by vivian | Sep 19, 2017 | Blog, Relationships, Self Love
Why we keep going back to abusive relationships. To the person who hurts us. The cycle of abuse is so pervasive we develop an unhealthy addiction for the person who is hurting us. We’re hooked in by the intensity at which they love-bomb us at the...
by vivian | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog, Relationships
Loving a narcissist is like Stockholm Syndrome Leaving an abusive relationship is never easy. On average, it takes a person around 7 times to leave an abusive partner. Abusive relationships are complex and traumatic. The cycle of abuse is pervasive and difficult...
by vivian | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog, Relationships, Self Love
Do you love someone who keeps hurting you? Do you keep going back to someone who abuses you, emotionally and/or physically? Unless you look hard at why you were addicted to an emotionally unavailable person in the first place, you risk going back to them. Or...
by vivian | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog, Relationships, Self Love
To understand how I came to find myself in a violent relationship, I had to go back to the root cause of my lack of self-esteem, where it was seeded in my childhood. To understand how I’d come to be this way. It wasn’t easy or obvious to me. I wasn’t from a violent...
by vivian | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog, Relationships, Self Love
When you’ve grown up to think you’re not good enough confrontation is terrifying for you. Especially, if you were a people pleaser like me and morph into whatever shape you feel will get you the most approval. It’s no wonder when a narcissist or abusive person crossed...
by vivian | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog, Relationships, Self Love, Viv's Mantras
Oprah Winfrey is right! There are no mistakes in life. When I was at rock bottom, living in fear in a destructive relationship. Knowing my ex was capable of killing me, as he had almost done so already. I was immersed in chaos and drama. ...
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