What Is Inner Child Healing?
You know that little voice inside your head that is reminiscent of you as a child? The one that speaks up when things are not really going right? That is sound of your inner child. No matter how old we grow, we can always hear them. Perhaps our hurt 5-year-old self shows up when your partner works late a lot. Or our misunderstood teenage self comes out when things don’t go the way we wanted at work. Acknowledging and caring for this...
8 Reasons To Travel With Your Children
It’s been a hot minute since I have written about the benefits of family travel – travel with your children. There are so many!!!! So I want to take some time now to refresh our memories on why it is oh so good (even though it can be challenging) to travel with your children! Having been housebound for nearly a year on quarantine, many are hesitant to get back out there and start exploring again. And honestly, yes, everything...
10 Tips For Coparenting Without Power Struggles
Any way you look at it, coparenting is tough. There are unresolved feelings from the marriage, there are egos, there is society’s influence creeping in… a lot is involved and often can be a recipe for disaster. Unfortunately, coparenting is not an option and we must find a way to do it for the benefit of our children. Our children learn from us and develop their self esteem for us. And if we are too busy beating up the other parent to...
5 Misconceptions About Going To Therapy
More people than ever, worldwide, are currently seeking therapy. Depression, anxiety, anger issues are all on the rise given this pandemic on top of already stressful lives. Yet still there are so many misconceptions about going to therapy that are holding some back from seeking the help they need. Making the choice to reach out for help is the best decision many of us have ever made. So if you are considering therapy, if you are...
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...