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 | Jan 20, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
So today, my thoughts were:- Failures in the Justice System. Legal intimidation and litigation abuses post-separation. The unlevel playing field and power imbalances. Are these power imbalances an indication of something more sinister going on? A high-conflict...
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 | 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...
