Read more about the article Healing From Narcissistic Family Systems
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” — Winston Churchill A reflection on appeasement as a survival strategy within coercive, high-control relationships and family systems.

Healing From Narcissistic Family Systems

I’ve been reflecting on how, in my family—and unironically, in the family of the man I had children with—belonging was not rooted in mutual care, nuance, or individuality. It was…

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Read more about the article If X, Then Y: The Game Beneath the Board
Sometimes the smallest piece bears the greatest weight. What you see above the board is rarely the whole game.

If X, Then Y: The Game Beneath the Board

I continue noticing how this pattern shows up at every scale. We’re taught to admire extreme wealth as proof of virtue — intelligence, discipline, superiority, deservingness. The story goes: They…

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