Emotional Abuse on Love is Blind

Matt’s behavior on Love is Blind is the text book definition emotional abuse. Their interactions triggered me all season long, and after seeing Colleen visibly scared on the reunion, I wanted to record a podcast breaking down the behavior and looking at their...

The Mind of the Abuser

What does it take for an Emotional Abusive person to change? What do they have to do to change? How did Paul know he had to change? Paul is a Relationship Coach and founder of The Overwhelmed Brain and the Love and Abuse podcasts. He created the MEAN workbook, a 200...

Relationship Recovery Program

The Relationship Recovery Course is About Healing Your Relationship with Yourself One thing I learned in healing from Emotional Abuse was that I needed – and wanted – to be validated. I felt crazy. By the time I was ready to leave the relationship, I had...

Narcissistic Abuse Cycle

This is the Narcissistic Abuse Cycle. Understanding this can be really helpful when identifying “am I being abused?” Narcissists behave in certain ways because they are unlikely to consider their actions as problems. Until they can reflect on their own...

Realizing Abuse

It took me a long time to realize I was in an emotionally abusive relationship. The one thing that really helped me was reading signs of emotionally abusive behavior and seeing myself in the exact description. I needed to validate my experience – especially...

Boundaries

When you set a boundary with an abuser, they typically become more abusive. There’s usually no combination of words and technique that you can use to make an abusive person respect your boundaries. This is actually part of what being an abuser means. When you...

Domestic Abuse Awareness Month

October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. I’ve been thinking about this month all year. If you’re reading this, you know Emotional Abuse is one of the hardest forms of abuse to recognize. Victims claims are often dismissed simply because their wounds are...

Red Flags

The red flags you see in the beginning of a relationship typically become the reasons a relationships fails later on. He doesn’t respond to your messages? He doesn’t care. He doesn’t respond with definitive plans? Planning with you is not a priority....