Parenting Challenges for People with Complex Trauma: From Ferberizing My Baby to “Furberizing” My Puppy (A Personal Case Study)

Parenting Challenges for People with Complex Trauma: From Ferberizing My Baby to “Furberizing” My Puppy (A Personal Case Study)

On Valentine’s Day 2025, our 30th wedding anniversary, we celebrated by bringing home an 8-week-old labradoodle puppy. Thirty years together, and we’re still making questionable decisions… like starting all over with a dog infant. I dubbed her my “luvdoodle,” and we...
When You See the Warning Signs of Triangulation

When You See the Warning Signs of Triangulation

“Mom,” Harper started, “Grandma Clare sent me a text inviting me to dinner at her house for my birthday. Is that weird that she only invited me and not all of us?” Grandma Clare, my stepmother, is a narcissist. Over the past decade, I have set boundaries and distanced...