Tag: #healing
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The Thinning Veil: Remembering the Dead
By Rachel Puryear The month of October, and Halloween season, always brings a certain electricity to the air. Along with the crisp breeze, the ghostly decorations, the pumpkin treats, and the colorfully changing leaves; comes that familiar, recurring whisper: the veil is thinning. According to Irish and Scottish folklore (and likely others had similar beliefs,…
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Quiet Coercion: How to Spot and Stop Emotional Blackmail
By Rachel Puryear Emotional blackmail is a quiet, often-subtle, and damaging form of control that can easily look like love, concern, or reason. However, it’s actually a tactic to get you to comply with the emotional blackmailer’s wishes. It’s insidious, but can cut pretty deep. It’s a sneaky form of emotional abuse and manipulation. Emotional…
