by Loren Keeling | Jun 29, 2023 | Toxic Relationships
A New Home In The Sun 2015 – 2016 So here I was in July of 2016, living in the beautiful countryside in a lovely house that we had furnished together, looking forward to retirement and at last being together. Eight years in a relationship with him, and for all...
by Loren Keeling | Jun 19, 2023 | Mindset
How Do We Dig Ourselves Out Of The Black Hole We Just Fell Into? During and after narcissistic abuse we can experience many of the negative emotional energies. Guilt, Shame, Fear, Anger, Despair losing the will to live. Slipping into harmful behaviours. When...
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...
