Toxic relationships often bring with them high levels of conflict. How does this conflict manifest? What does it look like? And how can we recognise it in our own relationships? LinkedIn Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/conflict-toxic-people-karyn-battersby/?published=t Website Blog: https://liminalcoaching.com.au/conflict-and-toxic-people/ Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/Y4bdhritzj4

Anger is one of the few emotions our society allows men to express, but what harm does this do to men and the people around them? Want to see more of Karyn? LinkedIn Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-men-only-get-black-crayon-karyn-battersby/?published=t Website Blog: https://liminalcoaching.com.au/why-men-only-get-the-black-crayon/ Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vah3aseonMY

Trust is a key part of every relationship. So what happens when you can’t trust your partner? LinkedIn Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/infidelity-trust-toxic-relationship-karyn-battersby/?published=t Website Blog: https://liminalcoaching.com.au/infidelity-trust-and-the-toxic-relationship/ Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/bQ9r10_tvBk

The best way to prevent being manipulated by someone is to understand the tools and techniques used by manipulators Read on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tools-techniques-used-manipulators-karyn-battersby/?published=t Read on our website - https://liminalcoaching.com.au/tools-and-techniques-used-by-manipulators/ Watch on Youtube - https://youtu.be/BDeZ4_qujkE

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Being in a toxic relationship is not only detrimental to your mental health, but your physical health as well

Find yourself desperate to be in a relationship whenever you’re single? Would you do anything for your romantic partner? Do you seek out intense relationships to avoid stressful things? You might be addicted to love. http://centerforhealthysex.com/sex-therapy-resources/love-addiction-test/?fbclid=IwAR0LfK6JpGv7Vq6SZKmEziwLZ5jid1oMal-9ZIBPINApTXi7FZWDqa5dMpE – A simple quiz to find out if you have love addiction https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healthy-connections/201012/how-break-the-pattern-love-addiction - General information and advice on love addiction https://guycounseling.com/relationship-addiction-40-signs-steps-to-healing/ - Advice on how to heal your relationship addiction

Today I’d like to talk about how you can make sure you’re not getting involved in a toxic relationship and share some tactics you can use to make sure you don’t inadvertently find yourself in one of these relationships.

Often in my counselling room I’ll come across people saying the exact same thing: that they wish they’d seen the toxic truth of their partner earlier, before investing their time, emotions and energy into a relationship with them. I’m always interested to listen to these kinds of stories. Every story is complex, and they’ve been on an emotional rollercoaster, but there’s always a common thread between these stories that emerges: the evidence of their partner’s toxic behaviour was there from the beginning, they just didn’t see it. Today I'd like to explore these behaviours with you.

In a toxic or unhealthy relationship, we can often see one partner holding on and hoping for change. They can hold onto this false hope for a long time, even 20 years just waiting for change to happen. They will make excuses for their partner’s behaviour while holding on to the hope things will change, without any reason to hope for it. This is a very rare example of hope being a destructive force. It keeps people in quite toxic or even sometimes abusive or dangerous relationships. This is what we call toxic hope.