Poem: No Contact With Narcissistic Parent

I’ve mentioned previously my choice to go no contact with my Mum. This one came from a place of anger and sadness at feeling misunderstood about why I was no contact with my mum. I guess you could say, a lifetime of feeling shunned and ashamed, scared and unloved can’t be explained in a sentenceContinue reading “Poem: No Contact With Narcissistic Parent”

Is It Possible to Change Your Toxic Upbringing to Become Gentle Parents

There are many challenges for parents passionate about raising their babies gently into children and through to adulthood. I write in this blog as a mother who in some ways was on course to become a toxic mother. I feel that without gentle parenting, I’d have probably resorted to smacking and shouting by now, notContinue reading “Is It Possible to Change Your Toxic Upbringing to Become Gentle Parents”