Tag: parental alienation

If I say no to someone and they get angry, it does not mean I should have said yes.

What is Schadenfreude?

August 2, 2020 No Comments

Though I am intimately familiar with the energy and attitudes I’ve always identified in the “serves you right” types, I only just discovered the term Schadenfreude.

Maryam Hasnaa Quote I do the inner work to be in integrity with myself not for others' approval. I will always work on myself and it will never ever be so that someone will love me.

Kindness Is Not ConditionalI Had to Learn That Kindness Cannot Be EarnedKindness Is Not Conditional

July 23, 2020 No Comments

In relationships, if it is conditional, it is not kind. Nothing was more confused and distorted than my early ideas about kindness and connection. For

Some ecards Quote When we avoid difficult conversations, we trade short term discomfort for long term dysfunction.

Shut Up or Else: The Machinery of Control

July 13, 2020 No Comments

Like a lightning bolt, it struck me again—how extremists cannot tolerate peaceful protest or resistance. To them, nonconformity is hostility. Resistance is war. “You are

Gaslighting, Stonewalling, and the Machinery of Control

July 1, 2020 No Comments

Stonewalling and gaslighting feel like techniques intended to erase a person. To obliterate their spirit. Stonewalling is a tactic used to control, isolate, humiliate, and