Showing results for "The Bond" in Psychology & Mental Health

Are you thriving in your relationship, or merely surviving? Are you the victim of constant manipulation, gaslighting, and deception at the hands of your partner? Do you find yourself constantly making excuses for your partner's abusive behavior? If you feel trapped in a relationship with someone who displays narcissistic or psychopathic behavior, you may be experiencing a trauma bond—a powerful connection you've developed with your abuser. It's important to remember that you're not alone and it's not your fault.

An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives...

Healing for the “Unmothered Child” The pain of abandonment, both real and metaphorical, can cast a shadow over our entire adult experience. Warming the Stone Child investigates the abandoned child archetype in world myths and cultures to find clues about the process of healing the unmothered...

In Pack of Two, the author of the acclaimed best seller Drinking: A Love Story tackles a different sort of relationship. Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank ( Boys Don’t Cry, Million Dollar Baby) guides us into the life of Caroline Knapp who, after losing both parents to cancer and breaking off a two-decade long relationship with alcohol in the span of one year, struggles - and succeeds - to redefine her world. The unlikely solution to Knapp’s task was found in the form of a dog named Lucille.

Experienced mental health professionals and hosts of the Therapist Uncensored podcast offer a groundbreaking new clinical perspective that integrates modern attachment theory, relational neuroscience, and current cultural context to create a hopeful framework for deeper and more permanent change...

Read by the author, Michael Bond. A mind-expanding deep dive into how animals have shaped us, from the palaeolithic to the present day. In Animate, science writer Michael Bond explores how animals have profoundly influenced our minds and cultures. Drawing on cutting-edge insights from psychology...

How is it that we can walk unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction? How can we come up with shortcuts on the fly, in places we've never traveled? The answer is the complex mental map in our brains. This feature of our cognition is easily taken for granted, but it's also critical to our species' evolutionary success. In From Here to There, Michael Bond tells stories of the lost and found - Polynesian sailors, orienteering champions, early aviators - and surveys the science of human navigation.

Read by the author, Michael Bond Fans takes you on a journey into the world of superfans – in all of its strange, sometimes dark, and complicated forms. 'A celebration of human idiosyncrasy and of our talent for building shared meaning and solidarity out of the strangest material' – TLS...

Haunted by the ghosts of toxic relationships? Struggling with a crippling emotional hangover after escaping narcissistic abuse or manipulation? You are not alone. The stark reality is that toxic relationships can do more than just leave emotional scars—they can fundamentally alter your perception of love, trust, and self-worth. The solution? Arm yourself with the tools, strategies, and insights to heal, reclaim your autonomy, and build relationships that celebrate your true self.

The go-to guide to understand and unpack shame: what it is, why we feel it, and how to undo the lies it tells us about ourselves. Are you ready to get Discomfortable? This is a book about shame: what it is, why we have it, and how we can break its hold on our happiness. We all know shame: it's...

Millennial best friends who have gone through life together get real about relationships, mental health, the metaphysical, and what it’s like to be a woman navigating your thirties.

Hi, I’m Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar - a neurodivergent trauma and relationship therapist, and what some call The Situationship Expert. But at heart, I’m a storyteller.Welcome to Build Better Bonds with the Creative Reset - a space for honest conversations about how we connect, disconnect, and find our way back to each other.I started this podcast because so many of us are living in a kind of emotional static - protecting ourselves while longing to be seen, struggling to hold both love and fear in the same breath.And I wanted to explore what happens when we bring creativity into that space - when...

A series of inspiring stories from Brittney Bonds and women all around the world. Encouraging and motivating listeners to get up and take action of their life! Brittney is all about creating her own opportunities to get what she wants out of life. She wants to share the many tools she used along her journey to completely change her life around.

If you’ve ever questioned your reality, over-explained yourself, or felt stuck in a relationship you couldn’t quite name… this podcast is for you. U-Haul and Unpack is where we break down narcissistic relationships, trauma bonds, emotional abuse, and the identity loss that happens when you’ve been loving from survival mode. Hosted by Lauren and Vicky, this show goes beyond surface-level “communication advice” and gets honest about what’s actually happening beneath toxic dynamics, why nothing changes, why you feel addicted to the cycle, and how to start rebuilding yourself ...

Learn how to heal your emotional wounds, get unstuck, and get into healthy, loving, intimate relationships with the help of this eye-opening book. At the core of most toxic relationships is a painful trauma wound desperate to be healed. As a licensed professional counselor and trauma researcher...

If you experienced physical or emotional abuse, neglect, or abandonment as a child, you may struggle with unhealthy relationships as an adult. Hurtful attachments with our caregivers in early childhood can lay the foundation for toxic relationships. Those experiences can even affect the way we handle conflict, our feelings toward sex, and our expectations of our partners. But this doesn't mean you can't change. This book will help you gain a greater awareness of the trauma bonds that prevent you from getting the love, safety, and security you desire.

Few experiences can compare to the trauma and pain of losing a baby; and the wall of silence that often surrounds that loss can make grieving even harder. Loving You From Here explores the traumatic impact of losing a baby through stillbirth and neonatal death. It features the moving stories of...

MindBody Mechanics is a podcast series created for anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, foggy-brained, trapped in cycles of overthinking, impulsive, disconnected, isolated, hopeless, or numb. In each episode, I’ll help you uncover the why behind your patterns and emotions — and share practical strategies to help you move from overwhelm back into calm, clarity, and connection.If you’re ready to feel more at ease in your body, more in control of your mind, and more connected to yourself and the world around you, you’re exactly where you need to be.Follow @mindbody.mot and @...

Hi, I'm Cathy. A faith-based encourager and the host of See BeYOND Where You Are podcast. Have you made up your mind that it's time for you to live the life God intended you to live? Do you know where or how to start? I believe that it starts in your mind.If you can begin to See Beyond the pain, the disappointments, the hurt, and the problems and work towards how you see the situation changing, your life can be transformed. Faith and belief in your vision of yourself, your life is a powerful combination. On this podcast, I will encourage you with practical, wisdom filled, biblical messages to...

"Challenging and readable...will help mothers understand the implications of pushing boys out of the family before they're ready to go."—The Los Angeles Times Book Review...