As people with strong narcissistic traits age, their need for control often intensifies, leaving loved ones walking on eggshells. Learn how to protect your well-being, set boundaries, and navigate the emotional fallout with clarity and care.

Have you ever felt drained by a relationship where one person’s insecurity always takes centre stage? Vulnerable narcissists don’t boast; they seek constant reassurance. This post explores their emotional push-pull and what makes these dynamics so confusing.

After abuse, safety can feel unfamiliar. Healthy love may seem distant or uneasy at first. This post explores why comfort can feel like fear and how healing makes space for trust again.

Leaving an abusive relationship isn’t easy. Trauma bonds, fear, and emotional exhaustion can make breaking free feel impossible. This post explores why survivors stay and how healing and support can help them reclaim their lives.

January is Spiritual Abuse Awareness Month. This blog explores the signs of spiritual abuse, how it manifests in relationships, and the steps to healing for those affected. Support and compassion are key in helping survivors regain their sense of self and faith.

Emotional abuse often hides behind gestures of love, concern, and care. In Ella’s story, we see how control slowly takes hold and how recovery begins with recognising it.

Healing after a dysfunctional relationship is hard, but with self-compassion, therapy, and understanding the grief process, you can move toward closure and a healthier future.

Legal abuse is a lesser-known but powerful tactic often used in domestic abuse situations. This happens when one partner exploits the legal system to exert control and inflict pain, even after the relationship has ended.

After a breakup, abusers often use hidden tactics to maintain control and harm their ex-partner, including manipulating the legal system, children, and shared responsibilities.

There is a misunderstanding that needs to be addressed - the concept of 'mutual abuse' in relationships is not accurate and can harm those involved. Almost always, there will be a primary aggressor and primary victim.

It's easy to mix up conflict and abuse, but it's important to understand that while healthy disagreements can foster growth in a relationship, abuse is never acceptable and involves one person harming or excerting control over another.

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.

If you’ve ever wondered why some people defend or enable someone who’s hurt you, this post explains the role of “flying monkeys” in narcissistic abuse and how to protect yourself from their impact.

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.

Trauma bonding keeps you emotionally tied to someone who hurts you. Learn about the 7 stages of trauma bonding, why breaking free feels impossible, and how healing begins.