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Having Compassion for a Covert Narcissist
When I Felt Like I Could Move On ɪ̲ɴ̲ ̲ᴍ̲ʏ̲ ̲ᴏ̲ᴡ̲ɴ̲ ̲ᴡ̲ᴏ̲ʀ̲ᴅ̲ꜱ̲ : ɪ ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇs ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇs ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇs ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴꜱᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ-ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ®. I loved her 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺. I have replayed in my mind so many moments we shared, questioning whether any of…
The Toxic Person – and the Capacity for Change
I recently talked to someone about toxic relationships, and what he shared with me got me thinking. First, he told me what his psychologist said that changed his life. Next, he said all toxic people have the same toxic traits – regardless of what diagnosis or criteria they meet in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual…
Science Versus an Agenda — Sovereignty Questions
Growing up with a Jewish mother, Christian father, and Agnostic stepfather caused me not only to feel confused at various times throughout my childhood but also spurred me to question belief systems rather than blindly adopt them. I wanted to understand where beliefs, traditions, and values originated. I felt Jewish around my Jewish family and…
Parenting Aha Moments: Are children really resilient?
The biggest change happened for me as a parent when I learned to get right about what my child truly needed from me. I remember the early years of being a new mum, spending hours getting my son to eat, as feeds had become an arduous, worry-laden task. My son had severe digestive and metabolic…
Turning Around the Dreaded Conversations
Talking About Sex with Your Children As a parent, I wanted a different approach to the oh-so-serious sit-down talks about topics we are culturally conditioned to dread, like sex. It may surprise some people that I started talking to my son about sex before he could talk. Most of us were taught about sex from…
Body Science
Every experience, every emotion felt – and not felt – lives in the cells of our body. Children are resilient: when they can process difficult moments; when moms and dads dare to say, “I messed up” and cultivate emotionally-corrective experiences; when children are not left to themselves to fill in their own “meaning” or “story…