“Covert incest occurs when a child becomes the object of a parent’s affection, love, passion, and preoccupation. … The boundary between caring love and incestuous love is crossed when the relationship with the child exists to meet the needs of the parent rather than those of the child. … The child feels used and trapped; …
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Silently Abused: Understanding Covert Incest
July 11th, 2016 | Posted by in Abuse | Addiction | Family Issues | Parenting | Relationships | Sex Addiction - (Comments Off on Silently Abused: Understanding Covert Incest)His Affair—Your Fault?
February 19th, 2016 | Posted by in Girly Thoughts | Relationships | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on His Affair—Your Fault?)
“She couldn’t satisfy her husband.” —Donald Trump speaking about Hillary Clinton A presidential hopeful challenges his possible rival about her sexual desirability and blames her for her husband’s affairs. Is this message of a woman’s responsibility for something familiar to you? Do you stifle your infuriation because this sounds right? Where’s your outrage? …
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On Valentine’s Day—Why Let Your Man Define You?
February 13th, 2016 | Posted by in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Relationships | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on On Valentine’s Day—Why Let Your Man Define You?) Wanting to be liked is important to all of us, and yes, we’re feeling the pressure on Valentine’s Day. But for you, and for many other women, this desire can move from wanting to be liked to desperately needing to be liked once a man enters the picture. For this, you pay a huge price—you …
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Five Toxic Girly Thoughts Guaranteed to Increase Your Holiday Stress
December 18th, 2015 | Posted by in Body Image | Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Relationships | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Five Toxic Girly Thoughts Guaranteed to Increase Your Holiday Stress)It’s the happy holiday season, and you’re already feeling the pressure. If you’re like most of us, you’re already hearing that inner voice that pushes you to do more, reminding you that it is up to you to make this a holiday season to remember while telling you that no matter what you’re doing, it …
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Say NO to Toxic Girly Thoughts About Your Health—One Conversation at a Time
November 20th, 2015 | Posted by in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Relationships | Sexuality | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Say NO to Toxic Girly Thoughts About Your Health—One Conversation at a Time)The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. —Gloria Steinman Are you aware that most drug studies are conducted on men? This has been true for testing even “routine” medications that are taken by both women and men. The reason always given …
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No Turn-On Here: Toxic Girly Thoughts in the Boudoir
October 23rd, 2015 | Posted by in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Relationships | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on No Turn-On Here: Toxic Girly Thoughts in the Boudoir)Have you ever read anything on Facebook that caused you to tear up? Yesterday I had that experience when reading “Husband’s Heartwarming Response to Retouched Boudoir Photos of His Wife.” In her article, Barbara Diamond perfectly captures how our toxic girly thoughts have us doing to ourselves what society does to us: focusing on …
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When Hip Hop, Misogyny, and Girly Thoughts are “Straight Outta Compton”
August 19th, 2015 | Posted by in Girly Thoughts | Relationships | Sexuality | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on When Hip Hop, Misogyny, and Girly Thoughts are “Straight Outta Compton”)To be a woman who loves hip hop at times is to be in love with your abuser. —Ava DuVernay I’m a woman who loves hip hop. I’m pulled in by the energy, the irreverence of some of the lyrics, the sense of being so alive in its beat. And yet, as a woman, …
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Immaculate Conception, Really?
July 7th, 2015 | Posted by in Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Parenting | Relationships | Sexuality | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Immaculate Conception, Really?)Bristol Palin is in the news again for being pregnant and unmarried. But the real question is: why is this news? Was this an immaculate conception? If not, then we need to ask why this is concerned newsworthy . . . unless there is an underlying bias. Why Isn’t the Father in the News? …
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Have Your Girly Thoughts Caused You to Loose Your Clit?
June 19th, 2015 | Posted by in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Relationships | Sexuality | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Have Your Girly Thoughts Caused You to Loose Your Clit?)Shocking? Yes. Toxic girly thoughts, those societally determined standards of right and wrong for women that have you trying to be the good girl in so many ways—including sexually—have had a powerful effect on you. When you consider this, you know you have been conditioned by the media and the greater society to feel comfortable …
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