by Loren Keeling | Nov 24, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
6 Surprising Legal Truths About Your Financial Rights After a Breakup Many long-term, unmarried couples building a life together in Spain operate under a dangerous assumption: that after enough time, their living together relationship legally transforms into a...
by Loren Keeling | Nov 17, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Intro: When “The End” is Only the Beginning Most of us view the end of a relationship as a painful but definitive conclusion. However, a “discard” is not a normal relationship break-up. A normal break-up is a chapter closing, a period of grief...
by Loren Keeling | Nov 10, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Why Your Ex’s Court Tactics are Post-Separation Abuse Post-separation Abuse in Family Court If you are a survivor of abuse in a relationship, the separation may feel like just the beginning of the battle—not the end. You went to the family court seeking...
by Loren Keeling | Nov 3, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
The Aftermath After five years of legal intimidation, litigation abuses and a situation of extreme emotional abuse and psychological harm. I want to revisit the betrayal, the emotional impact and look at a hypothetical scenario of Flipping the Script on Infidelity and...
by Loren Keeling | Oct 6, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
My lived experience. I now call the abrupt termination of the relationship a four-sentence discard speech. Here are the words he used to end a relationship that spanned eleven years. In fact he denied that we had a relationship. I now do not want to refer to it as a...
by Loren Keeling | Aug 9, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Termination of a relationship. A “discard” in the context of a relationship breakup refers to a sudden, abrupt, and often unexplained ending, where one partner is abruptly cut off with little to no communication or closure. It’s characterized by a...
by Loren Keeling | May 12, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Coercive Control I have chosen two videos in this article that cover “Coercive Control”. Both are TEDx talks. What is coercive control? Domestic abuse isn’t always physical. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation,...
by Loren Keeling | Apr 8, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Cheating once may be called a mistake, but what drives someone to cheat repeatedly? Introduction.As a woman who saw the devastation of a broken family home as a child, I can tell you that the impact of infidelity goes further than the spouse who discovers the affair....
by Loren Keeling | Mar 12, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Life-altering changes. The effects of betrayal can include shock, loss and grief, morbid preoccupation, damaged self-esteem, self-doubting, and anger. Not infrequently, they produce life-altering changes. No matter how strong we are, betrayal hurts; if not checked,...
by Loren Keeling | Mar 11, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Relationships are supposed to build you up, be super supportive, and make you a better person. So it can really, suck when you realize your relationship is dragging you down. It can also really take you by surprise. Healthy, happy relationships are where both partners...
by Loren Keeling | Mar 10, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Abuse Doesn’t End With Separation Leaving an abusive relationship is often seen as the final step to freedom, but for many survivors, the abuse doesn’t end with separation. In fact, it can escalate, taking on new and insidious forms that continue to inflict emotional,...
by Loren Keeling | Feb 24, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Red Flags: How to Recognize the Warning Signs Before It’s Too Late Unveiling the Narcissistic Cycle of Abuse Introduction: In the complex dynamic of relationships, it’s crucial to pay attention to your intuitive feelings and emotions and be aware of potential red...
