Using food to cope with negative emotions is common in those who experience trauma in childhood. Showing compassion for yourself and your body can help break the cycle
Using food to cope with negative emotions is common in those who experience trauma in childhood. Showing compassion for yourself and your body can help break the cycle
Most survivors of intimate partner violence want an acknowledgment of their abuse experiences, both from the one who abused them as well as the community who failed to stop it.
Most survivors of intimate partner violence want an acknowledgment of their abuse experiences, both from the one who abused them as well as the community who failed to stop it.
When an abusive person dies, those who they harmed are met with a range of difficult, often conflicting, emotions, including relief, guilt, and sadness. All of these are normal.
When an abusive person dies, those who they harmed are met with a range of difficult, often conflicting, emotions, including relief, guilt, and sadness. All of these are normal.
If one person feels sensitive to seasonal changes and their partner doesn’t, it can create feelings of confusion and frustration for both parties. Here's how to be supportive.
If one person feels sensitive to seasonal changes and their partner doesn’t, it can create feelings of confusion and frustration for both parties. Here's how to be supportive.
Seasonal depression affects many people who find that the colder, darker months of winter bring on feelings of sadness or even depression. Here are some tips to help.
Seasonal depression affects many people who find that the colder, darker months of winter bring on feelings of sadness or even depression. Here are some tips to help.
Unconditional love from a caregiver is necessary for a child’s interpersonal and developmental growth. Without it, they may spend a lifetime trying to make up for unmet needs.
Unconditional love from a caregiver is necessary for a child’s interpersonal and developmental growth. Without it, they may spend a lifetime trying to make up for unmet needs.
The holiday season brings with it pressure and obligations for many, and feelings of loneliness for others. No matter what your situation, here are some tips for support.
The holiday season brings with it pressure and obligations for many, and feelings of loneliness for others. No matter what your situation, here are some tips for support.
The holiday season can be a difficult time for those who grew up in a traumatic environment. But acknowledgment and self-support can help you get through.
The holiday season can be a difficult time for those who grew up in a traumatic environment. But acknowledgment and self-support can help you get through.
Going through a divorce with a high-conflict ex-partner can make you feel hopeless—and even crazy. Here are five tips to help you stay sane during high-conflict post-separation abuse.
Going through a divorce with a high-conflict ex-partner can make you feel hopeless—and even crazy. Here are five tips to help you stay sane during high-conflict post-separation abuse.
If your family was constantly focused on managing the concerns of those in control, you could have learned some traits of codependency in order to survive. This is not your fault.
If your family was constantly focused on managing the concerns of those in control, you could have learned some traits of codependency in order to survive. This is not your fault.
Personal Perspective: Adult women abandoned by their fathers often struggle with self-doubt and low self-worth. Learning to love themselves can be freeing.
Personal Perspective: Adult women abandoned by their fathers often struggle with self-doubt and low self-worth. Learning to love themselves can be freeing.
Lack of boundaries and difficulty with conflict can be signs of emotional immaturity, but consider the whole person before reaching a verdict on a relationship's potential.
Lack of boundaries and difficulty with conflict can be signs of emotional immaturity, but consider the whole person before reaching a verdict on a relationship's potential.
Post-separation abuse is often cast aside in our society and judicial system as "normal breakup stuff." This is a dangerous mentality that can cost lives.
Post-separation abuse is often cast aside in our society and judicial system as "normal breakup stuff." This is a dangerous mentality that can cost lives.
Childhood trauma is less about what happened and more about how it changed or affected you. Greater understanding of the word allows for more awareness of its experiences.
Childhood trauma is less about what happened and more about how it changed or affected you. Greater understanding of the word allows for more awareness of its experiences.
Despite the overuse of the word today, experiencing narcissistic abuse can feel isolating, as few truly understand the experience. Here are 6 ways the experience changes us.
Despite the overuse of the word today, experiencing narcissistic abuse can feel isolating, as few truly understand the experience. Here are 6 ways the experience changes us.
At any moment, someone’s aggravating behavior or our own bad luck can set us off on an emotional spiral that threatens to derail our entire day. Here’s how we can face our triggers with less reactivity so that we can get on with our lives.