by Loren Keeling | Jun 5, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
I’m collateral damage, unfortunately. A chapter from my first book. This is how the relationship ended just three days after he returned to Spain. After a weekend in which he had spent two days in a “Breakthrough Transformation Coaching” with an NLP,...
by Loren Keeling | May 29, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
After the death of my partner in December 2006, I was single and dated for a couple of years. Then in January 2009, I made a decision that I wanted another long-term relationship. What did I write down for my future? For a long time, and since I studied a lot of...
by Loren Keeling | May 22, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
First, let’s look at what are the traits of a Covert Narcissist.A covert or introverted narcissist lacks empathy and is hypersensitive to criticism but does not display the outward sense of self-importance found in overt narcissists. Covert narcissists lack...
by Loren Keeling | May 15, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
It is not just another high-conflict divorce or separation. There are people who can ruin your life. They will destroy your reputation, your self-esteem or your career. High-conflict personalities will think nothing of leaving you emotionally and financially...
by Loren Keeling | Apr 24, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
Abusers torment their exes through the courts in a form of coercive control post-separation. Separating from a domestic abuser may not stop the abuse. Domestic abusers will vengefully harm and seek to punish their ex-spouse or partner, they want to win at all costs...
by Loren Keeling | Mar 20, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
“Financial abuse is a form of family violence, and can be present with other forms of abuse, like physical or emotional abuse, but can also be present without these other behaviours.” WomenandMoney.org Hidden Abuse This type of abuse can take many forms, it can be a...
by Loren Keeling | Mar 6, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
Broken Emptiness, loneliness, utter despair, A husband who is selfish, unable to care. Words of formality, a tone of disgrace, The look of such evilness there is on his face. Condescending and nasty and Incredibly flip, Once there was love but the scale has now...
by Loren Keeling | Feb 13, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
Negotiation vs Conflict October 2020 Phillips Email Communication – October 5th I received another long email from Phillip. His final words in the email told me he would go to court to have me evicted from his house, “Be in no doubt that under those...
by Loren Keeling | Jan 30, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
Any domestic abuse that occurs in a relationship is about power and control. Abusers terrorize and intimidate their targets they also confuse and devalue you as a person. They use the relationship for their own purpose. Don’t make excuses for their...
by Loren Keeling | Jan 9, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
Domestic abuse is a serious and all too common problem that affects millions of individuals and families around the world. It can take many forms, including physical, sexual, emotional, and financial abuse, and can leave victims feeling isolated, afraid, and with...
by Loren Keeling | Dec 27, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
QUOTE“Wondering why all the narcissistic abuse survivors around you are so angry all the time? It’s because they’re healing and beginning to understand some brutal truths about who they are, who they could have been, and what it will take to get them to a...
by Loren Keeling | Dec 5, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Families You do not choose your family, families are created. So my adult daughter tells her Aunt. “She is no Mother to me”. (AKA Me) Well, I guess everyone has an opinion. Then her Aunt says, “I’m SELFISH”. Well, I guess that’s another...
