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4 Insidious Ways a Narcissistic Mother Shapes Your Identity
4 Insidious Ways a Narcissistic Mother Shapes Your Identity

When a narcissistic mother shapes identity, a child doesn't simply feel sad or unseen. She learns that her needs are a problem. Over time, she stops asking, stops reaching, and starts adapting.

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5 Startling Lies Your Narcissistic Mother Taught You
5 Startling Lies Your Narcissistic Mother Taught You

Here are the 5 lies your narcissistic mother taught you… Not always with words, but with a cult-like conditioning that may have started as early as birth.


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What You Need to Know About Narcissistic Mother Recovery
What You Need to Know About Narcissistic Mother Recovery

If you’re looking for help with narcissistic mother recovery, selp-help strategies are useless in the face of this type of abuse. Here’s what to do instead.

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How to trust your intuition and hear its signals
Self Care 8/6/21 Self Care 8/6/21

How to trust your intuition and hear its signals

Do you trust your intuition? Some of us have spent so long ignoring ours or pushing it aside, we wonder if we have any.

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The most important relationship you'll ever have
Self Care 7/16/21 Self Care 7/16/21

The most important relationship you'll ever have

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself. – Diane Von Furstenberg

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How to invest in yourself and what that really means
Self Care 5/28/21 Self Care 5/28/21

How to invest in yourself and what that really means

You’ve probably heard how important it is to invest in yourself. But what does that really mean?

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5 signs of self abandonment and how to overcome
Self Care 5/21/21 Self Care 5/21/21

5 signs of self abandonment and how to overcome

Do you struggle with self abandonment? That means you have a habit of doing what other people want and have trouble discerning your own desires.

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Self care is never selfish: how to know if it's self care or self-sabotage
Self Care 4/19/21 Self Care 4/19/21

Self care is never selfish: how to know if it's self care or self-sabotage

Contrary to popular belief, self care is never selfish. The true problem arises when we practice acts of self-sabotage and call them self care.

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How to self-soothe in healthy ways vs. unhealthy coping
Self Care 3/26/21 Self Care 3/26/21

How to self-soothe in healthy ways vs. unhealthy coping

Many of us, when we try to self-soothe, have trouble understanding what we really need. We may have been primed since childhood to suppress or ignore our needs. So, when time comes to take care of ourselves, we’re at a loss to know what to do.

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How to overcome negative self talk through self compassion
Self Care 2/3/21 Self Care 2/3/21

How to overcome negative self talk through self compassion

Before I began my healing journey, negative self talk filled my head every waking hour of the day. The first time my inner voice said something encouraging to me, I froze because it sounded so unfamiliar.

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How to overcome resentments and the real reasons for them
Self Care 1/13/21 Self Care 1/13/21

How to overcome resentments and the real reasons for them

I started a new practice of writing down my fears and resentments every day, then asking God to release me from them. After that, I rest in a time of meditation.

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Why parenting yourself is important when you've been neglected
Self Care 12/23/20 Self Care 12/23/20

Why parenting yourself is important when you've been neglected

Parenting yourself is important when your own parents failed to give you what you needed. You grew up feeling unheard and unseen, like you didn’t matter.

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Overcoming trauma: how to heal from painful past events
Self Care 10/25/20 Self Care 10/25/20

Overcoming trauma: how to heal from painful past events

Overcoming trauma means finding ways to combat lingering assaults on our bodies and minds.

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7 signs you're highly sensitive and how to nurture yourself
Self Care 6/25/19 Self Care 6/25/19

7 signs you're highly sensitive and how to nurture yourself

Are you highly sensitive? That doesn’t mean you cry easily, or get offended at the drop of a hat.

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Feeling down? 5 ways to get out of a funk and start feeling better
Self Care 4/26/19 Self Care 4/26/19

Feeling down? 5 ways to get out of a funk and start feeling better

Have you ever been in a funk? Not depression or serious grief, but a couple of disappointments back to back get you feeling down.

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Self-compassion: why you need it and how to get it
Self Care 4/12/19 Self Care 4/12/19

Self-compassion: why you need it and how to get it

Self-compassion simply means caring about yourself as you care about others. You offer yourself the same level of support and understanding you would a friend or family member.

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