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Your eyes will be opened when you get up close and personal with this vulnerable, female covert narcissist. Intelligent and good-natured men and women alike can be seduced by narcissists, borderlines, histrionics and sociopaths. The results are often tragically similar. This is especially true when codependents mix with cluster B disordered people, as you'll see when you read this astonishing story of Dan and Tina. Covert abuse is psychologically and emotionally destructive, but it's initially hard to see, understand or explain. Unraveling how it works is a revelation that brings a great ...

The Asshole Pandemic: Break Free from Toxic and Abusive Relationships and Find the Love You Deserve Are you tired of jumping from one toxic relationship to another? Do you find yourself drawn to unhealthy patterns and wondering why you keep attracting the wrong people? The Asshole Pandemic is your ultimate guide to recognizing toxic behaviors, breaking free from destructive cycles, and rediscovering your worth. Finding a healthy relationship can feel as elusive as spotting Bigfoot. If you grew up in a toxic household or were never taught what a healthy relationship looks like, it’s no ...

When overwhelmed stay-at-home mom Alexis finds herself at odds with her husband after she’s charged with a DUI, she is given one chance to get her family back: complete AA and admit her faults. The problem is, she’s never had a drinking problem and has no idea what caused the blackout that led to her arrest. Still, she’s committed to working through the program, if that’s what it takes to be reunited with her two young children. But when she connects with a new friend, Farrah, she’s empowered to take a closer look at her husband’s role in her downfall.

Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies - even murder. A shrewd con artist with a genius IQ, Thurston intimidated David with beatings to coerce him into doing his criminal bidding. David's mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn't protect him.

If you're constantly feeling on edge, forever working to appease your spouse to little avail and feel like you're constantly being chipped away at with their abusive behavior, then I can understand how emotionally shattering it feels to live this way. If, in the same breath, it breaks your heart to even consider leaving them because you can't imagine life without them, then I can understand that feeling too - because I was trauma bonded to my abusive ex.

Letting go is not a process that comes naturally to us. In a world that teaches us to cling to what we love at all costs, there is an undeniable art to moving on - and it's one that we are constantly relearning. In this series of honest and poignant essays, Heidi Priebe explores the harsh reality of what it means to let go of the people and situations we love most - often before we are ready to - and how to embrace what comes next.