Toxic Relationship Quotes: Show Respect VS No Respect
How can people show respect? Do you know someone who always makes you feel bad? Guess what? When someone doesn’t respect you, the relationship could turn toxic, maybe already is. Whether that friend, partner, colleague, relative – whomever – ignores your feelings or they hop over your boundaries like a jump rope, things can become […]
Positive Quotes: Starting Fresh
Starting fresh doesn’t mean you’re back to square one. You’ve gained so much – so while it may feel like a setback, it’s not. You have more knowledge and experience to keep yourself afloat. Don’t let yourself stress over the clean page; it’s much better than living in the dark. Here are three ways to […]
Family Quotes: Dysfunctional Family Signs
Signs of a dysfunctional family may be clear to everyone, or they may be so subtle you’d never guess from the outside that members are hurting. Lovely quiet voices can actually hide menace and threats. If you have to suppress your feelings, you’re not in a happy family. And worse, you may feel it’s your […]
Toxic Friendship Quotes: Ghosting Is Shunning
Ghosting is shunning taken to a whole new level in the digital age. Isolating and ignoring people has been used forever by regimes and religious groups use to control the beliefs and behavior of their members. Perceived wrongdoing followed by punishment in the form of the silent treatment, banishment, ex-communication, torture, and even death goes […]
Relationship Quotes: Boundary or Grudge
Blamed for grudge holding when you’re really holding a line? Boundary or grudge, what’s the difference? The difference depends on your relationship and personality. Are you a codependent who can’t get your point across to someone trying to dominate you? Or are you really a grudge holder yourself? If you hold a grudge about everything […]
Sobriety Journal Prompt : Your Issue
What is your issue Your issue can be anything from relationship woes (codependency with a narcissist) to substance misuse to love or gambling. We all struggle with something. You may even have problems working too hard and not having enough fun. How can you cope with your issue inside your head where all problems live […]