Freedom Begins Where Approval Ends: How to Rediscover Your Authentic Self
The version of you you've been searching for isn't someone you have to become. It's who you were before you learned that acceptance had to be earned.

The version of you you've been searching for isn't someone you have to become. It's who you were before you learned that acceptance had to be earned.

Discover how real freedom from toxic and abusive relationships starts with choice, not leaving; and how that choice comes from a place of self-trust.

In this final blog for June, which is Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Month, Dana details all the reasons anyone remains in an unfulfilling relationship or marriage, while answering the all-too-often asked question of why women stay in abusive ones.

Childhood trauma creates beliefs about ourselves as we relate to those around one. These subconscious beliefs also include biases and stereotypes. So, when children grow up in environments where men can't be trusted, that belief shapes perceptions.

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