by NATALIE | Nov 14, 2017 | Patterns & Habits
Fear of abandonment causes us to lower our standards. We’re afraid that if we don’t be and do all the ‘right’ things, that we’re going to be deserted and unable to survive. To protect us against this fate, we try to work out the...
by NATALIE | Sep 28, 2016 | Happiness & Self-Esteem
Stephanie asks: One year after my ex broke up with me, I have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. We had issues; I was clingy/jealous, he was avoidant/promised more than he could keep. I offered to seek treatment, spend time apart and try again, but...
by NATALIE | May 16, 2016 | Patterns & Habits
It’s so hard when I witness someone who keeps throwing themselves in the front line of pain by repeatedly returning to a toxic relationship or not leaving it. It’s not just because I’ve done it myself and it felt like a gradual exorcism of the past...
by NATALIE | Nov 14, 2015 | Podcast: The Baggage Reclaim Sessions
It’s time for the weekly episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions podcast. The universe seems to be having a bit of a laugh at the moment where it’s throwing me opportunities to stand up for myself. I’d actually written in my journal a while back that I...
by NATALIE | Oct 13, 2015 | Patterns & Habits
When you have low self-worth, you don’t treat and regard you as a worthwhile and valuable person, which in turn makes it difficult to comprehend, enjoy and in fact, trust a person’s interest in you. The way it works with negative beliefs is that you’re biased to look...
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