you do not need a diagnosis to recognize when someone displays narcissistic tendencies, especially when those tendencies are causing you harm.

The defining factor that separates narcissistic behavior from ordinary human flaws is empathy. And we are talking about real, genuine, emotionally felt empathy, not learned, performed, or mimicked.

Many narcissists are highly skilled at intellectual empathy. There goes a term you probably never heard of before. Some individuals can study emotions, mirror reactions, and perform compassion convincingly. This is where people can get fooled. The presence of …

The truth is this: unrealistic expectations are the silent killers of genuine connection. The expectation that LOVE, should always feel like a fairy-tale, that your partner should complete you, that marriage equals eternal happiness. These beliefs are dangerous. They leave no room for imperfection, growth, individuality, or emotional reality. They turn partnerships into …

All it took was a moment. A moment when I was honest with myself. A moment where time stood still and it was me myself and I. There is only truth. No influences. No distractions. No doubts. It was a moment of strength and resilience. A moment of …

Get ready for a thought-provoking read. Have a seat and focus all your attention on what you are about to learn. A life lesson you may never forget.

Starting by describing a scene observed from a real event …

These individuals, often deeply wounded themselves, rarely seek help for their inner pain. Instead, they manipulate and control, extracting the energy, confidence, and joy from others, using them as a substitute for ..

I feel called to discuss this considering I have been on a healing journey and wish to share my findings. Maybe you are feeling the same! There’s a part of the healing journey no one really talks about … ‘the loneliness.’ Even when you’re …

Jealousy, insecurity, and judgment often go hand-in-hand. But with awareness and practice, you can release all three. You deserve love, peace, and freedom from toxic patterns.

… imagine you thought you knew someone for the longest time. You interacted on a close level. You lived through good days and bad days. You thought you had each other’s backs. For the longest time, you were under the impression, the feelings were mutual. Well, you didn’t think it on your own. It was expressed and shown in different ways. Only to get the shock of your life one day, when …

So why do we hold ourselves to such impossibly high standards? How could we have known better if we never tried? How could we understand what works without making mistakes?

What do you want your face to show when you’re old and gray. How do you want your old-age years to look like? You are creating it right now.

It may not be easy though, because you may have to make some changes that you didn’t anticipate. It may cause you some temporary pain. But it’s the kind of pain that you can control. It’s the kind that you can endure and not fall apart. You know this by now because you have been there, and done that.

How does one process the ending of something that had just begun. How does one accept the lesson that needed to be learned when the reason is not even clear…

It is my duty to educate and raise awareness. I will not allow what happened to me to be in vain. There was a reason why I suffered. There was a reason why I lived this pain. And there is a reason why you are here reading this article. There is a reason for me writing it.

Allow me to share what a typical Narcissistic Relationship looks like from beginning to end. From falling into the trap to healing deep wounds.

How often have you found yourself in situations where speaking your truth feels like a no-win situation—damned if you do, damned if you don’t? Someone will inevitably be upset. Someone might walk away from your life. You might lose people along the way as you stand firm in your beliefs. The harsh truth is ..

We all have an inherent desire to control our circumstances, and sometimes that need spirals into attempts to control the people around us, or so we think…

Meanwhile, we go about our lives creating new stories and new mind-marks. Some we never forget. They seem to hold the key to our hearts, the key to our happiness, the key to our peace. Do you have one specific story that holds that much power in your life? Or do you have a few of them?

I can boldly say narcissists in general create their own misery. They do this in various ways. They are actually very creative when it comes to creating chaos in their lives and the lives of those around them.

We choose to be single sometimes from an early age. Other times, after we have experienced being in several relationships, including marriage(s). Perhaps, we are turned off. Perhaps, we lost trust. Perhaps, we have been hurt so badly, that we vow to never allow another person to have this power over us to the point of being broken and shattered. Perhaps, we realized, we are …

There is a reason why you hear people advising you not to waste your energy trying to find answers about what that sick person did to you.

It is not a matter of ‘If’ you ever asked it, it is a matter of when and how often you ask it. Reason being, it is human nature to want to feel important. You want to feel wanted and needed. You want to feel that your existence matters to those around you. In severe cases, you want to feel ..