Category: low self-esteem
Posted on February 4, 2020
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I wanted to share the great news that Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is recognised by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) eleventh revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11). As someone who has openly spoken about living with… Continue Reading “Complex PTSD is recognised as a disorder in the ICD-11”
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, complex ptsd, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, low self-esteem, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, self care, UncategorizedTags: complex childhood trauma, cptsd, CPTSD DIAGNOSIS, CPTSD DIAGNOSIS WHO, CPTSD ICD11, Narcissistic abuse
Posted on March 11, 2019
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A lot of my followers on this blog and also subscribers from my youtube channel keep coming to me with the same question ‘How do I heal from childhood abuse?’. Although this is something I have already addressed previously, I have decided to actually… Continue Reading “How to heal from childhood abuse”
Category: Adversity & support, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, low self-esteem, mental health, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Persistence & commitment, recovery, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, UncategorizedTags: How to recover from abuse, recovery from abuse, recovery from narcissistic abuse, recovery from trauma
Posted on September 14, 2018
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Working with children is something that I have very much enjoyed doing on and off for 9 years. After graduating from University 14 years ago, I spent part of my time running my jewellery business and the other part of my time was spent… Continue Reading “Working with children who have been abused”
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, Coaching tips, Compassion, complex ptsd, Dysfuntional relationships, low self-esteem, Narcissistic abuse, UncategorizedTags: coaching, coaching children, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic stepmom
Posted on September 1, 2018
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My new assertiveness PDF course is finally ready to buy. Being assertive isn’t something that comes naturally to all of us, especially for those of us who grew up in dysfunctional homes. As I myself, also struggled with this due to my background, assertiveness… Continue Reading “New assertiveness PDF course-How to communicate effectively & stop being a people-pleaser”
Category: Adversity & support, assertiveness, complex ptsd, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, low self-esteem, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, People Pleaser Syndrome, UncategorizedTags: assertiveness course, becoming more resilient, discount for new course, narcissistic abuse recovery, narcissistic family, recovery from people-pleaser syndrome, special offer for new assertiveness course, stop being a people-pleaser
Posted on October 23, 2017
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When you have grown up in a dysfunctional narcissistic home, taking on others’ emotions becomes the norm. Narcissistic parents teach their children to cater to their feelings & moods and the child learns to ignore their own emotions. A great book which can help… Continue Reading “Taking on others’ emotions-Having weak boundaries”
Category: Boundaries, Child abuse, Coaching tips, complex ptsd, Emotional abuse, Highly sensitive person, low self-esteem, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, UncategorizedTags: Charles Whitfeld, Emotional abuse, emotional boundaries, Highly sensitive person, Mental health blogging, Narcissistic abuse, people pleasing, setting healthy boundaries
Posted on May 16, 2017
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In yesterday’s video, I decided to talk about Avoidant Personality in a little more detail, as my first video became very popular in a short amount of time and many viewers reached out to me with questions . In this video I discuss some… Continue Reading “Avoidant Personality-Video II”
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, Cluster C disorders, complex ptsd, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, low self-esteem, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, recovery, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Shame, UncategorizedTags: avoidant personality disorder, avoidant traits, causes of avoidant personality, effects of child abuse, effects of emotional abuse, effects of neglect, effects of parental criticism, effects of parental rejection, mental health, Mental illness, psychology, youtube video
Posted on April 9, 2017
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Although it isn’t Monday yet, I have already uploaded Monday’s Youtube video 3 hours early, as tomorrow I am mostly on the go and won’t be checking in much. As most of my videos focus on CPTSD, Narcissistic abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships and other areas… Continue Reading “Avoidant Personality Disorder”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Cluster C disorders, complex ptsd, Depression, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Life tips, low self-esteem, Narcissistic abuse, recovery, Rejection, UncategorizedTags: avoidance, avoidant personality disorder, avpd, childhood trauma, cluster c disorder, fear, fear of criticism, fear of rejection, hypersensitivity to disapproval, low self-esteem, low self-worth
Posted on March 6, 2017
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You might have heard of the term infantilization but you may not realise how incredibly abusive it is when a parent does this to their child. It is only natural for a growing child to start developing independent thoughts, actions and opinions. For a… Continue Reading “Infantilization”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Child abuse, Cluster B disorders, complex ptsd, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, low self-esteem, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Negativity, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Self-reflection & self-awareness, TRAUMA THERAPIES, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, awareness, Child abuse, Depression, engulfing mother, infantilization, low self-esteem, mental health, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic abuse in the family, narcissistic abuse tactics, narcissistic mother, narcissistic parents, no contact, patreon, patreon funding, personality disorders, recovery, recovery from abuse, suffering, vlogging, youtube video
Posted on February 5, 2017
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How do we each fit into this world? Are we defined by whether we have a good job? A good marriage? Do we feel that we constantly have to measure up to our friends’success? Do we feel that we have to have the latest… Continue Reading “Status anxiety”
Category: anxiety, Coaching tips, Life (Personal Coaching), Life tips, low self-esteem, Mental illness, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, UncategorizedTags: a measure of success, anxiety, comparison, low self-esteem, low self-worth, self esteem, status anxiety, success, what is a success?
Posted on November 14, 2016
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Today I am starting off my series of Q & A videos, where my viewers and subscribers are able to get their questions answered by me, in a video each week. Please feel free to ask me questions on the following topics: Complex PTSD… Continue Reading “Question & Answer- YouTube videos”
Category: anxiety, Boundaries, Coaching tips, Compassion, complex ptsd, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Loneliness, low self-esteem, mental health, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Negativity, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Rejection, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Shame, Trauma Bonding & Love addiction, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, Blogging, Boundaries, codependency, complex ptsd, confidence, Depression, emotional flashbacks, health, motivation, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic parents, narcissistic personality disorder, negative thinking, q & a, questions & answers, recovery, Resilience, self compassion, toxic shame, trauma bonding, youtube videos-q & a