Posted on September 28, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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I always thought that my youtube channel would be for a small audience. I thought that it might get around 100 subscribers and that would be all. I was interested in sharing important information to help others and as well as having this blog,… Continue Reading “1,500 subscribers on youtube!”
Posted on June 26, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Happy Monday dear friends & followers! After a wonderful 10 days off work, celebrating my birthday with friends and exploring new places with my husband, I am feeling grateful and refreshed. Today’s topic is especially important to me, as someone I care about deeply… Continue Reading “High functioning depression”
Category: Adversity & support, Blogging, Coaching tips, Depression, Life tips, mental health, Mental illness, recovery, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Youtube videosTags: adversity, Blogging, Depression, high functioning depression, mental health, mental health awareness, mental health blog, mental health vlog, Mental illness, mild depression, self care, self-awareness, support, the seriousness of mild depression, therapy, vlogging
It’s been an extremely busy few days for me recently, which means my blog posts and youtube videos have had to take a back seat. Work has been a priority, with little time for writing and reflecting. I have also had an influx of… Continue Reading “Why is going ‘no contact’ so hard?”
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, complex ptsd, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, personal coaching, recovery, self care, Shame, Trauma Bonding & Love addiction, Uncategorized, Youtube videosTags: Blogging, Child abuse, cptsd, Domestic abuse, dysfunctional family, going no contact, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, narcissistic parents, narcissistic partner, no contact, npd, ptsd, toxic relationships, trauma, trauma bonding, vlog, vlogging, Youtube videos
Posted on April 3, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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It is important to raise awareness about the challenges a sibling faces when their brother or sister has special needs. Many years ago, when I came across a book writen by a woman who grew up with a special needs sister and the struggles… Continue Reading “How does having a special needs sibling affect you?”
Category: Adversity & support, Resilience, Special needs, Uncategorized, Youtube videosTags: disability, raise awareness, self-awareness, Special needs, special needs brother, special needs in the family, special needs sibling, special needs sister, the challenges of special needs, validation, vlogging, youtube video
Dear friends I am hope you are enjoying your weekend and are generally doing ok. Before I fly off to Scotland tomorrow, I wanted to upload Monday’s Youtube video early, as I won’t be able to work on it when visiting family. This week’s… Continue Reading “Psychological Projection-A defense mechanism that people with NPD use often”
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, Cluster B disorders, complex ptsd, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, recovery, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Youtube videosTags: blame shifting, defense mechanisms, narcissistic parents, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic projection, narcissistic traits, projection, psychological projection, vlog, vlogging, youtube video
Posted on March 20, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Happy Monday everyone! I hope your week started well 🙂 Today’s video, which unfortunately took me ages to edit due to many interruptions & distractions, is about pathological lying. Although I talk about other types of lying, I particularly wanted to highlight the importance… Continue Reading “Pathological lying & other types of lying”
Category: Adversity & support, Cluster B disorders, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Life (Personal Coaching), Life tips, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, recovery, self care, Youtube videosTags: compulsive lying, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, narcissistic pathological lying, pathological liar, pathological lying, psychology, recovery from abuse, types of lying, vlogging, youtube channel, youtube video
Posted on March 6, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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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 January 10, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Sexual abuse of any kind, whether that is long term childhood sexual abuse or sexual assault, has a profound effect on whoever experiences it. Since starting my first blog nearly 2 years ago, I have come across so many sexual abuse survivors, who have… Continue Reading “How sexual abuse affects survivors in intimate relationships-YouTube Video-Part 1”
Category: Adversity & support, Boundaries, Child abuse, Compassion, complex ptsd, courage, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Narcissistic abuse, Youtube videosTags: Blogging, child sexual abuse, how sexual abuse affects relationships, how sexual abuse affects survivors, recovery, sexual abuse, sexual abuse in men, sexual abuse in women, sexual assault, sexual harassment, vlogging, youtube video
Posted on December 12, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Hello to all of you 🙂 I hope you are all well or at least trying to be. Thank you to those of you who have recently followed my blog and youtube channel.I am very grateful. Tomorrow I have the morning off my German… Continue Reading “How does codependency start?”
Category: Child abuse, codependency, complex ptsd, Depression, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Uncategorized, Youtube videosTags: abuse, Blogging, codepedency, codependence, mental health, mental health blog, Mental illness, trauma, vlog, vlogging, youtube channel, Youtube videos