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Coping with Toxic Shame

Coping with Toxic Shame

Home Coping with Toxic Shame Coping with Toxic Shame is at the core of recovery from codependency, abandonment issues, and low self-esteem. Toxic shame is a term used to describe an excessive, unhealthy level of shame that causes emotional/interpersonal dysfunction...
How to Create a Close Family

How to Create a Close Family

Home How to Create a Close Family How do you create a close family? To begin with, it is always wise to make sure you are prepared to start a family. Perhaps Stanford University’s 12 Simple Tests for Expectant Parents will help you decide. Here are a few of my...
Thawing Issues that Cause Low Self Esteem

Thawing Issues that Cause Low Self Esteem

Home Thawing Issues that Cause Low Self Esteem Issues that cause low self-esteem frequently arise from unmet childhood dependency needs on people who do not get these needs met. This page is dedicated to covering the impact of unmet childhood dependency needs on...
Addictive Personality, The Iceberg Part Three

Addictive Personality, The Iceberg Part Three

Home Addictive Personality, The Iceberg Part Three The Addictive Personality in itself is a myth – there really is no such thing.However, personality traits that spring from abandonment, shame, and contempt can set a person up for multiple addictions – not...
Coping with Toxic Shame

Overcoming Addiction, The Iceberg Part Four

Home Overcoming Addiction, The Iceberg Part Four Overcoming addiction and codependency is easy “all you have to do is change your whole life…” The transition from the old life to the new is a period of limbo where the past is too painful to return to...