Being able to identify red flags or behavioral warning signs that your new love interest is too good to be true isn’t enough. You’ve got to have healthy boundaries. If you grew up in a dysfunctional family that didn’t instill healthy boundaries, instituting boundaries now will likely be difficult. It is critical to do, however, […]
Boundaries Protect You from Narcissists and Borderlines, Part 1: The Golden Rule
If you’ve been in a relationship (or series of relationships) with emotionally manipulative, self-absorbed, empathy-challenged, immature people, I have to ask, do you have healthy boundaries? Any boundaries? Do you know what a boundary is? Perhaps you have some boundaries, but they were too anemic to deter a determined emotional predator. Thus, your boundaries were […]
Dating Again, Part 3: Why Codependents Feel a Lack of Chemistry with Healthier People [Video]
This is Part 3 of the Dating Again series (Part 1 and Part 2). Unhealthy, dysfunctional and/or abusive relationships are often characterized by highs and lows, emotional intensity, hyper-arousal (i.e., the fight, flight or freeze response) and feelings of emptiness, numbness and worthlessness. In this video, I explain the necessity of learning to appreciate calmness, […]
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