Healing the Scapegoat Wound

Healing the Scapegoat Wound

The Scapegoat Wound is incurred in those who are typically blamed and shamed throughout their lives simply by being who they are. They end up believing they are somehow a bad seed and deserve to be mistreated. This is a wound that must be healed in order to change the pattern from the inside out.

The Journey of the Scapegoat

The Journey of the Scapegoat

The Scapegoat is typically the person who is the negative focus for a person or systems repressed emotions. Scapegoats are loaded up with the burdens of society, or a community and sent out into the wild alone to fend for themselves.

Healing the Abandonment Wound

Healing the Abandonment Wound

Abandonment is one of the Universal Fears shared by every living being.  We often have this feeling like we were dropped off on this strange planet and left here.  We often feel disconnected and alone, craving that connection to something beyond our reach.  We may find some comfort and connection in our human relationships, but even in these relationships we often feel abandoned, left behind, unwanted and unloved.  Healing the Abandonment Wound can be difficult, but it is a worthwhile journey to take.

Does a Narcissist Have a Multiple Personality?

Does a Narcissist Have a Multiple Personality?

If you have ever been in a relationship with a narcissist, you might have wondered Does a Narcissist Have a multiple personality? Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously referred to as multiple personality disorder, is a dissociative disorder involving a disturbance of identity in which two or more separate and distinct personality states (or identities) control […]

Is it Love? Or Longing?

Is it Love?  Or Longing?

In both my personal work and my work with others, I have discovered something really interesting about why people who are codependent or coming out of relationships with narcissists tend to be obsessive or hyper-focused on the person they are attempting to break away from. Although obsessive thinking can be a symptom of both codependency […]

Boundaries, Borders and Walls

Boundaries, Borders and Walls

How do you set healthy boundaries? And what is the difference between boundaries, borders and walls?  In this episode of Pandoras Box, Kaleah does a deep dive into the topic of boundaries in our relationships and how they are important in sustaining healthy relationships with others.

What is Codependency and How to Heal It

What is Codependency and How to Heal It

Codependency is common among those who come from families where there is alcoholism or other addictions, abuse, neglect, mental illness or personality disorders.  It has become such a buzz word in our society and codependency is often very misunderstood.  In this article, I would like to talk about what is codependency and how to heal it.

Black and White All or Nothing Thinking

Black and White All or Nothing Thinking

n relationships “splitting” or black and white, all or nothing thinking is what causes us to toss the baby out with the bathwater.  We may not recognize that bad behavior doesn’t make the person himself bad.  Everybody engages in behavior they might not be proud of.  People do things or say things when they are upset or dis-regulated that they wish they hadn’t done. 

Understanding Codependency

Understanding Codependency

Understanding codependency is the first part of recognizing if you have co-dependent traits or if codependency is an issue in your relationship. Codependency has been a buzz word for decades. It is a term used in the twelve step recovery programs to describe the co-addict, or person who takes care of the addict. But Codependency […]