Sheryle C

Why Leaving (or Saying “No”) Often Makes us the Villains.

A Wall or a Door: Understanding how we Experience our Lives & Relationships.

How to spot a Narcissistic Frenemy: Identifying & Recovering from Toxic Relation…

Yes, We can take Action: The Power of our Responses to Abuse.

3 Ways Others feel Threatened by our Healing—& How to Respond.

You’re as Sick as your Secrets: the Antidote to Releasing Shame that doesn̵…

The Discard Response: How we React to the Trauma of Abandonment.

Dear Abuse Survivors: We don’t Need Fixing.

The Unhealthy Dynamics of Obligation (& How to Break Free).

Intermittent Abuse: The Undiscussed Behaviors we need to Address in our Relationships…

The Grunt Work of Self-Care: We have to be Active Participants in our Healing.

How & Why we’re Mentally Manipulated by Abusers.

Why Listening to our Conscience helps us Make Better Decisions.

Bugged? I’m taking this Hypervigilance lesson from my Cat.

Craving Connection: How to Show up for Someone in their Grief.

From an Abuse Survivor: We absolutely Hate Small Talk.

“It Ain’t About How Hard You Hit”—Reflections on the 4th Anniversary of m…

7 Ways Janis Joplin Embodies the Rebel Misfit in us All.

Idiot Compassion & Codependency: Why we can’t Save those who don’t w…

Beauty cannot be Manufactured, Found in a Bottle, or Bought on Amazon.

Our Shortcomings Devastate & Change us—Why we’re More Than our Sins.

5 Cold, Hard Truths Codependents & People Pleasers need to Finally Accept about …

You just get Stronger.

Fawning: The 4th Trauma Response we Develop as Targets of Abuse & Toxic Behavior…

How Over-Apologizers become Scapegoats for Abusers.

How to tell if a Relationship is Healthy (or if we’re Blinded by Love, Lust �…

Disordered Eating, the Holidays & a Pandemic—a Painful Combo.

The Quote that Silences our Self-Limiting Lies & Fear-Based Mindsets.

The Health Nightmare Before (& After) Christmas.

Shame, Guilt & Childhood Trauma—Why Codependents really feel the Need to ̶…

How a Perfectionist can deal with an Imperfect Life.

3 Questions to Help us Dismantle the Toxic Lies we were fed in Childhood.

How Money Amplifies us—for Better or Worse.

3 Lies we Tell ourselves that make us Feel Unworthy & “In the Way.”

How Narcissists use “Future Faking” to Manipulate You.

The “Why” Behind Narcissistic Behavior.

3 Ways we Self-Sabotage & Ruin our own Damn Day.

Like a Sliver in our Heel: How our Triggers Show Up—Again & Again.

The F-Word that we use to cover up all our Brokenness (& why we need to Stop).

The Common Belief we’re taught as Children that leads to Dysfunctional Adulthoo…

Why we allow Dysfunction to Overstay its Welcome in our Lives.

Baby’s First Gaslighting: when this Manipulative Mind Game is used on us in Chi…

Translating the Subtle Messages a Codependent Person will Hear.

The Gaslighting Technique that Hides in Plain Sight.

“Naturally Twiggy?” Confronting the Toxic nature of Body Shaming.

A Message for anyone in Recovery from Food & Body Image Issues.