Abuse/Recovery Book Recommendations: When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life by Victoria Secunda ...
What would Jesus do? Codependency and Self-Care by Don Smith I have a dear friend who has been quite helpful to me in my recovery journey. Every time I go off...
Codependency: When You Give Until It Hurts Frederick A. Levy LCSW Do You: Feel responsible for others? Never have time for you? Feel that life never lets up? ...
The Jesus Who Didn't Please Others The Jesus Who Didn't Please Others by PETER ROBBINS AND KEVIN DOWNING Jesus Christ was a tremendous disappointment to almost...
Dealing With Manipulative People An Excerpt from the book: In Sheep's Clothing By George K. Simon Two Basic Types of Aggression There are two basic types of...
When Misery is Company: Ending Self-Sabotage and Misery Addiction by Anne Katherine http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592850847/templeofwisdo-20 ...
Just Exactly What is Codependence? by Dr. Irene Matiatos Some of the nicest people I know are codependent. They always smile, never refuse to do a favor. They...
In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want by Iyanla Vanzant http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684848066/templeofwisdo-20 Synopsis:...
The Twelve Steps TO Codependency We admitted we were powerless over nothing—that we could manage our lives perfectly and those of anyone else who would allow...
Codependency and Christian Living Codependency is one of the most underestimated issues within the church today. It affects everyone. Let me repeat, it...
"Why Does He Do That? Inside The Minds Of Angry And Controlling Men" Lundy Bancroft breaks the cycle of abuse and blows the cover off abusive men, revealing...
Happy Holidays, Sad Holidays Robert Burney M.A. Holidays, Anniversaries, and Birthdays - set up by emotional expectations... The holidays were always a very...
Abusive Relationships and Toxic Guilt by Patty E. Fleener M.S.W I believe that most of us, especially those of us who have mental health disorders, feel guilt...
Healing Toxic Shame By: J. Bailey Molineux Oct 31, 2002, 16:15 Whatever you call it - low self-esteem, a poor self-concept or toxic shame - if you don't...
In a war soldiers have to deny what it feels like to see friends killed and maimed; what it feels like to kill other human beings and have them attempting to...
"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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Family of Origin Roles: Who Are You? The troubled or "dysfunctional" family does not always include obvious afflictions such as alcohol or drug addiction,...
The Language of Letting Go (Hazelden Meditation Series) by Melody Beattie http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0894866370/templeofwisdo-20 The Language of...
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...
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...
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...