What If He's Right?
For years the only voice in my head was his. I doubted my memory, my feelings, my sanity. Then I kept going back to the very person who broke my reality, asking him to give it back.
Passage to Peace
Trauma-informed recovery from narcissistic abuse — from a survivor and therapist.
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She Was Like a Mother to Me
She lived in our home for nine years. She was like a mother to me. She was also a covert narcissist. Here is how I finally asked her to leave, and how I turned that pain into purpose.
She Was Like a Mother to Me
For nine years I shared a roof with my husband's mother. I knew every clinical term for what was happening. I still stayed too long.
2 Things You Have to Protect (When Living With or Leaving a Narcissist)
I told him everything. My fears, my dreams, my childhood trauma. I thought I was building intimacy. I was handing him a road map.
At Least He's Not Like My Ex
You can't spot a narcissist on the first date. So stop hunting for red flags, and start doing this instead.
Your Empathy Is a Diamond. Stop Handing It Out Like Pennies.
There is one thing the narcissist does better than we ever have. They know the exact value of what they are holding. We give ours away for free.
One Day It Will All Make Sense
The day the struggle finally made sense. And why I would not change one minute of it.
A Mother's Love Is Not Enough
I thought my love could protect my children from their narcissistic father. I thought staying was how I shielded them. I was wrong. And it took my own grown children to finally show me why.
Would You Prefer We Were Still Together, or Do You Enjoy Your Peace?
Six years after I finally got free, my ex narcissist sent me that text. He thought he was just asking a simple question. He had no idea he was answering it.
Thank You for NOT Answering My Prayers
For years I begged God to save my marriage. He stayed silent. I thought He had abandoned me. Instead, He was building something I did not yet have the words to pray for.