Pay attention to the habits and defenses you use to manage anxiety. Ask yourself, “What am I afraid of?” Remember that although you may feel like a child with your parents, you aren’t one. You’re now a powerful adult. You can leave unlike when you were a child. Where active ...
Arguing or reasoning with a toxic parent is often a dead end. Toxic parents are set in their ways, and no matter how good your arguments are, it’s tough to change their minds. Most of the time, you feel worse – not just because you didn’t win the argument but also because it t...
However, it is always better to plan for the future. If your parents don’t have a life insurance plan, talk to them directly. Remember, it’s never too late to have a policy. Burial insurance can be a savior by covering the funeral costs. Burial life insurance is nothing but a perma...
I believe the best way to deal with toxic people is to not deal with them at all; to avoid them. In some cases it may not be an option, but more often than not, it is. This is why I encourage you to really think about the options you truly have with every toxic person in your...
Toxic Sexuality: How Disgust at the Thought of Gay Male Sexuality Threatens the Parental Rights of Gay Male ParentsLeinauer, MarkArizona State Law Journal
When children are raised on a diet of criticism, judgement, abuse and loathing, it’s only a matter of time before they take over from those parents, delivering with full force to themselves the toxic lashings that have been delivered to them. Toxic parents come in many shapes. Some are...
Why are toxic people so hard to leave? If you try to leave a toxic person, things might get worse before they get better – but they will always get better. Always. Few things will ramp up feelings of insecurity or a need for control more than when someone questions familiar, old behav...
Freedom Shouldn't Have to Be a Fight If you have overprotective parents, then you're familiar with the fight that comes with wanting to leave the house or hang out with friends without supervision. Depending on how overprotective they are (there are definitely different levels), you may or ...
When I recently chose to divorce this man who had played “grandpa” to my children’s children, old wounds surfaced. Had I known that to leave him meant I would lose my only local family, I probably would have stayed for the sake of the grandchildren. It’s that old programming baby...
complexities multiply. AtDearDivorceCoach.com, we understand the myriad of challenges parents face when navigating co-parenting, and we focus how to coparent. We are also very aware of those situations in which coparenting can get extremely difficult when an ex spouse is disrespectful and ...