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Sharon Martin

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Why It's Hard to Ask for What You Need

Why It's Hard to Ask for What You Need

Growing up in a dysfunctional family can make speaking up feel unsafe.

yesterday 30

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Sharon Martin

The Family Scapegoat Is Often the Truth-Teller

Seeing family dysfunction can be painful, and also a source of strength.

04.06.2026 80

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Sharon Martin

Why Self-Care Feels Wrong When You’re a Perfectionist

How high standards turn basic human needs into sources of guilt.

12.05.2026 90

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Sharon Martin

How to Rebuild Self-Trust After Betrayal and Gaslighting

Self-trust is lost when someone repeatedly tells you your perceptions are wrong.

29.04.2026 70

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Sharon Martin

Why Highly Sensitive People Feel Compelled to Manage Others’ Feelings

How to step out of the fixer role without losing your compassion.

07.04.2026 90

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Sharon Martin

Why Highly Sensitive People Overgive

Family dynamics can turn caring into overfunctioning.

01.03.2026 100

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How to Heal Without Closure

Learn to move forward when an apology never comes.

14.02.2026 350

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Sharon Martin

Feeling Lonely? How to Build Connection and Belonging

21.01.2026 100

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Sharon Martin

Coping With Narcissistic Relatives at the Holidays

10.12.2025 60

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Sharon Martin

Managing Emotional Triggers During the Holidays

16.11.2025 90

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Sharon Martin

Set Boundaries That Transform Enmeshed Relationships

24.10.2025 100

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Sharon Martin

Adult Children and the Pressure to Be Perfect

05.09.2025 80

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Sharon Martin

Estrangement as a Trauma-Informed Choice

22.08.2025 100

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Sharon Martin

Enmeshed Families: When Control Is Disguised as Closeness

15.08.2025 100

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Sharon Martin

Why Setting Family Boundaries Triggers You, and What Helps

28.05.2025 100

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Sharon Martin

7 Reasons Adult Children Stay Connected to Toxic Parents

10.05.2025 90

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Sharon Martin