’s reality. Essentially, it’s sulking to get one’s way. This tactic is effective because it targets...
Embracing the Journey of Realization

Embracing the Journey of Realization

To hate the parts we love about ourselves—it’s a paradox that many of us find ourselves grappling with after years of manipulation by covert narcissists. Seeing the good in people, believing their words as truth, and not realizing the underlying manipulation aimed at...