You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality (attributed to Ayn Rand). Staying in an unhealthy, dysfunctional, unsatisfying relationship usually means having to deny the reality of the situation. Denying the reality of a partner’s personality and the unlikelihood that it will change. Denying how bad things actually are. Denying […]
Self-Care Basics: Love Yourself Enough to Leave [Meme]
You’re no more likely to get the love, decency, acceptance and empathy you want from your narcissistic, borderline, psychopathic, alcoholic, toxic spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend as an adult then you were able to get that love as a child from a similarly troubled parent. The first step to self-care is loving yourself enough to say, “No more” no […]
Dating Again, Part 1: What Does Healthy Look Like?
After ending a relationship with an emotionally immature, unstable, self-absorbed, selfish, narcissist, borderline, or garden variety jerk, many people wonder how soon is too soon to begin dating again. Probably not as soon as you’d like. I recommend clients don’t immediately jump back into the dating pool for several reasons. First, you need to heal […]
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