15 Signs You Are A Victim Of Gaslighting
Gaslighting is a brutal tool used by toxic people to control and manipulate others to see them as perfect. This tool can make one feel like they are completely crazy, imagining things and their heads are just in a fog spinning all the time. It is completely disorienting. If you are a victim of gaslighting, you will feel dazed and confused after speaking to that person about something you were so sure of. When a person is subject to...
7 Tips for Coparenting With Difficult People
Let’s just face it, coparenting even if the coparents get along great, is hard and filled with compromise, making being a single parent that much more fun. Add in emotion + one person being difficult and coparenting becomes a recipe for disaster. Unfortunately, we have no choice but to continue trying our best on coparenting with difficult people for the benefit of our children. Coparenting with Difficult People Being a very hands on...
What Is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental condition giving one an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep seemingly unsatisfiable need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships throughout life, and a complete lack of empathy for others on the outside. On the inside lies a person protecting themselves with an extremely fragile self-esteem that’s vulnerable to even the slightest of criticisms. This...
6 Reasons To Travel While Healing
Travel is a super powerful way to heal the soul, cleanse the mind and to open your heart up. Experiencing trauma is life changing, nothing will be the same as before. As you go on your healing journey, travel is an impactful way to help you understand, rewrite and reclaim control over your life. First you should read this post on 6 ways travel is healing. It will give you a good understanding of why travel is so healing. Here I want...
What Is Gaslighting?
Gaslighting is a form of manipulation that toxic people use to maintain their control over others. It is a nasty and occasionally covert type of emotional abuse that the toxic person uses to make the target (victim) question their judgments and reality. When used enough, the victim starts to question their own sanity. This form of emotional abuse is a way for toxic people to exert their power over others to manipulate a person into...
5 Ways To Talk To Kids About Depression
Talking to your kids about depression and mental illness, no matter what age they are, is a very daunting task. But the reality is, with the onset of quarantine, depression and teen suicide rates are soaring higher than ever, making it really important for us as parents to be addressing this with our kids, no matter how difficult it is. Millions of people struggle with depression every year making it imperative for us to talk to our...
6 Tips For Working With Difficult People
We have talked before about understanding and communicating with difficult people; learning to work with them is just the next step. Knowing that 85% of our financial success is due to our personal skills, it is important to keep learning and understanding difficult people – because they are everywhere!!! You can read here more about the science and genetics behind difficult people. In an effort to understand them which will allow us...
A Review Of The Trauma Informed Coaching Certification Course With MTHS
I recently completed the Trauma Informed Coaching Certification Course with Moving The Human Spirit – the only ICF accredited trauma informed coaching certification process in the world. After years of healing, learning, growing, sharing, I finally found a certification and a group of people that would change my life and allow me to be a part of changing your life. It was really powerful and I want to share this journey with you. I...
What You Need To Know About Kids And Depression
It is natural for kids to experience emotional ups and downs just like adults. They, like us, have good days and bad days, positive thoughts and negative ones. But when these feelings and thoughts stick around for a long time, it may in fact be depression. The number of children with depression and anxiety is increasing, especially with the onset of quarantine. Currently 4% of children between the ages of 3 and 17 have a diagnosis of...
The Benefits Of Travel On PTSD and C-PTSD
Science and experience are showing us daily that travel is no longer just for recreation! The evidence suggests that when it comes to recovering from trauma, mental illness or addiction, traveling can have undeniable benefits on PTSD and C-PTSD; on our mental health in whole. Just as different herbal medicines can help relieve and heal our physical pain, travel helps with our mental pain. Travel, stepping outside of your comfort zone,...