Posted on June 30, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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A useful video for those of you who have trouble saying ‘No’ to others and have a general difficulty in setting boundaries.For those of you who had an abusive childhood, boundaries would have been invaded very often and you wouldn’t have been able to…
Category: BoundariesTags: anxiety, Boundaries, cbt, change, Child abuse, childhood trauma, cognitive behavioural coaching, complex trauma, cptsd, Depression, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, low self-esteem, mental health, Narcissistic abuse, self care, trauma
Posted on June 21, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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As some of you already know, I have great insight into narcissistic abuse, after a tumultuous life with 2 narcissistic parents, many narcissistic ex-partners and narcissistic ex friends. Before my father discarded my mother in 2000 and filed for divorce, he had already met…
Category: Child abuse, complex ptsd, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, cbt, Child abuse, childhood trauma, cognitive behavioural coaching, complex trauma, cptsd, Depression, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, Emotional abuse, healing, low self-esteem, low self-worth, mental health, Mental illness, moving forward, narcissism in the family, Narcissistic abuse, perseverance, persistence, progress, ptsd, self care, self compassion, self growth, sexual abuse, trauma
Posted on May 24, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Every healing journey is unique to each person. No journey should be judged, minimised or discounted. Whether it is childhood abuse, emotional, sexual or physical abuse, domestic abuse, grief, a single trauma or multiple traumas, nobody has the right to criticize someone else’s journey….
Category: anxiety, Child abuse, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, self careTags: anger, anxiety, be in control, cbt, change, Child abuse, childhood trauma, coaching, complex grieving, complex trauma, counselling, cptsd, Depression, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, Emotional abuse, grieving, healing, low self-worth, mental health, Mental illness, moving forward, Narcissistic abuse, narcissists, persistence, progress, psychopathic abuse, ptsd, self care, self compassion, self growth, sexual abuse, tears, the healing journey, therapy, trauma
Posted on May 14, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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When you suffer from a mental illness it is very difficult to feel hopeful when you are really struggling.Every day can be a battle and those negative thoughts can be very hard to silence. Sometimes feelings can overcome you at the most inappropriate times…
Category: anxiety, Child abuse, Coaching tips, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuseTags: all or nothing thinking, anxiety, black & white thinking, cbt, Child abuse, cognitive behavioural coaching, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, moving forward, Narcissistic abuse, negative thinking, persistence, progress, self compassion, self growth, support, supportive friends
Posted on May 12, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Of course it isn’t as simple as the 4 things written in the photo but it is definetely true that in order to break the horrible pattern of abuse from your childhood, you have to stop abusing yourself. YOU hold the answers to how…
Category: anxiety, Child abuse, Coaching tips, Depression, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, personal coachingTags: cbc, cbt, challenge, change a habit, Child abuse, cognitive behavioural coaching, complex trauma, cptsd, form a habit, gaslighting, habits, healing, healing tips, Narcissistic abuse, ptsd, sexual abuse, thoughts
Posted on May 12, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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This link below gives you a useful list of all the unhelpful thinking styles that we might use in our daily lives.For those of you who suffer from depression or anxiety, keeping an eye on your thinking style is really important. Try and challenge…
Category: anxiety, Depression, personal coaching, UncategorizedTags: all or nothing thinking, anxiety, black & white thinking, catastrophising, cbt, change, cognitive behavioural coaching, cognitive distortions, Depression, destructive thinking, habit, Mental illness, negative thinking, overgeneralisation, panic, practice, progress, stress, thinking error, unhelpful thinking, unhelpful thinking styles
