Domestic Relationships

As her weak and battered body lay paralyzed on the mattress in her master bedroom, Michelle's boyfriend’s blood dripped from the lacerations on his hands onto her bruised and mangled face... I Love Him is a painful yet inspirational true story of a strong, independent woman caught in the horrifying cycle of domestic violence and how she got out.

From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp, but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man....

In a world where misconceptions about emotional abusive relationships are rampant, understanding and empathy are desperately needed. Many survivors face damaging questions like "Why didn’t you just leave?" suffer in silence due to widespread ignorance about the nature of abuse.

Do you often feel emotionally exhausted, invalidated, and hopelessly misunderstood in your interactions with someone close to you? Are you struggling to untangle yourself from a web of manipulation and deceit? Welcome to the world of narcissism—a hall of mirrors where nothing is as it seems.

Alexis Roberts is asleep one night when someone breaks into her home and tries to assault her. Though she manages to escape serious harm, the invasion has left her scared and shaken. The police are investigating, but Alexis has few details to share with the detective on the scene. She’s hearing impaired and could not find her cochlear implants in the darkness, which left her unable to both see and hear the intruder.

The law of attraction is based on the idea that everything in the universe has a polarity, meaning that everything - from the food you eat to the people you talk to, to the things you say to the things you think - contains either a positive or a negative kind of energy. Notice that being with people who complain or rant a lot tends to make you feel bad, even though you're not exactly experiencing what they're going through - that's the law of attraction working its magic. When you focus on negative stuff, then more negative stuff will happen.

Scarred Wings Still Fly is a dramatic account of one woman's journey from an abusive relationship to finding her strength to live her purpose and her truth. This book gives firsthand accounts of what makes abusive relationships possible for even the strongest of women, why it is so difficult to break free, and how the aftermath of the abuse can be much more damaging.

Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse focuses on how survivors of childhood abuse can finally break their silence and begin the process of recovery by understanding the impact their abuse history has on their adulthood. Filled with real life client conversations, along with her own experiences as a patient, this work helps listeners stop reliving past abuse and thrive in their recovery. It demonstrates the tremendous hope that can come from having a witness, and feeling heard and believed.

Hurtful criticism. Nasty "jokes". Angry outbursts for seemingly no reason. Verbal attacks toward your innocent comments. Stone-cold silent treatment. Manipulative actions to ensure you don't know if you're coming or going. Sound familiar? The phrase to summarize the above abhorrent treatment is narcissistic rage. The words "narcissistic" and "rage" are bad enough by themselves. When you merge them together, it becomes a force to be reckoned with; a volatile tornado that can emotionally destroy anything that dares enter its path.

This Is My Story is about a Chicago girl born to an alcoholic teenage mother who becomes a teenage mother herself, who at 19 marries an abusive military husband. When she somehow finds the strength to leave him, she inadvertently runs into the arms of another man who almost kills her then two-year-old son, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The girl turned woman spends her young life trying to escape one tragedy after another. Will God ever give her a break?

Basado en la experiencia clínica de veinticinco años tratando casos de víctimas que sufren estas relaciones, el doctor Piñuel explica en este libro de una manera clara y práctica cómo detectar este tipo de parejas tóxicas y, lo que es más importante, cómo librarse de ellas evitando volver a recaer.

Learn how to live free from alcohol addiction following some tips and guidelines. Discover the detrimental effects of alcohol on your body, withdrawal and treatment for alcohol addiction, proven techniques and guidelines for treatment and recovery, and more.

Since it is a disorder and NPD is not normal, you may wonder why it exists in the first place. There is no exact cause for NPD that has been determined yet. There are various factors that contribute to it and may lead to the development of this disorder in any individual. It can be genetic or develop due to various experiences the individual has gone through. Psychological factors contribute to it in a major way. The causes of NPD are a complex matter, just like the causes of any other mental health disorders.

In Narcissism: How to Stop Narcissistic Abuse, Heal Your Relationships, and Transform Your Life, you’ll learn everything you need to know about narcissism. You’ll equip yourself with the tools you need to stop narcissists in their tracks, build healthier relationships, and recover from narcissistic abuse.

It’s summer in Alaska and the light surrounding the shipping-container-turned-storage shed where Liv Russo is being held prisoner is fuzzy and gray. Around her is thick forest and jagged mountains. In front of her, across a clearing, is a low-slung cabin with a single window that spills a wash of yellow light onto bare ground. Illuminated in that light is the father of her child, a man she once loved. A man who is now her jailor. Liv vows to do anything to escape.

After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one, she did something incredible. Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew made up of her four children. It would be the hardest thing she had ever done.

If someone in your life is causing you to question your own sanity and is driving you into the ground, don’t worry, you are not crazy, nor are you alone in the matter. Most importantly, it is not your fault! Did you know that according to National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence survey, 48.4 percent of women and 48.8 percent of men have experienced at least one psychologically aggressive behavior by an intimate partner. That’s nearly every other person!

In relationships, the presence of healthy boundaries keeps relationships healthy and functional. The rights and responsibilities remain justified, and encroachment of personal space doesn't take place. Boundaries can help in preventing relationships from becoming toxic. You'll feel less stressed and compromised if you have set healthy boundaries. Setting healthy boundaries will make you feel liberated. You will have your personal space and won't feel suffocated. Not having healthy boundaries will have consequences.

Everything about Joe seemed perfect, and Alice was the happiest she'd ever been. Then one day Joe saw a message on her phone and discovered something that changed everything. Although it was from an old love, he ignored Alice's explanations and desperate pleas. And soon the violence and abuse began. As she attempted to prove to Joe that he really was her world, Alice gave up everything that mattered to her, including her family, her friends and her job. But still it wasn't enough.

Co-parenting occurs after a divorce when both parents continue to jointly participate in their children’s upbringing. Co-parenting will require a great amount of interaction between both parents. You must be fully committed to maintaining civility and setting aside your differences with your co-parent for the greater good of your children in order to have a healthy co-parenting relationship.