Jenny
Navigating a Healthy Relationship in Toxic World
Is it possible to distinguish a potential healthy relationship from an abusive one? I share my journey to answer that question
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Jenny
- Aug 24, 2021
- 4 min
The Bachelorette Needs a Dictionary to Understand Gaslighting
The Bachelorette and Gaslighting: not every bad conversation is emotional abuse.
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Jenny
- Aug 17, 2021
- 5 min
Beat Me With Your Words: A Note from the Author
A raw, emotional, in depth look into my newest book release, Beat Me With Your Words, a novel about emotional abuse and breaking free.
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*Chloe*
- Jul 9, 2021
- 4 min
My Mama was a Prize-Winning Narc
*Chloe* bears her soul about having a mom with unrealistic expectations that tore away at her inner confidence and power.
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Jenny
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Emotional Abuse is Not Just for Romance, Part 1: Parental Narcs
Part 1 of a 7-part series on emotional abuse outside of the romantic relationship. This week, I address parental narcissism.
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Jenny
- Jul 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Deep Truth About Emotional Abuse: Before, During, and After
A reflection on the general pattern and cycle of an emotionally abusive relationship.
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Jenny
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
The Empath and the Narcissist: Star-crossed Lovers?
Are you an empath whose path has crossed with a narcissist? You are not alone—there may be more to the pattern than meets the eye.
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Jenny
- Jun 22, 2021
- 1 min
I'm Not Sorry You're Sorry
An original poem reflecting on the “apologies” of ending abuse.
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Jenny
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
When the Victim Table is Turned on You
How many times have you had enough and spoke out, only for you to be accused of being the abusive one?
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Jenny
- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
“It Ends with Us” Dives Deep to our Wounds and Our Hearts
A fascinating fiction about how an everyday woman can find herself at the mercy of a physical abuser. Powerful and emotional.
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Jenny
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
Abuse Exists in Hidden Forms - Which Have You Experienced?
Abuse goes beyond the generalizations we are familiar with; it can perpetrate deeper into identity, financial, & self-neglect abuse as well.
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*Bethany*
- Jun 8, 2021
- 4 min
My Trip with Financial Abuse: An All-Expense Not Paid Vacation
*Bethany* is back to share how she ended up footing the bill for her own vacation gift…an example of financial abuse she endured.
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Jenny
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
Post-Abuse Must Do: Focus on Self Care
After the trauma of abuse, many don’t realize that one of the most important things they can do for themselves is to focus on self-care.
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Jenny
- Jun 1, 2021
- 4 min
Let’s Talk About Financial Abuse...Did You Know It’s a Thing?
Has financial abuse compounded the already unbearable relationship you were/are in? You are not alone.
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Jenny
- May 30, 2021
- 2 min
Saturn Rain: A Post-Divorce Poem
I wrote this poem 2 years after my divorce, deep within the darkness of healing and re-emergence.
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*Lucy*
- May 25, 2021
- 4 min
I Avoided A Narcissist. Two Rounds Were Enough.
Guest blogger *Lucy* shares her triumph in blocking a new #narc from becoming her third.
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Jenny
- May 22, 2021
- 3 min
Has Isolation Made Abuse Worse?
Isolation may have made abuse more of a nightmare—but is abuse awareness catching on & turning the tides? Let the abused be isolated no more
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Jenny
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
No Contact: A Blank Screen is The Best Screen When Abuse is Shut Down
No contact is about the hardest thing to do when leaving an abusive relationship. But no matter what, there’s a solution to break free.
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Jenny
- May 18, 2021
- 3 min
Starting Us Young – Looking for Love and Groomed for Abuse
In reflecting on the growing number of educator abuse stories, I share my insights on My Dark Vanessa, a novel about teenage sexual assault.
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Jenny
- May 16, 2021
- 3 min
The Wolf Who Doesn’t Always Cry: I Will Not Apologize for Overusing ‘Abuse’
I comment on an article “Abusing ‘Abuse’.” Is claiming #abuse really like the boy who cried wolf? Maybe there are just too many damn wolves.
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