Childhood Emotional Neglect

Psych Central and Childhood Emotional Neglect: A Look Back and Goodbye

It happened last Friday. Suddenly, I received an email letting me know that Psychcentral, the host of my Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) blog for six years, has been sold to Healthline.
What does this mean for PsychCentral? It’s not entirely clear at this...

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8 Ways COVID-19 is Affecting Adults’ Relationships With Their Parents

COVID-19 is affecting many people in many different ways. But one effect that is shared by most, perhaps virtually all, of us these days is that COVID-19 is making us feel more vulnerable.
Exactly what do I mean by vulnerable? I mean many...

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6 Mistakes People With Childhood Emotional Neglect Always Make

Everybody makes mistakes. Literally, everyone does. We make decisions we wish we’d never made, say things we later wish we’d never said. We slip, we trip, we make dumb jokes that no one laughs at. In hindsight, we can often find ourselves looking back and wishing we had made a different choice.
So errors are, in fact, a natural and unavoidable part of being human. But the worst mistakes are the ones we never know about. The ones that are...

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How to Talk With Your Spouse About Emotional Neglect: Olive & Oscar Part 2

In a previous blog post, you met Oscar and Olive, a lovely couple who both have Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) who were featured in my book, Running On Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships With Your Partner, Your Parents & Your Children. Today,...

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All About Personal Boundaries: 9 FAQs, 5 Signs, and a Special Technique

Even though the concept of personal boundaries is an incredibly useful one, it’s also rather complicated to understand exactly what “personal boundaries” are. In fact, it’s one of the most common questions I get asked by my readers or at workshops and...

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A Day in the Life of a Couple With Childhood Emotional Neglect: Olive & Oscar Part 1

Childhood Emotional Neglect or CEN does not go away just because you grow up.

Being raised in a family that does not address your feelings (or, in other words, an emotionally neglectful family), launches you into your adult life without two things that you absolutely...

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Passive Emotional Neglect Vs. Active Emotional Invalidation: 5 Examples and 5 Effects

If you had to choose between being passively ignored or actively invalidated, which would you pick?
Assume that you cannot choose, “Neither.”
And now, assume that you are a child and that this is happening in your family every...

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Don’t Let Survivor’s Guilt Hold You Back From Growth and Healing

What is survivor’s guilt? Google dictionary describes it this way:

A condition of persistent mental and emotional stress experienced by someone who has survived an incident in which others died. For example, "He escaped with his life but suffered from...

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Are You Having Sleep Problems During the Pandemic? 5 Likely Reasons

As a psychologist and as a human being, I am receiving this message from every direction and all sides. It’s rampant these days.
People are having a hard time sleeping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some people lie awake unable to...

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3 Reasons You Must Accept Your Feelings No Matter What They Are

If you are alive you feel things.
People have feelings all the time. In fact, you are probably having a feeling far more often than you are not.
Feelings come and go, wax and wane, and ebb and flow throughout...

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Childhood Emotional Neglect

Psych Central and Childhood Emotional Neglect: A Look Back and Goodbye

8 Ways COVID-19 is Affecting Adults’ Relationships With Their Parents

6 Mistakes People With Childhood Emotional Neglect Always Make

How to Talk With Your Spouse About Emotional Neglect: Olive & Oscar Part 2

All About Personal Boundaries: 9 FAQs, 5 Signs, and a Special Technique

A Day in the Life of a Couple With Childhood Emotional Neglect: Olive & Oscar Part 1

Passive Emotional Neglect Vs. Active Emotional Invalidation: 5 Examples and 5 Effects

Don’t Let Survivor’s Guilt Hold You Back From Growth and Healing

Are You Having Sleep Problems During the Pandemic? 5 Likely Reasons

3 Reasons You Must Accept Your Feelings No Matter What They Are

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