Create Soul Space:
Breaking free of toxic abuse and creating the space to become YOU again.
From my Blog
The Ominous Role of Contempt in Abusive Relationships
Allow Yourself to Be Loved
An Abuser's False Self: Hypocrisy and its Consequences
The Man Who Isn't There: Getting Your Abuser's Voice Out of Your Head
Beware of the "Soul Mate": Love-Bombing, Grooming, and Early Abuse Tactics
How Abusers Put You--and Attempt to Keep You--in a FOG
An Insidious Agenda: Isolating Targets from Friends and Family
The Gateway to Abuse: How Pornography Destroys Relationships
Is it Child Abuse if the Mother is Abused, but Not the Child?
Do Most Abusers Have Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)?
Grieving, Grieving ... Gone!
Is it Domestic Abuse, or an Anger Management Problem?
There is No Excuse for Verbal Abuse
Grief, Healing, and the Pain of Recovery
Under My Thumb: Coercive Control and the Sensitive Victim
The Powerful--and Sadly Effective--Tactic of Abusive Isolation
Core Characteristics of Abusive Personalities, Part 1
Core Characteristics of Abusive Personalities, Part 2
Psychological Physical Violence Can Be a Sign of More to Come
What Do Domestic Abusers and Chinese Communists Have in Common?
An Abusive Marriage is a Lonely Marriage
Don't Let the Tricksters Trick You: The Dangers of Covert Abuse
Follow Your Intuition (the Still Small Voice Within)
Healthy Healing: Critical Complaint vs. Healthy Healing
Why is He Abusive? Is His Brain Broken or Something?
If You Leave: Behind the Curtain of the Abusive Smear Campaign
The Motives of All Domestic Abusers Aren't the Same
The Fear of Abandonment in the Abusive Personality
Red Flag Alert! He Despises His Ex
He's Abusive Because He Was Abused ...
Sticks and Stones ... Yeah, Right. Verbal Abuse Hurts
The Art of Abuse Minimization
The "Alarm Clock" Method of Sexual Coercion
A Mother's Day Poem: Soaring After Domestic Abuse
Unwittingly Describing the Abuse Cycle
Is Inner Healing Possible After the Wound of Betrayal?
Forgiveness After the Ravages of Domestic Abuse
Allow Yourself to Be Loved
An Abuser's False Self: Hypocrisy and its Consequences
The Man Who Isn't There: Getting Your Abuser's Voice Out of Your Head
Beware of the "Soul Mate": Love-Bombing, Grooming, and Early Abuse Tactics
How Abusers Put You--and Attempt to Keep You--in a FOG
An Insidious Agenda: Isolating Targets from Friends and Family
The Gateway to Abuse: How Pornography Destroys Relationships
Is it Child Abuse if the Mother is Abused, but Not the Child?
Do Most Abusers Have Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)?
Grieving, Grieving ... Gone!
Is it Domestic Abuse, or an Anger Management Problem?
There is No Excuse for Verbal Abuse
Grief, Healing, and the Pain of Recovery
Under My Thumb: Coercive Control and the Sensitive Victim
The Powerful--and Sadly Effective--Tactic of Abusive Isolation
Core Characteristics of Abusive Personalities, Part 1
Core Characteristics of Abusive Personalities, Part 2
Psychological Physical Violence Can Be a Sign of More to Come
What Do Domestic Abusers and Chinese Communists Have in Common?
An Abusive Marriage is a Lonely Marriage
Don't Let the Tricksters Trick You: The Dangers of Covert Abuse
Follow Your Intuition (the Still Small Voice Within)
Healthy Healing: Critical Complaint vs. Healthy Healing
Why is He Abusive? Is His Brain Broken or Something?
If You Leave: Behind the Curtain of the Abusive Smear Campaign
The Motives of All Domestic Abusers Aren't the Same
The Fear of Abandonment in the Abusive Personality
Red Flag Alert! He Despises His Ex
He's Abusive Because He Was Abused ...
Sticks and Stones ... Yeah, Right. Verbal Abuse Hurts
The Art of Abuse Minimization
The "Alarm Clock" Method of Sexual Coercion
A Mother's Day Poem: Soaring After Domestic Abuse
Unwittingly Describing the Abuse Cycle
Is Inner Healing Possible After the Wound of Betrayal?
Forgiveness After the Ravages of Domestic Abuse
Freelance Articles
If It Seems Too Good to Be True, There's a Good Chance It Is
Forgiveness is For Everyone, Even the Person Who Hurt You
Extreme Jealousy Isn't Healthy: Know the Warning Signs
How to Identify Sexual Coercion in A Relationship
These Thoughts and Feelings are Examples of Abuse Minimization
October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month: Are You Aware? (En Español)
(The link to the entire Sept/Nov 2021 issue of NC Catholics is here)
Book Review: Choosing to See Beauty (the link downloads the review, MS Word) (published in the online newsletter of Catholics for Family Peace, September 15, 2021)
Forgiveness is For Everyone, Even the Person Who Hurt You
Extreme Jealousy Isn't Healthy: Know the Warning Signs
How to Identify Sexual Coercion in A Relationship
These Thoughts and Feelings are Examples of Abuse Minimization
October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month: Are You Aware? (En Español)
(The link to the entire Sept/Nov 2021 issue of NC Catholics is here)
Book Review: Choosing to See Beauty (the link downloads the review, MS Word) (published in the online newsletter of Catholics for Family Peace, September 15, 2021)
Theological/Academic Articles
"No One Has Ever Seen God ... Behold Your Mother": Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sacred Scripture and Mosaic Authorship: Fact or Fiction?
Pray Constantly, In the Name of Jesus
First Spiritual Step: Ask
Second Spiritual Step: Release
Third Spiritual Step: Surrender
Four Spiritual Step: Act
Sacred Scripture and Mosaic Authorship: Fact or Fiction?
Pray Constantly, In the Name of Jesus
First Spiritual Step: Ask
Second Spiritual Step: Release
Third Spiritual Step: Surrender
Four Spiritual Step: Act
