The holiday season, often idealized as a time of warmth and togetherness, can be incredibly challenging when you're surrounded by toxic family members.

Self-sabotaging a relationship refers to patterns of behavior in which you unconsciously (or sometimes consciously) undermine or harm your own relationship out of fear and insecurity.

Emotional maturity and immaturity are key factors that shape how you navigate relationships, respond to challenges, and manage our inner world.

Relationships are often described as being hard work. But, should they be? There are key components to having a relationship that is easier.

Emotional Dysregulation is when a person has difficulty managing, responding, and regulating their emotional responses in a balanced way. This can often lead to intense or inappropriate emotional reactions.

Being too codependent in a relationship is unhealthy. Learn to identify the signs of being codependent and ways to overcome being codependent.

If you have an Avoidant Attachment style you tend to value independence and self-reliance, at the expense of expressing emotional intimacy and closeness.

An anxious attachment style often develops due to inconsistent caregiving where your parent may have been emotionally available but at times unresponsive or neglectful.

Disorganized attachment style often develops in childhood due to inconsistent, unpredictable, or traumatic caregiving experiences.

Childhood trauma often has profound and lasting effects on a person’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being but there are ways to heal.

Life after bariatric surgery can be a profound and transformative journey, but it is not without its struggles.

Adoption trauma is an emotional and psychological impact experienced by a person who has been adopted, stemming from the separation from their birth parents.

Family of origin challenges encompass the difficulties, dynamics, and dysfunctional patterns you experienced within the family you grew up in.

Eldest daughters frequently take on a caregiving or parental role for their younger siblings, especially in families where parents are absent, busy, or emotionally unavailable.

Parentification is a form of role reversal occurs when a child is forced to take on the role of a caregiver or adult in their family, often due to a parent's inability to fulfill their responsibilities.

The trauma bond is an intricate web that intertwines love, fear, and pain which makes it almost impossible to break free.

Being raised by an emotionally immature parent often affects your ability to form healthy relationships, manage your emotions, and develop a strong sense of self.

An emotional immature parent lacks the emotional stability and maturity to provide the support and guidance for their child, essential for healthy development.

Having abandonment issues is like a visceral feeling in your bones that makes the experience even more intense and overwhelming.

There are some similarities between emotional immaturity and narcissism, but in many ways they are quite distinct from one another.