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“After a lifetime of judgment and blame, many adults with ADHD are understandably sensitive to criticism.”
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“Self-care…means doing things to take care of our minds, bodies, and souls by engaging in activities that promote well-being and reduce stress.”
-Active Minds

Why You Need a Self-Care Plan

“A Self-Care Plan is an intervention tool that keeps you from being completely sucked into the vortex…”
-Shelly Tygielsky

How to Grieve for a Very Good Dog

“What they didn’t get was that I had lost a soul mate—an irreplaceable relationship—not a piece of property.” -Annette McGivney

Taking Back Your Life From a Narcissistic Family Upbringing

“If you had a parent with narcissism, you may have been trained to focus not on your own feelings and needs, but rather on those of your parent.”
-Dan Neuharth

Narcissists Turn Everyone Against You (Even Your Own Family)

“When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how other people see you.”
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When the Narcissist Turns Everything Against You - How to Make Them See the Light

“When somebody is treating us with such cruelty…We try to get them to treat us decently.” -Melanie Evans

How To Be Alone

“Solitude is a skill. You can get better at it with practice.”-Sigal Samuel

How to build a life: The Clocklike Regularity of Major Life Changes

“Transitions feel like an abnormal disruption to life, but in fact they are a predictable and integral part of it.”-Arthur C. Brooks

How To Build A Life: Sit With Negative Emotions, Don’t Push Them Away

“If we want a life full of deep meaning, true love, and emotional strength, it’s going to involve the risk (and often the reality) of discomfort, conflict, and loss.” -Arthur C. Brooks

How To Build A Life: ‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy

“The pursuit of achievement distracts from the deeply ordinary activities and relationships that make life meaningful.”-Arthur C. Brooks