Over time, the line between your emotional world and somebody else’s can become increasingly blurred. This is where emotional boundaries matter.

You set a boundary. You know what you need. You may even feel completely clear about your decision. And then comes the anger. Or the guilt. Or the shame.

You know the boundary you want to set. You may even know, intellectually, that you have every right to set it. So why can actually saying no feel so incredibly difficult?

What do you want? It sounds like such a simple question. But for many women healing from narcissistic abuse, I’ve learned that this can be surprisingly difficult to answer.

If you’re a mother healing from trauma or narcissistic abuse, there can be an enormous pressure to keep everything going… and to hold up a positive front every day.

If you’ve experienced narcissistic abuse, healing can feel overwhelming. You might still find yourself questioning what happened, replaying conversations or wondering what you could have done differently.

Every business begins with a story, and mine is deeply personal. Before I ever trained as a psychotherapist, before the degrees and professional experience, I had already lived the realities of emotional abuse. I grew up in it, I married it, and for years I didn’t know how to break free from it. When I […]

Living in Sydney can amplify the effects of narcissistic abuse. Learn why
city life can make emotional trauma harder to spot—and how to find the right therapist for healing.

It takes a long time to build up to admitting there’s a problem – let alone taking it into a room with someone you’ve never met

Gaslighting is one of the most insidious forms of emotional abuse because it makes you doubt your own mind. It’s subtle at first, then before you know it, you’re questioning everything—even your own memories.