Relationship Journal Prompt: Healing From The Past

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Healing from past bad relationships requires a little work to understand what happened Healing from the past doesn’t mean just moving on without some real understanding of the dynamics and personalities that hurt. We heal from past relationships by learning from them. While it’s never a good idea to dwell on the past, it can […]

Top 10 Boundary Quotes

Boundary quotes

Our top 10 boundary quotes are a great reminder that you don’t have to do everything everyone else wants you to do. If you are a people pleaser, do you know what it means? What are the people pleasing pitfalls you fall into? Are you codependent? That means you value other peoples needs and wants […]

Enabling Quotes: Helper Or Enabler

enabling quotes helping or enabling know the difference

How do you know the difference between helping and enabling? We all struggle with this, both as parents of small children and later in many families where loved ones are struggling with mental illness and substance or alcohol use disorder (SUD and AUD). What should you do to help, and how much help is too […]

Love Quotes: Others Can Love You

Love quotes others can take the place of mothers

Loving grandparents, friends, spouses, and your support system all can take the place of moms who aren’t with you Others can take the place of mothers, especially in this day and age. This quote about mothers is what we used to believe in the days when families were all believed to be good, whether they […]

Narcissist Quotes: Hurt Feelings Can Control You

Narcissist quotes Constantly hurt feelings

Hurt feelings in a loved one can make you feel so bad. Is it your fault when someone takes everything you say the wrong way? Excessive sensitivity is way up there in the relationship manipulation department. Here’s why. One of the most painful forms of relationship stress feeling that you are walking on eggshells with […]