Coercive control doesn’t begin with bruises; it begins with self-doubt. This trauma-informed guide helps you recognise the signs, understand why it’s so hard to leave, and begin reclaiming your sense of self.

Being in a toxic relationship can leave you feeling drained, isolated, and unseen. Emotional abuse and manipulation quietly breed loneliness that’s hard to name and even harder to escape.

Relationship anxiety is often mistaken for falling out of love, but they’re not the same. Anxiety usually comes from fear and nervous-system activation, while falling out of love tends to involve emotional withdrawal or disconnection.

If you’ve ever wondered why people you trust defend or enable someone who’s hurt you, this article explores the role of “flying monkeys” in narcissistic abuse and how their involvement can leave you feeling confused, isolated, and doubting yourself.

Healthy love can feel unsettling after abuse. When your nervous system has learned to associate chaos with connection, calm can feel foreign, even unsafe. This blog explores why kind, stable partners feel “boring” and how your body can relearn what real safety feels like.

Recovering from a toxic relationship includes recognising the pain, removing negative influences from your life, and finding happiness on your own. Toxic relationships can damage your self-esteem and sense of self, so it's important to practice self-love to heal and find yourself again after a breakup.

The lies we tell ourselves in relationships aren’t failures, they’re survival strategies. This trauma-informed guide helps you understand what they protect and how to gently move toward truth.

When your adult child pulls away, the grief can feel invisible. This article explores the pain of parental estrangement and offers gentle ways to find peace and understanding.

Betrayal can shatter your sense of safety and make you question everything you thought was real. It’s natural to move between grief, rage, numbness, and confusion. There’s no “right” way to heal from infidelity, only your way.