Ten differences between being a martyr or a victim? 1. Martyrs are people who recognize they are being taken advantage of and choose to remain in the...
Understanding Codependency 1 Once upon a time, a woman moved to a cave in the mountains to study with a guru. She wanted, she said, to learn everything there...
What does love mean? ......from the mouths of babes "Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way." "When my grandmother got...
PERSONAL BILL OF RIGHTS 1. Life should have choices beyond mere survival. 2. You have a right to say "No" to anything when you feel you are not ready, or it's...
You may instinctually be gentle with others when they are in pain or need comfort. Yet, when it comes to yourself, you may be at a complete loss of how to be...
Dance of the Wounded Souls: Author Website http://www.joy2meu.com/ I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep...
"As long as we believe that we have to have the other in our life to be happy, we are really just an addict trying to protect our supply - using another person...
Awakening With The Enemy by Mark Dillof "Life is a hospital in which all of the patients are continually trying to change beds." -- Baudelaire When we are...
Accepting Personal Responsibility Content: What is accepting personal responsibility? How can failing to accept personal responsibility result in negative ...
Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism by Sandy Hotchkiss http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743214285/templeofwisdo-20 ...
What's Wrong With My Boundaries? by Dr. Irene Boundaries distinguish each individual's "territory," the place where personal responsibility begins and ends....
HOW TO COPE WITH ABUSE By: Sam Vaknin April 29, 2004 Dear Readers, and one more excellent submission from Dr. Sam... Dr. Irene Violence in the family often...
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006091565X/templeofwisdo-20 Book...
Can Abusers Change? Abusive relationships do not change without sustained therapy specifically targeted toward the abusive relationship patterns. It only takes...
Quandary: Who is the Victim, who is the Abuser? by DR Irene ..."I printed out a lot of pages from this site for my husband because he is an abuser. He thought...
Affirmation Cards to encourage self worth by Cheryl Rainfield http://www.cherylrainfield.com/random_card.html I am sure it is a great mistake always to know...
Articles and Tips on Self-Love and Nurturing Your Soul - and How to Transform Self Hate http://www.cherylrainfield.com/articles.html I am sure it is a great...
The Language of Letting Go (Hazelden Meditation Series) by Melody Beattie http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0894866370/templeofwisdo-20 The Language of...
Family of Origin Roles: Who Are You? The troubled or "dysfunctional" family does not always include obvious afflictions such as alcohol or drug addiction,...
A Dance of Suffering, Shame, and Self-abuse by Robert Burney M.A. "The reason that we have not been Loving our neighbor as ourselves is because we have been...
Emotional Incest By Robert Burney M.A. "Consider a scenario where mother is crying in her bedroom and her three year old toddles into the room. To the child it...
Emotions are energy. Actual physical energy that is manifested in our bodies. Emotions are not thoughts - they do not exist in our mind. Our mental ...
Journeys to the Emotional Frontier Within By Robert Burney M.A. "The way to stop reacting out of our inner children is to release the stored emotional energy...
"What we live with we learn, and what we learn we practice, and what we practice, we become.... and what we become has consequences"...... AND almost always, I...