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Being Passive and a Pleaser Can Make You a Sitting Duck for Unavailable Relationships

Being Passive and a Pleaser Can Make You a Sitting Duck for Unavailable Relationships

by NATALIE | Self

Sound familiar? You’re agreeable and try not to be or do anything that would give your date an opinion on you. Unsure of who you are and what you want, you rely on others to direct you. You’re also afraid of who you truly are being wrong. As a result, you...
You can change your version of normal at any time

You can change your version of normal at any time

by NATALIE | Healing the Past

When you’ve witnessed or been through a lot of stuff as a child, a chunk of adulthood is spent trying to work out what’s normal because it quickly becomes apparent that what was ‘normal’ to you isn’t how things are in general or what you...
What We Deserve Isn’t The Same As What Somebody Will Do

What We Deserve Isn’t The Same As What Somebody Will Do

by NATALIE | Relationships

“I didn’t deserve to be treated this way”, Rita explained when I asked what it was that kept her hung up on her ex. I met Rita at an event and her friend, a BR reader, urged her to tell me her story of a five-year back and forth with a Mr...

Loneliness happens when we stop expressing how we feel and lose emotional connections (The importance of self-care and safe people)

by NATALIE | Self

When we stop expressing how we feel, we lose, not only that all vital connection to ourselves, but we also end up feeling lonely due to a lack of emotional connection with people who are theoretically in our Circle of Trust. We fear that if we’re honest, that...
Our imaginations can do a very good job of scaring us and creating Dynasty levels of drama in our heads

Our imaginations can do a very good job of scaring us and creating Dynasty levels of drama in our heads

by NATALIE | Self

A few days ago, I got a mini telling off from my mother over something I hadn’t done. I instinctively felt defensive when she raised the subject because I momentarily switched to being teenage Nat that felt as if her mother was riding her arse like Zorro with...
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