July 2025 - Grace Chatting

Rebuilding After Narcissistic Harm: How to Heal, Set Boundaries, and Reclaim Your Life

Divorce and Separation, Relationship / Grace Chatting

Rebuilding After Narcissistic Harm: How to Heal, Set Boundaries, and Reclaim Your Life If you’ve experienced the emotional confusion, gaslighting, and soul-deep exhaustion of being in a relationship with someone who has narcissistic traits, you are not alone. Narcissistic harm is real. It isn’t always visible on the outside, but inside, it can dismantle your […]

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Navigating Narcissistic Relationships with Strength and Clarity Part Two

Divorce and Separation, Relationship / Grace Chatting

Navigating Narcissistic Relationships with Strength and Clarity Part Two: Knowing When to Let Go and Reclaiming Your Power In Part One, we explored the subtle difference between healthy and unhealthy narcissism, the importance of setting and holding boundaries, and how to stay empathic without erasing yourself. All of this is foundational. But even with this

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Navigating Narcissistic Relationships with Strength and Clarity Part One: Seeing Clearly and Reclaiming Your Voice

Navigating Narcissistic Relationships with Strength and Clarity – Part 1

Divorce and Separation, Relationship / Grace Chatting

Navigating Narcissistic Relationships with Strength and Clarity Part One: Seeing Clearly and Reclaiming Your Voice Over the years, the term narcissism has become a kind of modern-day curse word—used to describe everything from self-centred behaviour to full-blown personality disorders. Social media is awash with warnings: “Get out!” “They’ll never change!” “Run while you can!” These

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Reframing ADHD: From Deficit to Brilliance – A Call to Rewrite the Narrative Together

Therapists & Coaches / Grace Chatting

Reframing ADHD: From Deficit to Brilliance – A Call to Rewrite the Narrative Together The Problem with the “Deficit” Narrative ADHD carries the official label of a “disorder”—a deficit in attention, executive function, and impulse control. But let’s be honest: when that’s the dominant way people speak about your mind, it starts to shape

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Understanding the “Dry Drunk” Syndrome and Your Path Forward

Life with an Alcoholic, Relationship / Grace Chatting

Understanding the “Dry Drunk” Syndrome and Your Path Forward Suppose you’ve spent years dreaming of the day your partner would finally stop drinking. In that case, you might find yourself disappointed that sobriety hasn’t brought the emotional peace you anticipated. What you may be encountering is commonly known as the “Dry Drunk” syndrome. What Exactly

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When Sobriety Isn’t Enough: Choosing Recovery for Yourself

Life with an Alcoholic, Relationship / Grace Chatting

When Sobriety Isn’t Enough: Choosing Recovery for Yourself The Subtle Saboteur: When Hope Becomes a Trap We all know an old saying: “Hope springs eternal.” And yes, it can be a beautiful thing. Hope keeps us alive through the dark nights. It gives us something to hold on to when everything else feels lost. But

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When Sobriety Looks Like a “Dry Drunk”

Life with an Alcoholic, Relationship / Grace Chatting

When Sobriety Looks Like a “Dry Drunk” One of the most confusing things for partners is this: “He’s not drinking anymore, but nothing has really changed.” Welcome to the concept of the Dry Drunk—a term coined in the recovery world to describe someone who has stopped using alcohol but hasn’t done the inner work of

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