Live Brighter With Tara

Have you ever been told not to feel a certain way or that you're too sensitive? Emotions don't just go away and rejecting or suppressing them can have consequences–both physically and mentally. It's important to feel and process our emotions or they do some serious damage. In today's podcast, we will be diving into the world of emotions and how we can sort and understand them better.     For more...

Do you wish you weren't so influenced by what other people thought and felt about you? Well you certainly can because in this week's podcast, we'll be talking about how we can get our needs and validations from an internal scorecard rather than from an external scorecard.   For more information: https://www.livebrighter.info/ For free affirmations: https://forms.wix.com/92afa3c4-cdce-4001-8b89-7d6...

As a Kind Girl, it's easy to miss that you're in an emotionally or religiously abusive relationship. It's easy for us not to validate what we're feeling because we focus on others more than ourselves. In this week's podcast, we'll be talking about how we can heal after abuse by focusing on three healing areas.   For more information: https://www.livebrighter.info/ For free affirmations : https://f...

Some Domestic abuse situations are challenging especially if it's not physical since we don't have the science to show or or prove whether it's emotional or psychological–which therefore, makes it harder to recognize and see. In this week's podcast, we have a special guest–Michael Schaan–wherein he shares his story and what he learned from his destructive marriage.    For more information: https:/...

Have you ever felt like thinking and loving yourself is selfish? Growing up in a christian background, I've always regarded others more important than myself–which led me to a destructive relationship for 22 years. In today's episode, we'll be talking about the common misinterpretation people have about loving ourselves and with what the bible really says about the order of love.   For more inform...

Have you ever said or thought to yourself that you're not enough or you're unlovable? It might be your identity, and your identity is not stuck. Join me in today's episode as we talk about our identity and how we can better understand it/how to figure it all out. For more information: https://www.livebrighter.info/ For free affirmations: https://forms.wix.com/92afa3c4-cdce-4001-8b89-7d69785eeab9:0...

Do you find yourself constantly in fear in your relationship? I was, and it was my normal for 22 years. I was used to it and didn't even question it. I also didn't have the words to describe what I was going through, which made it even harder for me to understand the situation I was in. Join me in today's episode as I talk about my "normal" and how I learned to handle it. For more information, vis...

Are you the type to suppress and ignore your emotions? It's important for us to understand that emotions don't just go away . They must be verbalized and let out safely or they do some damage. Today's episode discusses how we can get in touch with ourselves and find physical and emotional well being.   For More information:   https://www.livebrighter.info/   For free affirmations, fill up this for...

Do you use distractions to avoid dealing with hard situations and challenges? Or do you have a hard time processing or dealing with your emotions? In today's episode, We will talk about why people "buffer" and how we can reflect and change.   For More information: https://www.livebrighter.info/   For free affirmations, fill up this form: https://forms.wix.com/92afa3c4-cdce-4001-8b89-7d69785eeab9:0...

Many of us have a picture in mind when we consider the word abuse, but abuse can take many different forms and it's so easy to miss. Join me in unraveling the different forms of abuse and how we can heal and avoid these situations.   For More information: https://www.livebrighter.info/ For free affirmations, fill up this form: https://forms.wix.com/92afa3c4-cdce-4001-8b89-7d69785eeab9:0b817886-a60...

In this episode, we will dive into the addictive side of abuse and talk about steps on how we can rewire our brains and improve our thoughts about self.   For More information: https://www.livebrighter.info/ For free affirmations, fill up this form: https://forms.wix.com/92afa3c4-cdce-4001-8b89-7d69785eeab9:0b817886-a600-4dee-9177-f0847ad749cc   Unravel Journal: https://www.livebrighter.info/unrav...

I've been told for so many years that I was the problem and I wasn't enough. And I've also been told by the medical community that I was bipolar. Being told these words over and over again affects your brain and can cause trauma. In today's episode, we'll be diving on how little traumas and abuse can cause brain damage and health problems, as well as how it affected me more than I expected them to...

Do you see your kindness as a strength and also as a weakness? Do you find yourself regularly serving others and feeling a little bit of resentment? In today's episode, let's dive in on how kindness became a bullseye on my forehead and became one of the reasons why I missed the abuse that was happening in my life.   PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:   00:50   Kindness: my greatest strength and weakness 01:57  ...

How can you miss that you're in an abusive relationship? Well, here are 8 reasons why you could have missed that you might be in an abusive relationship.   PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS   01:00 Brain damage and Brainwashing: thinking that I was at fault 02:42 Lack of connection with my body: suppressing emotions causes body weakness 03:28 Different forms of abuse 04:45 My Normal and comparing my situation wi...

Was your childhood a setup, a setback, and how do we step up? Are the things you've been taught that aren't working for you in your adult life? Let's talk more about it in today's new episode wherein I'll dive deeper on how my family background became one of the reasons why I missed that I was in an abusive relationship.     PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:    01:18  The blueprint: ages 1-7 - how we catch info...

A 30 year story of dealing with a covert narcissist as a high functioning codependent. My name is Tara and join me as we talk about living brighter.     PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS   01:12 Love bombing: a complete switch from dating to marriage 02:15  Narcissism and codependency in a relationship 03:10 Defining Gaslighting and its examples  03:58 The Perfect storm: postpartum, 8 years of misdiagnosis, a ho...