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When Someone You Love Is Toxic: 8 Steps To Moving On
Embed from Getty ImagesBy Terry GaspardDo your romantic relationships bring out your insecurities and cause you to mistrust your own judgment? Many people become involved or even obsessed with the...
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Think You’re in a Relationship with a Narcissist?
Embed from Getty ImagesHere is why you need to shut it down!—My client Tom had a sad story to tell me when we first met. He had been in a relationship with—he was firm on this point—the love of his...
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Five Lies Toxic People Will Tell You
Embed from Getty Images—Some days they offer good advice and others are overly critical. You can’t pinpoint it but have an inkling the relationship is going south and would be better if you went...
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HELP! I’m Stuck in a Toxic Head Space
Embed from Getty ImagesIt’s too easy to get bogged down in the muck of a toxic head space. Something goes awry and suddenly you’re trapped in your own self-loathing.How do you break free of the toxic...
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You Can’t Fix a Toxic Relationship
Embed from Getty Images—When women and men are in toxic relationships, they usually behave very differently. Women tend to vent more to their friends and express themselves more often. Barring abuse...
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PC or Not PC
Gentlemen in TrainingThe Case for Manners for Today’s Young Men – Part 2Though I didn’t know it at the time, my first childhood best friend was also my first bully. We played well together for the...
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The Anxious Lover: Stop Feeling Insecure & Get The Love You Crave
By Kyle BensonWhy do people manipulate others? Is it because they’re an asshole? Is it because they need to feel powerful?I manipulated an ex-girlfriend once. Years ago, when I was in a toxic...
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4 Powerful Exercises That Make a Toxic Relationship Healthy
By Kyle BensonLove is a dance of connection and disconnection. There are times when you feel compelled to be with your lover, and other times when you feel the need for alone time.Some of us need more...
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Some Written Therapy
—I have recently moved on beyond feeling anger and resentment towards those I once loved and allowed into my personal space only to be manipulated, taken advantage of and used and abused...
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Please Read This if You Feel Like a Loser
Embed from Getty Images—When I was 16 I thought I was a loser because all of my friends and peers were preparing their college admission essays and figuring out what college they would be going to,...
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What To Do When You Have A Toxic Family Member
Embed from Getty Images—Disclaimer: This is purely hypothetical. My family is never dysfunctional or irrational or ever unreasonable. And neither is yours. (Insert hard side eye here.)You know you...
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You Are Not Toxic
—I’m not cool at all with the phrase “toxic masculinity.”To be fair, I’m not cool with the phrase “toxic femininity” either. I’ve been holding back on this for a while now. It’s something I’ve talked...
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20 Signs He Is a Toxic And Manipulative Man
—You can find many resources online about toxic and manipulative men. This article is to supplement other research you’ve done and to give you a clear list of signs and red flags you should look for...
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Sports Brain
Being a Winner or a SportsmanMy sons love their bikes and Hot Wheels—anything that moves really. My younger son, in particular, is a car fanatic. The boy can name makes of cars from far away. He...
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‘Who Are You Calling Toxic?’
— I received a question about toxic masculinity from a complete stranger on Facebook Messenger. He seemed to be completely stumped by the concept and, frankly, I don’t blame him. It was a bit of...
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Dear Lover: I Don’t Want Your Loyalty
Dear Lover, I don’t want your loyalty. I don’t want you to diminish the value I have for you to one of obedience or compliance. Please don’t give me that kind of power. I am not here to receive your...
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I Create Toxic Relationships
— There should be such a thing as time-lapse writing. You can’t see it with the naked eye, but as I’m just now coming to the realization that I can be toxic, I keep stopping, thinking, staring at the...
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News Break
The Algorithms Between Us It was the summer of 1998, and I was interning at a radio news bureau in Washington, D.C. The Lewinsky Scandal broke that year, which eventually led to Bill Clinton’s...
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How Toxic Are My Household Cleaners?
— Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that many household cleaners contain toxic ingredients that can pollute my indoor environment. How do I avoid such chemicals and can you suggest any safer alternatives? —...
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Why Synthetic Chemicals Seem More Toxic Than Natural Ones
— By Niranjana Krishnan Many people believe that chemicals, particularly the man-made ones, are highly dangerous. After all, more than 80,000 chemicals have been synthesised for commercial use in the...
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