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Nature, Nurture, and Choice: Understanding Your Attraction to Narcissists

August 3, 2024 alana barlia

This blog post dives into nature, nurture, and empowering choices that can help you understand and break free from narcissistic relationships.

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Tags narcissistic abuse, narcissistic supply, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic relationships, boundaries with a narcissist, codependent, codependent relationships, healing codependency

People-Pleasing: The Legacy of Emotionally Unavailable Parents

February 28, 2024 alana barlia

This blog post dives into the impact of emotionally unavailable parenting on people-pleasing behavior in adulthood. Read on to learn more!

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Tags parenting, attachment theory, early attachment, inner child wound, people pleasing, highly sensitive people, emotional regulation, codependent relationships, codependency

What Are Early Signs of a Toxic Relationship? And How to Spot Them

January 5, 2024 alana barlia

This blog post dives in to early warning signs of Toxic Relationships. Spotting the signs early and creating the necessary boundaries in your relationships can support your mental-wellbeing and save you from long term mental anguish.

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Tags red flags, toxic relationships, early warning signs, unhealthy relationships, manipulation and control, codependent relationships

The Unraveling of a Narcissist: What Happens When the Narcissistic Supply is Lost

January 5, 2024 alana barlia

This blog post will dive into the term Narcissistic Supply to give you a better sense of what that is, and what happens to a narcissist when they no longer have their supply.

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Tags narcissistic abuse, narcissistic supply, what is narcissistic supply, narcissistic relationships, codependent relationships

Navigating the Narcissistic Storm: The Grey Rock Method

December 23, 2023 alana barlia

In the complex web of human relationships, encountering difficult personalities is inevitable. One challenging personality type that many people find themselves dealing with is the narcissist. The Grey Rock method is a strategy designed to minimize the emotional response and engagement with a narcissistic individual. Read more on this method here.

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Tags narcissistic abuse, narcissistic parenting, narcissistic partner, narcissistic personality disorder, boundaries with a narcissist, boundaries, grey rock method, grey rock, extinction behavior, autonomic nervous system, codependent relationships, codependency, starve a narcissist

Exploring Love Addiction in Toxic Relationships

November 26, 2023 alana barlia
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Your brain is in an addictive cycle of reward & punishment that is so difficult to release. And that is because of something called Intermitten Reinforcement. Read on to learn more about how our brain chemistry plays a role in our crucial relationship choices.

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Tags narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, codependent relationships, codependency, mental health, healing relationships, toxic relationships, dopamine, serotonin, couples therapy, therapist, new york therapu

Unraveling the Science Behind Our Attraction to Toxic Relationships

November 26, 2023 alana barlia
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Human relationships are complex webs of emotions, chemistry, and psychology. This blog post speaks to you if you find yourself drawn to toxic relationships - a cycle that is very hard to break.

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Tags toxic relationships, abusive relationships, science of relationships, relationships, codependent relationships, codependency, narcissistic abuse, couples therapy, therapy, new york therapist, new york therapy

Reclaiming Your Truth: A Journey to Self-Validation After Gaslighting

November 20, 2023 alana barlia
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Reclaiming your truth and validating yourself after being gaslit in your relationships is difficult. Read here to learn more about how to reclaim yourself through the healing journey.

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Tags gaslighting, gaslit, narcissistic abuse, recovery, recovering, healing codependency, mental health, codependent relationships, codependency, people pleasing, perfectionism, adult child of alcoholic, acoas, boundaries

5 Ways to Start Healing Your Codependency

October 15, 2023 alana barlia
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Healing your codependency doesn’t have to be scary, and you don’t have to do it alone. Read on to learn 5 steps to begin healing your codependency today.

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Tags codependent relationships, codependent, healing codependency, codependency, tips for codependency, emotional trauma, body trauma, familial trauma, narcissistic partner

What Is Codependency? And What Does This Buzzword Really Mean?

October 15, 2023 alana barlia
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Ever wonder what the deal is with this buzzword Codependency? Read here to dive into the foundations of what Codependency is & why it develops.

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Tags codependent relationships, codependent, codependency, healing codependency, tips for codependency, alanon, adult child of alcoholic, therapy, couples therapy, couples counseling

Like Parent Like Partner: Do We Really Seek Partners Who Remind us of Our Parents?

September 5, 2023 alana barlia
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Do we REALLY seek relationships with partners who remind us of our parents? The short answer is - YES. Read more on why.

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Tags attachment, early attachment, parental attachment, attachment theory, narcissistic parenting, narcissistic partner, narcissistic relationships, codependency, codependent relationships

How to Spot a Narcissist - 5 Signs to Look For

September 5, 2023 alana barlia
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Ever wonder if somebody in your life has narcissistic personality traits? Here are 5 signs to help you spot a narcissist in your life.

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Tags narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic parenting, narcissistic relationships, narcissism, narcissistic partner, codependent relationships, codependent, codependency, people pleasing, perfectionism, alanon

How Do I Manage Other's Expectations Of Me? And Is That My Responsibility?

April 4, 2022 alana barlia
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Expectations are essential to relationships. They act as safeguards, and protect our boundaries from being crossed. But what happens when expectations in a relationship are misaligned? Who’s responsibility is this, and what can we do to manage this?

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Tags expectations, relationships, narcissistic relationships, people pleasing, perfectionism, codependency, codependent, codependent relationships, couples therapy, couples counseling, conflict resolution
 

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