What's acceptable behavior in the relationship?

If your partner's manipulation is also targeting your kids, you can feel completely hopeless. As much as you want them to stop, sometimes it's an impossible task. In this episode, I give you some sugg...

13 Nov 34min

This is a follow-up episode for 192 - Is emotional abuse justification for an emotional affair? Take time to reflect on 10 self-assessment questions based on the key themes from that episode. Pause be...

11 Nov 5min

When an affair surfaces alongside claims of past emotional abuse, you have two separate crises on the table. That's exactly what happened to someone who shared this challenge with me. Is one justifica...

6 Nov 35min

This is a follow-up episode for 191: "You learned you're being emotionally abused. Now what?" Take time to reflect on 10 self-assessment questions based on the key themes from that episode. Pause betw...

4 Nov 6min

Should you come right out and say, "Hey, you're abusing me, and you need to stop"? Hmm, that might work for a very small percentage of people. But what if it's been going on for years? What if it has ...

27 Okt 33min

This is a follow-up episode for episode 190 - When anger is used to keep you compliant. Take time to reflect on 10 self-assessment questions based on the key themes from that episode. Pause between ea...

24 Okt 4min

Anger in an emotionally abusive relationship raises the emotional and physical stakes. The risks are higher, and often, so is the submission and compliance.

22 Okt 34min

Is one lie too many? Is honesty important in your relationship? Is it so important that if they lied once, you could forgive. If they lied twice, perhaps you could get past it. But what if they simply...

16 Okt 46min