The Cost of Emotional Inheritance
Break the Cycle. Starting Now. To the people who were older, and on whom I relied to teach me about love, trust, and connection: The messaging—that your encampment in your…
When “love” comes with conditions, scripts, and invisible walls.
How Emotional Abuse Maintains Power
The House Rules I am never wrong. Never out of line. Never erring in judgment. Never lacking in kindness, patience, or grace. It is unwise to suggest otherwise. I am…
YOur work is not to change who you are. You are not too much. Word Porn
What Emotional Neglect Looks Like in Real Time
In the past month: My boys’ father met a woman, requiring him to stay out late on school nights—past 10 and even 11—leaving the boys home alone to go to…
Good Input
How have I provided good input for my children? Who, in my child’s life, is a reliable source of good input—consistently kind, considerate, trustworthy, loyal, present, protective, loving—intentionally contributing to…