Domestic Relationships

The tale of Mary Hope MacLaren is a story of hope. It is the story of a young woman's hopes and dreams, shattered, as her new husband turns violent. It is the story of hope enduring over the years, but of hope renewed at his untimely death. Most of all, it is the tale of a woman's fight back to who she had been before and of her renewed hope for the life she once wanted, dreamt of having.

Millionen Menschen leiden schwer unter ihren psychopathisch oder narzisstisch geprägten Partnern oder ähnlich destruktiven Bezugspersonen, oft ohne sich dessen bewusst zu sein. In diesem Buch stehen die psychopathischen Paarbeziehungen im Vordergrund. Zu den Menschen, die an schweren Persönlichkeitsstörungen wie Psychopathie, Soziopathie, Narzissmus oder Borderline-Störungen leiden, können auch Familienangehörige, Freunde, Kollegen oder Vorgesetzte gehören.

Living Life Sideways paints a vivid picture of the adventure of a lifetime (a year-long, worldwide sailing journey), coupled with the fight of a lifetime. It describes one sailor’s odyssey to regain her sense of self when she realizes that her peace of mind is worth more than she could have ever imagined.

Human behavior is a simple and extensive concept. There are plenty of loopholes in the human psyche that can be used for the purpose of influencing others. Want to learn more about such loopholes? There is nothing to worry about, as you are at the right place. Controlling the audience or making people agree with what you say is not a new concept.

Within twenty-four hours after her wedding, Rebecca knew she had married the wrong man. Her husband, who had been kind and caring, suddenly became distant. Over time she began to see his true character—he was an abuser. In the years that followed, Rebecca and her children continuously endured all types of abuse. Although she attempted to deny and ignore it, things got progressively worse each year. When Rebecca's life suddenly came crashing down and she finally acknowledged the truth about what her husband had become, she had to make a choice.

Detrás de muchos príncipes se esconden lobos feroces. Blancanieves se lanzó en brazos de un amor que creyó perfecto y que la acabó anulando; la Bella Durmiente cayó en un sueño forzado y, cuando despertó, había sufrido una violación; a Ariel le arrancaron una parte de su cuerpo bajo el pretexto de alcanzar la pureza; Caperucita fue a las fiestas de San Fermín y fue violada por cinco lobos, la Manada de Pamplona. Todos ellos son testimonios reales.

"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.

Aunque ahora te sientas atrapado/a e impotente, ten la seguridad de que este libro te brindará la comprensión, las herramientas y los pasos prácticos necesarios para sanar, recuperarte y reclamar tu poder frente a esa persona narcisista en tu vida.

"Ist es wirklich so schlimm, oder übertreibe ich nur?", "Liegt es an mir?" und "Warum kann ich diese Person nicht einfach loslassen?" – solche Fragen quälen viele Menschen, die toxische Beziehungen erleben. Der Ursprung dieser Probleme liegt oft in der Vergangenheit. Wer als Kind Missbrauch, Vernachlässigung oder das Gefühl des Verlassenwerdens erlebt hat, kämpft oft mit ungesunden Beziehungsdynamiken im Erwachsenenalter – egal ob in der Liebe, zwischen Freund*innen oder in der Familie.

Sedan år 2005 kan Brottsförebyggande rådet inte se några som helst positiva tendenser när det gäller våld i nära relation. Trots stora satsningar har de många årens arbete inte gett några tydliga resultat. Tvärtom finns studier som visar på ett ökat våld mot kvinnor. Om vi inte lyckas vända den negativa trenden kan våldet i nära relation bli ett av vår tids största politiska misslyckanden. De uteblivna resultaten borde resultera i politisk självkritik och eftertanke. Vad har gått fel, vad kunde gjorts annorlunda och vad har missats i arbetet? För att komma vidare finns två vägar.

Haunted by ghosts of the past, she was sailing directly into the eye of a storm. But fighting the challenges at sea was nothing compared with her complex personal struggles on an intense journey to find self-valuation. Determined to complete the life-changing odyssey, in book two of her Living Life Sideways series, Michelle Segrest’s focus turns to an extraordinary effort to salvage her crumbling relationship with a masterfully manipulative skipper.

Michelle Segrest dreamed of checking one giant challenge off her bucket list. Boarding a 43-foot sailboat to rekindle her relationship of six years, she set out on the eight-month voyage from North Germany to Alabama filled with hope. But suffering extreme seasickness and heavy gales in the Baltic proved the least of her problems when she faced abusive gaslighting from her partner. Unable to keep food down long enough to help when maintenance issues struck, Michelle’s only comfort came from her two devoted beagles.

Learn techniques, tools, and insight into your relationships that you won't find in any other book. There are reasons that narcissists love and lock onto empaths, givers, and lovers. As the counterpart, we have insecurities, matching traumas, imbalances, and inner wounds that must heal. Merely explaining the psychology around toxic and narcissistic personalities does not address our core issues, so we continue to repeat patterns with them.

The Masked Dance is a candid personal reflection on the psychological, religious, and cultural influences at the core of domestic violence. Monica vividly conveys her spiritual battle against the entanglements of the abuse cycle while unveiling the latent messages that cultivate emotional and physical violence against women. This book opens urgently needed conversations about Christian culture and what its hidden messages say about the value of a woman’s soul versus the value of her marriage.

The story is based on true events in the life of Stanley William Miller. It inspires the heart on how a young man’s devotion to his family pushes him beyond impossible odds and testifies to the perseverance of the human spirit. A murder mystery. An infamous scandal. A beautiful love story.

A shocking true story that reveals how one woman was tormented to the very depths of despair by her husband through coercive control and continual physical and sexual abuse. Broken in mind, body and spirit and completely isolated from the rest of the world, Hannah thinks she’ll never find the strength to escape, until one day an opportunity arrives....

Because she refused to testify against her husband for actions she had already forgiven, Diana Weinberger, a former missionary, was incarcerated in an Idaho jail - a jail in which she had volunteered for a year in prison ministry! Diana's marriage was on the rocks. Years of wandering from her Christian roots had led this former YWAM missionary down paths she would later regret. She and her husband, both successful career professionals, divided their time between the world of work and the world of play - a world of bikers and wild parties.

“Better dead than divorced", responds a young wife to those who urge her to divorce her adulterous, manipulative, and abusing husband, who plans to kill her. She knows about his evil intentions, and she is urged to leave him and save her life, but her love, her devotion, and societal prejudice against divorced women make her stay. And dead she ends up by a commissioned assassin. Her cousin, a principled man, fights beyond his modest means in a corrupt system to have justice for her loss served.

When Diane, a psychologist, falls in love with Charles, a charming and brilliant psychiatrist, there is laughter and flowers?and also darkness. After moving through infertility treatments and the trials of the adoption process as a united front, the couple is ultimately successful in creating a family. As time goes on, however, Charles becomes increasingly critical and controlling, and Diane begins to feel barraged and battered. When she is diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer, Charles is initially there for her, but his attentiveness quickly vanishes and is replaced by withdrawal, anger, and unfathomable sadism.

Somewhere between stealing cold cuts from stray cats and watching a stranger leave her mother's bed after breaking in through their bedroom window, Mary figured out that her family was dirt poor. Worse than her empty stomach, she was hungry for acceptance and love. She thought she found it when her baby sister was born and she became her "mommy", taking care of her needs as best she could at the age of seven. Then she had to say goodbye over a small white casket.