by Sandra Lee Dennis | Sep 23, 2016 | Betrayal, Emotional abuse, Forgiveness, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Narcissism, Relationships, Trauma, Trust
In recovering from abandonment or betrayal, learning about destructive narcissism can help you heal. Naming this brand of emotional abuse opens the door out of denial into the facts of what has happened. What a relief to realize you are not losing your mind. Nor are...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Mar 13, 2016 | Awareness, Love, Prayer, Psychological healing, Relationships, Spirituality, Surrender
“We are put on this earth a little space, to learn to bear the beams of love.” — Wm Blake A while back, I had occasion for a great welling of joy within a relationship. For a couple of weeks, I lived within a magical circle of mutual sweetness, loving and...
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 | Oct 13, 2015 | Betrayal, Deception, Divorce, Emotional Crisis, Emotional Pain, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Post-traumatic stress, Rejection, Relationships, Shock, Trauma, Trust
“When it comes to abrupt endings related to love, the experience is very similar to being the victim of a blunt force trauma. The symptoms are the same, and your functioning drops to the level of someone who needs to be hospitalized and treated for...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | May 13, 2015 | Awareness, broken heart, Creativity, Emotional Crisis, Existential despair, Grace, Grief, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Psychological healing, Relationships, Spirituality, Trauma
“If you don’t transform your suffering, you will surely transmit it.” —Richard Rohr Although I have written and published two books during the past fifteen years, I have never considered myself a writer. Ernest Hemingway said, “There is...
