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When Estrangement Clouds Christmas Cheer: 5 Ways to Cope

Living
December 8, 2025
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By Dawn Wallis

When Estrangement Clouds Christmas Cheer: 5 Ways to Cope

After over two decades of fighting for my marriage, it ended in divorce two weeks before Christmas. At the time,…

Living, Motherhood
June 17, 2025
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By Lauren Benson

Am I Doing Enough to Break the Cycle?

I’m lying in bed, trying to shut off my ADHD brain. I’m usually caught in a cycle of obsessively overthinking…

Living
March 25, 2025
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By Her View From Home

When Do You Stop Needing a Father?

I wonder if it will ever go away—that incessant longing for something that doesn't exist. Something that is supposed to…

Being the Cycle Breaker in a Toxic Family Is Lonely but Worth It

Living
July 29, 2024
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By Her View From Home

Being the Cycle Breaker in a Toxic Family Is Lonely but Worth It

I am a cycle breaker. My maternal grandmother was abusive, and my mother carried the torch for the next generation.…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 14, 2024
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My Toxic Dad became a Toxic Grandpa

When I was a young girl, I looked up to my father. I loved him so much, and simply could…

Grief, Grown Children, Living
June 4, 2023
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By Her View From Home

I’m Letting Go of My Toxic Mother

My mom died. She died, but I became free. For the very first time in my life, I’m not worried…

When Your Mother’s Love Is Toxic, Is It Really Love?

Grown Children, Living
April 29, 2023
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By Ashley Travous

When Your Mother’s Love Is Toxic, Is It Really Love?

They say a mother's love is unconditional. That’s what they say at least. But my mother's love, if you’ll even…

Losing My Narcissistic Mother Is Complicated

Grief, Loss
March 29, 2023
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By Her View From Home

Losing My Narcissistic Mother Is Complicated

It’s so utterly destructive. It’ll knock the wind—no the very oxygen—out of your sails. It’s nauseating. Conflicting. Terrifying. And so…

I Wish My Family Could See More than My Faults

Living
March 22, 2023
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By Claudia Caramiello

I Wish My Family Could See More than My Faults

I am and always will be a self-described mini-train wreck. I’m disorganized, have trouble keeping my house clean, and my…

Sometimes Letting Go of Uninvolved Family Is the Only Way Forward

Living, Motherhood
February 9, 2023
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By Kersten Cook

Sometimes Letting Go of Uninvolved Family Is the Only Way Forward

As I was scrolling through my Timehop, I came across a picture. That picture was of my mother and my…

I Was Never Good Enough for My Mother, So I’m Done Trying

Living, Motherhood
January 25, 2023
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By Her View From Home

I Was Never Good Enough for My Mother, So I’m Done Trying

I’m on a path in life that is so different from what I ever imagined growing up. It’s a path…

I Went No-Contact With My Toxic Mom: Here’s What It’s Like

Living
January 22, 2023
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By Sarah Hamelman

I Went No-Contact With My Toxic Mom: Here’s What It’s Like

Two and a half years ago, with tears in my eyes, an ache in my heart, and an eight-month pregnant…

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When Estrangement Clouds Christmas Cheer: 5 Ways to Cope

Am I Doing Enough to Break the Cycle?

When Do You Stop Needing a Father?

Being the Cycle Breaker in a Toxic Family Is Lonely but Worth It

My Toxic Dad became a Toxic Grandpa

I’m Letting Go of My Toxic Mother

When Your Mother’s Love Is Toxic, Is It Really Love?

Losing My Narcissistic Mother Is Complicated

I Wish My Family Could See More than My Faults

Sometimes Letting Go of Uninvolved Family Is the Only Way Forward

I Was Never Good Enough for My Mother, So I’m Done Trying

I Went No-Contact With My Toxic Mom: Here’s What It’s Like

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