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Psychological Manipulation: Withholding

October 20, 2014 by D. A. Wolf 37 Comments

Learning how to deal with a skillful manipulator.

Filed Under: Popular, Relationships, Sex Tagged With: affection, communication, destructive relationships, emotional abuse, emotional withholding, marriage, narcissistic relationships, psychology, Relationships

Syndromes, Semantics, and Protecting Our Kids

September 24, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 2 Comments

Bad behaviors versus emotional abuse, semantics versus syndromes.

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: big questions, divorce, emotional abuse, life after divorce, marriage, Parenting, psychology, Relationships

Do You Know Who You’re With?

April 30, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 18 Comments

We think we choose well. We think we know each other. But…

Filed Under: Parenting, Relationships, Tweens and Teens Tagged With: Boston, character, cheating, divorce, emotional abuse, infidelity, manipulation, marriage, motherhood, narcissism, personality, psychology, Relationships, trust, women raising sons

(Mind) Games People Play

April 4, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 23 Comments

Mind games are useful. But what happens when we cross the line?

Filed Under: Marriage, Relationships Tagged With: emotional abuse, emotional availability, emotionally unavailable, emotions, managing emotions, marriage, narcissism, narcissistic behavior, psychology, Relationships

Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll

July 11, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

Drugs. Alcohol. Big kids, big worries.

Filed Under: College Kids, Health, Parenting, Politics, Tweens and Teens Tagged With: addiction, drinking, drug abuse, emotional abuse, Health, Parenting, parenting college students, parenting teens, psychology, social issues, teen drinking

When Beliefs Are Broken

January 17, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 10 Comments

When belief systems are broken, then what?

Filed Under: Life After Divorce, Lifestyle, Love Tagged With: abuse, betrayal, big questions, divorce, effects of unemployment, emotional abuse, fairness doctrine, infidelity, life after divorce, marriage, Marriage and Divorce, Relationships, trust

Parenting Tips (and Burst my Bubble)

January 7, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 29 Comments

Parenting rocks. Parenting sucks. Parenting rocks. There are great sources of information out there. And terrible sources of information out there. There are great sources of information out there. When it comes to parenting (mothering in particular), we are our own worst enemies. We are also – potentially – our greatest cheerleaders and sources of […]

Filed Under: Language, Morning Musing, Parenting Tagged With: basic parenting, being present, big little wolf, biglittlewolf, burst my bubble, crazy life blog, daily plate of crazy, dailyplate, dailyplateofcrazy, emotional abuse, parental second guessing, Parenting, parenting blog, parenting teens, parenting tips, parenting tots, psychology and language, psychology and parenting, single dads, single moms, Single Parenting, the importance of words

It Takes Two Hands to Hold the Mirror Steady

December 4, 2009 by D. A. Wolf 15 Comments

My mother was beautiful, stunning really – 1940s movie star stunning. She had black curly hair, pearly teeth decades before bleaching and veneers, wide-set hazel eyes, and lush, arching brows that gave her face softness. Her nose was fine, and her full lips were painted deep red, shimmering coral, occasionally pink. She wore no other […]

Filed Under: Dreams, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: anniversaries, emotional abuse, fat issue, half-drunk challenge, life after divorce, memories, mothers and daughters, Parenting, real women real life, the fat issue, women and self-esteem, writing, writing from life

I Cannot Pretend Today

December 3, 2009 by D. A. Wolf 22 Comments

There are betrayals of flesh and blood and they are the worst betrayals. I am not alright: My sleeping is pocked and marred again and not by dreams but by insufficiency. The result is a veil that positions itself between my deepest thinking self and the formation of words, the processing of numbers and their […]

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession Tagged With: betrayal, emotional abuse, grieving, rage, real women real life, sleep deprivation, Surviving Recession, whatever life dishes out, writing, writing from life

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