Tag: toxic relationship
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Why You Have to Stop Bashing Your Toxic Ex
I remember so clearly the day I decided he wasn’t worthy my energy anymore. I was done with the lies. I was done with being made to feel inferior. I was done with the manipulation. I was done with him. Or so I thought. I divorced the toxic ex. I decided it was necessary for…
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5 Surprising Ways to Ditch That Toxic Relationship (with yourself)
Be willing to let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. – Brene Brown I was convinced I would never trust anyone again. After what my ex-husband put me through: the lying to me, the lying to others about me, the gaslighting, the emotional manipulation, the…
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Why Your Values Ran for Cover (and how to start living by them again)
“Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.” – Mahatma Gandhi I have always prided myself on being independent, and living with integrity and honesty. Or so I thought. After my first divorce,…
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The Power of Expectation to Ward Off Toxicity in Relationships
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” – Stephen R. Covey I somehow got it in my head that I shouldn’t have expectations of other people. Well that’s about as…
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Harvard Agrees: Get Out of That Toxic Relationship
In his November 2015 TED Talk, psychiatrist Robert Waldinger delivers insight gathered from the longest study on happiness. He also, although perhaps without realizing it, gives yet another insanely important reason why you need to get the hell out of and stay the hell away from toxic relationships. The Harvard Study of Adult Development has,…