Partner Development

The cold, isolating feeling of emotional abuse is unlike any other. It's damaging, draining, and downright unfair. Being afraid and living in a constant state of fear becomes a way of life when you suffer at the hands (or words) of an emotional abuser. Being bullied, verbally abused, berated, and controlled is the norm when you're on the receiving end of emotional abuse.

It’s a known fact that the more we care about a person, the more susceptible we are to feeling intense negative emotions whenever we feel like the relationship is under threat. While all these feelings are valid, managing and expressing them in a respectful, loving way can be a bit of a challenge. When conflicts arise, we are often caught between feeling guilty for being mad at our partner and holding them accountable for their actions.

La Gitanilla trata sobre el amor de una gitana llamada Preciosa y un hombre noble llamdao Juan del Cárcamo, quien para probar su amor por ella se hace gitano. La aventunra de este jóven se complica cuando tras una serie de acontecimientos es acusado de un crimen a causa de una mujer que se enamora de él. Quien le pone una trampa para que no se aleje de ella. Por ser acusado injustamente de ladrón gitano, Juán del Cárcamo es llevado a la cárcel y condenado a muerte.

"Hvorfor går du ikke bare?" er den typiske reaktion, når ofre for psykisk partnervold fortæller, hvad de er udsat for. Trusler, stalking, seksuel og økonomisk vold er hverdag for disse mennesker, som langsomt får nedbrudt deres selvværd og selvtillid. Psykoterapeut Christina Copty beskriver her, hvad psykisk partnervold er, og hvad den gør ved offeret. Hun giver et indblik i, hvordan en krænker tænker, føler og agerer, og hun guider læseren igennem den labyrint af kontrollerende og manipulerende voldsmetoder, som krænkeren benytter sig af.

I know that you’re the kind of woman who wants to be able to live life on your own terms, but in order to do that, you need to know how to keep yourself and your space safe. The problem is that right now, your safety depends on what the guys around you want, not what you want. It makes you feel vulnerable, sometimes even scared.

Narcissists are seemingly irresistibly charming people. They fill you with love and attention until you fall in love, and then they trap you in their darkness. Behind this fascinating façade, there is, unfortunately, almost always a ruthless manipulator who punishes you by taking away your affection and attention every time you disobey. This book warns against narcissists by teaching you to recognize them, recognize their subtle tricks, and showing you how to break this vicious circle. Your boundaries are not negotiable. This is the right book that can help you take back your life.

Many people have OCPD partners, parents, friends, bosses, or other loved ones in their lives. They struggle with the OCPD people's rigidity, negativism, and critical nature. The OCPD people struggle to meet the expectations of others, shackled by their own perfectionism. The OCPD person is a slave to the little voice inside his or her head that was intended to guide positive behaviors long ago. This little voice is now stopping the OCPD person from realizing any type of freedom or joy in life.

When someone leaves an abusive marriage, life isn't instantly fixed. Women who have experienced domestic violence feel shattered. Because of the trauma they've been through, a bond with their abuser has formed that keeps them tied together long after they've physically left. Karen DeArmond Gardner understands these difficulties all too well. And she intimately knows what women in this situation need in order to gain freedom from the lies of abuse - to be reborn as the people God longs for them to be.

Being Together: Practical Wisdom for Loving Yourself and Your Partner is a self-help audiobook that presents lessons and stories from those who have experienced the ups and downs of relationships, insights from expert psychologists, and personal accounts of author, Padma Gordon. It introduces you to some of the essential principles and simple tools needed to have a thriving long-term relationship, giving you a road map to happiness and opening doors that will allow you to experience freedom in true and lasting love.

Does your relationship drain you more than it makes you feel happy? Have you ever wondered why the people who seem to need you the most are also the ones that hurt and abuse you? If so, then this audiobook is for you! You've found the guide to support anyone who has been involved with a narcissist or abusive partner. Inside of this audiobook, explore what codependency is as well as a narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Discover how these disorders affect relationships on both sides of the spectrum—those being abused by a narcissist as well as those abusing their partners.

When they first meet, John, a dashing European, a Latvian refugee, a physics PhD, is hoping to settle down. Michaele, a fast-talking American college student, is hungry for an independent life as a writer and historian. When they meet again some years later, Michaele is ready. Or so she thinks. And opposites attract, right?

This isn't your typical pregnancy guide for the ladies. No fluff or nitty-gritty details that you can't use. It's the super practical guide for dads-to-be, created with you in mind. Ready to be the ultimate supportive partner and master this journey?

Have you ever thought why some couples are successful and stay happily married for 30 years. It’s not happenstance and not random. The planets aligned for them, and they didn’t even know it. But there is a method to the madness. This book will shed light upon the nuances and help you understand the dynamics of not only picking the right person but being able to sustain a long-term, healthy, and happy relationship.

Everyone struggles with jealousy, but not everyone understands the risks. Left unchecked, jealousy leads to unnecessary drama, stress, and abuse. For some people it can even end an otherwise promising relationship. Even for people who understand these facts, dealing with these emotions is difficult, so jealously ends up controlling their relationship and ultimately their lives.

I do not know how many people plan to divorce after getting married. Well, I didn't. That's why the reality of an impending divorce and a feeling of failing had me in its grip for years during a physically and emotionally abusive marriage. Even more, it was a foreign concept to me to seek a way out of it, because as a Christian, divorce did not seem to be a right alternative or choice. In this audiobook, I invite you to explore with me my struggles, mental health, confusion, and ultimately my journey into clarity and freedom, choice, and mental well-being.

Lara Ferreiro, la psicóloga del amor referente en España, ha diseñado el método de los cinco anillos para trabajar profundamente tu autoestima, encontrar al hombre adecuado y ¡dejar ya de sufrir por amor! Guerrera, ¡se acabó!, levanta la cabeza y grita bien alto: «¡Ni un capullo más!». ¡No vas a permitir que nadie te destroce, te vacile y juegue contigo NUNCA MÁS! Con este libro, lograrás poner límites a quien no te respete y tomarás las riendas de tu vida amorosa para quererte de verdad y encontrar tu pareja perfecta.

If you want to effectively support your partner during pregnancy, and strengthen your relationship and mental health, keep reading... If you're going to be a dad, congratulations, that's awesome! That said, if you worry about this life-changing experience negatively affecting your mental health, you'd be right to. Recent statistics show that up to 50% of all new dads experience depression if their partner gets postnatal depression. Are you concerned your little blessing might drive a baby-shaped wedge between you?

This audiobook is a collection of real-life stories from victims of domestic abuse. As a survivor of domestic violence myself, I know that there's some comfort and strength to be gained from hearing about the events and situations that other people have gone through. To know you're not alone in how you're feeling whilst in an abusive relationship can feel like a God-send. This audiobook is for those who are in, or have been in, a physically abusive relationship. The stories in this short audiobook may sound familiar as you can likely see similarities to your own situation.

This two-book collection offers both books in the Domestic Violence Survivor series in one place. As a survivor of domestic violence myself, I know that there's some comfort and strength to be gained from hearing about the events and situations that other people have gone through. To know you're not alone in how you're feeling whilst in an abusive relationship can feel like a God-send.

What is the line between emotional abuse and normal human behavior? And who gets the right to draw that line? Are you feeling depressed and anxious because your mental health simply isn't doing well right now? Or is it a direct response to the emotional trauma that is being caused by an unhealthy relationship? These are all difficult questions to answer, and I understand how hard it can be to diagnose emotional abuse from the inside of a relationship.