by Sandra Lee Dennis | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
It is all about me—deal with it! In our culture, narcissism has become endemic. Websites, Facebook groups, videos, blogs, books and articles abound on the subject. Narcissism is the individual and collective diagnosis of our times, one that is becoming...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Dec 5, 2015 | Awareness, Betrayal, Deception, Emotional abuse, Emotional Pain, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Relationships, Trauma, Uncategorized
I frequently mention that our culture does not recognize abandonment and betrayal as traumatic shocks. The shock occurs partly because being deserted or cheated on usually comes as a final blow in a mind-numbing, repetitive cycle of emotional abuse. Elusive abuses of...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Nov 11, 2014 | Betrayal, Deception, Divorce, Emotional Pain, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Psychological healing, Rejection, Trauma, Trust, Uncategorized
Emotional wounds can be even more devastating than obvious blows to the physical body and can have much longer-term effects. These hidden injuries pose a grave threat, not just to our physical, but also to our emotional well-being, and even to our psychological...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Sep 4, 2014 | Betrayal, Deception, Existential despair, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Post-traumatic stress, Psychological healing, Relationships, Trauma, Trust, Uncategorized
Heartbreak has an archetypal core, all heartbroken individuals suffer from the same kind of torture.—Ginette Paris When you learn your supposed loving partner or spouse, to whom you have devoted your life, is not at all loving or devoted to you, it is a shock. For...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jul 12, 2014 | Betrayal, Grace, Healing, Love, Love and Betrayal, Relationships, Sexuality, Spirituality, Uncategorized
“When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.” —Martin Buber Sex is a potent mystery that binds and transforms us in ways we cannot anticipate. Sexual connection plants the seeds of...
