#toxicrelationships

This domestic violence awareness month, we're challenging our beloved state motto, "Montani Semper Liberi," as many mountaineers are not free even in their own home or relationships. For this episode, we're honored to be joined by Joyce Yedlosky, one of two Team Coordinators at the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, to talk about bystander intervention, both what it means and its role in the community's responsibility to end domestic violence. 

In this episode on the Brave Girl podcast, Jade puts on her social worker hat and answers a listener's question about being in an abusive relationship. Jade explores what abuse looks like, why it occurs, and how a victim survivor can receive support and leave her relationship safely. Jade also calls out the ongoing minimisation of violence against women on social media and in news headlines, and what you can do to help someone who might be struggling.

If you or someone you know, needs support in leaving an abusive relationship, please access:
https://askizzy.org.au/ (local services)
1800 RESPECT (737 732) (emotional support)
https://www.1800respect.org.au/daisy (safety planning app)
https://www.safesteps.org.au/ (emergency accommodation, VIC only)

Educational resources:
Healthy Relationships Wheel
Power & Control Wheel
Equality Wheel

References:
https://www.safesteps.org.au/understanding-family-violence/types-of-abuse/
https://safeandequal.org.au/understanding-family-violence/statistics/
https://www.ourwatch.org.au/quick-facts/

Share your brave stories and questions to @jade.chiron on Instagram.

Music by ComaStudio.

Narcissists. Sociopaths. Psychopaths. In this episode, Denise M. Dudley, Ph.D., explains specific personality disorders as they relate to ghosting behavior. Gretta and Denise also touch on other possible reasons why people ghost, and how  personal issues can lead to ghosting. This episode answers the question, "How could someone ghost?"
Aaaand, as a reminder, when you're ghosted, it's not your job to analyze your ghost. It's your job to take care of yourself. Knowledge is power, and this episode can help you identify unhealthy relationship dynamics.

Connect with Denise:

Denise's Website

Facebook

LinkedIn

Connect with Gretta:

Virtual Coping With Ghosting Support Group

Private Coaching with Gretta

Free Guide: What to Say To Your Ghost

Free Coping With Ghosting Guide

Free Facebook Support Group |  Instagram | copingwithghosting.com

Music: "Ghosted" by Gustavo Ramos

Disclaimer:  This information is designed to mentor and guide you to cope with Ghosting by cultivating a positive mindset and implementing self-care practices. It is for educational purposes only; it solely provides self-help tools for your use. Coping With Ghosting is not providing health care or psychological therapy services and is not diagnosing or treating any physical or mental ailment of the mind or body. The content is not a substitute for therapy or any advice given by a licensed psychologist or other licensed or other registered professionals. 

Are you ready to move forward after being ghosted? Are you tired of worrying, stressing, and struggling to find answers? If you want to regain control of your thoughts and feel more at peace, there’s a solution for you. For less than the cost of one coaching session, you can download the new Take Your Power Back Workshop. In it, Gretta and Coach Estee K. will help you better understand why ghosting happens, ways to feel better now, and actionable steps to take your power back. Your purchase will help support this podcast, so it’s a win-win!

Note to All Listeners: Ghosting is defined as: The practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication (Oxford Languages).
When you leave an abusive situation without saying "goodbye," it's not ghosting, it's "self-protection." When you quietly exit a relationship after a boundary has been violated, it's not ghosting, it's "self-respect."

Have you seen Maid? What about the new season of Euphoria? What do you think about Kimye? Is it significant that Johnny Depp was friendly with Marilyn Manson?

We're delving back into why portrayals of domestic violence matter to the public consciousness and how we think some of the recent discourse helps or hurts survivors. Dig in with us to learn what our advocates are thinking about some of the more recent chatter and streaming gems addressing domestic violence. 

Branches advocates Shannon, Amber, Emily, and Sara sit down to talk about the domestic violence elements of the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation case that is rising to the top of all our social media feeds the last few weeks. What does the case mean in the long term?  What does it mean for survivors?  

Toxic relationships have a nature that is harmful to our emotional and mental health, and will ultimately destroy us if we continue in it. Be aware; you can seldom repair it. It is not impossible, but it may be next to impossible. It has a great deal to do with the toxic person's desire and ability to change. If they are not changing, then you cannot invite them into your life. When something is toxic, it is poison and becomes deadly. Its destructive nature causes constant stress and poisons us every time we interact with it. History just keeps on repeating itself. 

The only thing you can do with some toxic relationships is to contain it by distancing yourself. From time to time, you might interact on a superficial level, but if it still explodes, you may have to distance yourself permanently. However, before we move on, we must realize the proper way to cultivate lasting relationships. If we center our relationships around Christ, everything else will fall in place.

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In dealing with our negative emotions, we need to scrutinize our surrounding relationships. Again, each of us is a product of our environment. Remember, our root environment (impressionable years of childhood and adolescence) has everything to do with forming the person we are now. 

Relationships impact us. Healthy relationships foster positive emotions. There are several things you can do to understand the different levels of involvement. For example, if you try to develop a working relationship and a best friend category simultaneously, is this feasible? Actually, you should prepare the working relationship first, and only then can it organically grow to best friend status. The same principle applies when you try to fix a toxic relationship. It is highly unlikely this will happen. Unless tremendous amounts of healing take place, you continuously cycle through poison and pain. 

This is another "Don't Miss Episode" as we take chapter ten of the book Control the Beast, It Takes a Team to Control the Beast (Vital Relationships) into three episodes. 

Thank you for listening!
If you don't mind, please leave us a review here on our website or your favorite listening platform.

Also, please consider supporting us by becoming a Membership Subscription of TNN.

If you want to get some awesome coffee delivered to your door, check out fristcup.com/HealAmerica. Use our discount code TNN23 for an additional 10% off.

Until next time, have a great day on purpose!

Ed Snyder

We discuss... Centipedes, Des and her crazy week, Connecticut,  Mom,  the Good, the Bad, the Toxic, and much, much more!

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Everyone is insecure about something. Are you allowing your insecurities to stop you from walking in your calling? This episode, Tasha Lallemand, a vlogger who host a YouTube channel called, Confessions of A Christian Girl, sits downs with Frances to talk about dealing with insecurities and taking steps to overcome them with God. 

1 Peter 5:7 “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” Tune in as we talk about trusting Jesus through the process of saying Bye, Bye Insecurities.