Tag: childhood emotional neglect
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Safe in the Age Gap: Gentle Questions to Nurture Yourself and Navigate Parenting Challenges + Free Guide (Part 3 of 3)
Explore gentle questions and a self-parenting ritual designed for survivors of childhood emotional neglect in age-gap relationships. Learn how to navigate parenting challenges, energy mismatches, and deepen connection with compassion and awareness.
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Why We Long to Start a Family Early: Healing Childhood Emotional Neglect and Embracing Wholeness (+ Free Guide)
Explore how Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) can fuel an intense longing to start a family early. This trauma-informed article unpacks the hidden emotional drivers behind family urgency and offers reflection prompts, IFS-based tools, and reparenting practices. Whether you’re planning a family or already have one, this guide helps you understand your inner needs with compassion…
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Dopamine-Seeking Habits and CEN: Buying to Feel Better (Part 5 of 6)
How shopping becomes a survival strategy for emotional neglect. Learn why the rush fades, and how to meet your real needs with presence and care.
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Dopamine-Seeking Habits and CEN: Overworking and Productivity Addiction (Part 4 of 6)
Learn how overworking and productivity addiction often mask Childhood Emotional Neglect—and how to reclaim rest and self-worth without guilt.
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When Home Feels Heavy: Why You’d Rather Stay Out All Day — And How to Feel Safe Staying In (+Free Printable)
Do you feel an urge to flee your own home? Learn why CEN makes home feel heavy, how to tune into your needs, and tiny ways to rest without running.
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Dopamine-Seeking Habits and CEN: Digital Overuse and Emotional Disconnection (Part 2 of 6)
Why can’t you stop scrolling—even when you want to? This article explores how compulsive screen use can be a survival strategy for those with Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN), and offers trauma-informed ways to reconnect with your emotions.
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Dopamine-Seeking Habits and CEN: Risk and Thrill-Seeking (Part 1 of 6)
Thrill-seeking behaviors like fast driving, risky adventures, or emotional chaos may be linked to childhood emotional neglect (CEN). Explore the roots of risk addiction and how to reclaim real aliveness with grounding tools, IFS exercises, and a free guide.
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Dopamine-Seeking Habits and CEN: What Your Behaviour Is Really Trying to Tell You
Understand how Childhood Emotional Neglect drives dopamine-seeking habits like thrill-seeking, overworking, shopping, drinking or scrolling. Begin to heal with clarity and care.
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The Freeze Melts Into Fire: Why Sudden Anger Might Be a Sign of Deep Emotional Healing (+ free journal)
If you’ve been feeling intense anger out of nowhere—snapping at loved ones, overwhelmed by rage—you’re not broken. Learn how unprocessed grief, emotional neglect, and long-buried trauma can turn into explosive anger, and why this can actually be a step toward healing.
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Why Inconsiderate People Trigger You More Than They “Should”—And How to Heal the Wound Beneath
You’re in a conversation, and someone barges in with an opinion that has nothing to do with them. They hijack the moment, take offense at something that wasn’t even directed their way, or somehow make the situation about themselves—demanding validation or acting wounded when no harm was meant. Or maybe it’s more overt. Someone cuts…
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Why Your Child’s Whining Feels Overwhelming—And How to Respond with Calm and Care
Do you feel overwhelmed, irritated, or even numb when your child whines? If you grew up with childhood emotional neglect (CEN), your nervous system may perceive whining as a threat rather than a call for connection. This article explores why this happens, how to shift from shutdown to attunement, and offers healing exercises, practical responses,…
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Why You Resist Sleep Even When Exhausted: The Hidden Emotional Roots of Insomnia
Struggling to sleep even when you\’re tired? Learn the hidden emotional reasons behind bedtime resistance, especially for mothers and those with childhood emotional neglect (CEN). Discover research-backed solutions and gentle ways to reclaim rest.
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Mother Rage and the Hidden Wounds of Childhood Emotional Neglect: Understanding, Healing, and Finding Peace
Struggling with intense anger as a mom? Mother rage often stems from long-term unmet needs, especially if you experienced childhood emotional neglect (CEN). Learn why it happens, how to manage it with practical exercises, and how to heal through self-compassion, emotional regulation, and breaking generational cycles.