by Loren Keeling | May 11, 2026 | Trauma Healing
7 Lessons for Reclaiming Your Life 1. The Myth of the “Clean Break” Many survivors walk away from a toxic relationship expecting a “clean break.” You’ve signed the papers and moved out, yet the chaos hasn’t stopped. If you feel like you...
by Loren Keeling | May 7, 2026 | Survivor Resources
DARVO – A Vital Tool When I published my first book, What Type of Man?, I dedicated a chapter to “Five Ways To Recover and Heal” and introduced the term DARVO (Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender). A term coined by Jennifer Freyd in the...
by Loren Keeling | Apr 27, 2026 | Trauma Healing
6 Startling Truths About Post-Separation Abuse and the Body’s Breaking Point. 1. The Fog of the “Discard” and the Reality of Institutional Betrayal For many, the end of a relationship is expected to bring a sense of relief, a hard-won peace. However, for...
by Loren Keeling | Mar 2, 2026 | Trauma Healing
Why Domestic Abuse Trauma is More Than “Just” PTSD After escaping an abusive relationship, many survivors expect to be met with an immediate sense of relief—a lightness of spirit that finally matches their physical freedom. Instead, many find themselves...
by Loren Keeling | Feb 23, 2026 | My Journey
I self-published my first book, “What Type of Man? In May 2022. I started writing that book in April 2021. I wanted to document everything that had happened post-separation. Before publishing, I changed the title to “Post-Separation Abuse. Betrayal and Abandonment....
