Emotional wounds from childhood can have a lasting impact on your adult relationships. These wounds might be caused by childhood neglect, abuse, or emotional instability. If left unattended, they can leave you feeling stuck, lonely, and disconnected from finding love. Fortunately, there are ways to heal your inner child and open yourself up to love. You can find the path to wholeness, self-love, and connection. Here are five ways that you can start to heal your inner child and open your heart to the real love yo[...]
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Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who showered you with constant affection, gifts, and attention, only for the relationship to end abruptly, leaving you feeling confused and heartbroken? This is a common pattern in a love bomber – someone who uses grand romantic gestures and excessive attention to control and manipulate their partner. Despite the damaging effects of these relationships, many of us find ourselves attracted to love bombers without even realizing it. In this video, we explor[...]
When it comes to dating, love and relationships, it can be difficult to differentiate between a real connection and trauma bonding. Trauma bonding is when two people are emotionally attached in unhealthy ways due to the euphoric high of extreme highs and lows associated with ongoing conflict or drama. It’s not uncommon for people to engage in this non-beneficial behavior because they may fall into the same patterns unknowingly -- mistaking the feeling of being “drawn together” as indicating a true connecti[...]
Have you ever found yourself ignoring the red flags in a relationship, only to regret it later on? Or find yourself trying to make something work that probably isn't (or wasn't) meant to be. I've been there before and referred to this act as self-abandonment: being so invested in making the relationship work that our own well-being and instincts are abandoned. The lack of self-awareness of this habit can make us find ourselves stuck in a cycle of toxic relationships. In this blog post, we'll explore the nuanc[...]