Domestic Abuse Recovery Journal

Dealing with anxiety, a mean negative inner voice, and overcoming attacking ourselves. How to look at mental health symptoms in a new way without feeling less than or labeled. Leaving unhealthy coping behind.

Depression, chronic stress, and feelings of worthlessness are discussed. Ways to develop body positivity and combat identifying with being “the fixer” within a dysfunctional relationship.

This episode covers Learning to love spending time with yourself again after trauma bonding, control, and brain washing. Gaining trust in yourself back after feeling like you can’t ever do anything right. Learning how much environmental factors and life style contribute to recovery and a happy life.

This episode covers the value in the ability to identify feelings of emotional safety versus feeling unsafe in a relationship, using the rational mind and the emotional mind together, and developing personal boundaries.

This episode covers red flags of abusive partners, how the cycle of abuse works, how to stay out of it. Special guest Steve McCrea, MS who is an author and domestic violence educator shares helpful tactics for staying away from abusers and how they develop an emotional hold in the first place.

Feelings of wanting to kill the part of ourselves that still loves them so we don’t re-engage in the relationship. Goals for finding inner peace instead, ending self shame, and starting to let love in again.

Special guest speaker on her personal survival journey with a New York fire fighter, her abusive partner of 16 years, and her recovery advice. Gas lighting and dual nature are discussed.

The uncomfortable feelings during growth and healing. Why it’s worth it to be uncomfortable for a while and not go back! This episode is dedicated to my beautiful God Mom, Natalie.