Healing For Love
By Dr Gemma Gladstone
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Healing for Love
A podcast for anyone who wants to heal their schemas, shift their patterns and grow into their most grounded, authentic self in love & life. Hosted by Dr Gemma Gladstone - dating & relationship coach, former clinical psychologist (25+ years), and Advanced Schema Therapists, Trainer/Supervisor. This podcast offers thoughtful, insight-rich episodes to help you understand your patterns, heal from past emotional wounds and start rewriting your Love Template.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in familiar dynamics like seeking approval, fearing abandonment, dating narcissists or losing yourself in relationships, you’re not alone. Healing for Love is a space for self-reflection, emotional insight and practical encouragement. Here, you’ll learn how to reconnect with your worth, trust your inner voice and build relationships that support who you truly are.
This is for the woman who’s ready to feel more secure, more whole and more herself - in love and in life.
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143.The Dating Advice I Give Every Woman Looking for an Emotionally Available Partner
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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142. Why Dating Feels So Confusing: The Three Voices That Show Up On Every Date
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May 31, 2026 |
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141. The Early Signs of Control in Relationships - Red Flags You Should Never Ignore
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May 21, 2026 |
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140. People Pleasing in Relationships - The Psychology Behind Why You Put Others First
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May 06, 2026 |
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139. Dating Apps: Why They Feel So Hard and How to Navigate Them
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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138. The Love Paradox: Why You Keep Choosing the Wrong Partner - And How to Break the Cycle
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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137. 10 Healthy Dating Rules for Women Who Tend to Over-Give
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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136. What If Your Partner Struggles With Emotional Intimacy? - Listener Q&A
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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135. How Can I Heal from Relationship Regret?
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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134. My Top 5 Dark Red Flags in Dating (Part 2)
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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133. My Top 5 Dark Red Flags In Dating (Part 1)
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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BONUS - Healing your Inner Child Meditation
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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132. Emotional Needs in Relationships: Why You Feel Unfulfilled in Love
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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131. No Matches, No Dates - Is Something Wrong With Me?
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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130. What Emotionally Available Partners Actually Do
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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129: The Real Dating Mindset: 10 Shifts That Protect You From Old Patterns
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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128. The Sorry Reflex - Why You Apologise (When You Don’t Need To)
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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127. Can they change? Two Essential Qualities That Make It Possible
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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126. Inside Limerence (Part 2): From fantasy to freedom
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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125. Inside Limerence (Part 1): The psychology of the crush that won’t quit
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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124. Narcissism Explained: What to Watch For in Relationships
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Inside Love Wisely: A Heart-Centred Journey to Rewrite Your Love Template
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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123. The Fears That Hold You Back: 5 Limiting Beliefs Keeping You From Healthy Love
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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122. The Catch-22 of Attraction: Why We Want Love but End Up with Distance
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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121. When “Staying Friends” Costs Your Self-Respect: Trauma Bonds, Avoidant Partners & Letting Go
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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120. The Rescuer Complex: Why Saving Them Won't Heal You
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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119. Your Past Relationships Are Trying to Tell You Something… Are You Listening?
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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117. How She Stopped Choosing Emotionally Unavailable Men - A Real Case Journey
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May 22, 2025 |
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116: Why Do We Minimize Harm in Relationships? Understanding the Psychology Behind Tolerating Abuse
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May 02, 2025 |
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115 – Healing for Love: Why Reparenting Your Abandoned Inner Child is the First Step to Secure Relationships
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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114. Are You Dating As Your True Self — Or a Coping Mode?
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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113. The Mailbox – Healing from the Mother Wound: Letting Go of the Hope That Keeps You Stuck
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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112. Breaking Free from People-Pleasing: Six Questions to Help You Reconnect with Yourself
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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111. Seven Deadly Sins of the Narcissistic Dater: Red Flags You Can’t Ignore
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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109. When Family Ties Hurt: Navigating Estrangement and Difficult Relationships
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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108. Which Life Script Do You Want to Let Go of This Year?
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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ENCORE + More: 73. Six Strategies for dealing with difficult relatives over the Holidays
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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107. The Guilt Game: Inside The Martyr Mode
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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106. Healthy Adult Daily Practice: An Intentional Reflection Tool
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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105. 7 Essential Characteristics of the Healthy Adult Mode
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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104: The Good, the Bad and the Bond: Understanding Trauma Bonding.
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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103. A Deep Dive into the Self-Sacrifice Schema
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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ENCORE. Dating with an abandonment schema: Coping with triggers
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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102. Dating Without Fear: 8 Common Anxieties and How to Overcome Them
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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ENCORE: 41. Dating with an Abandonment Schema Part 1
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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ENCORE + more: Dating Fatigue - How To Stay Hopeful!
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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101. Is Hook-Up Culture Affecting Your Self-Worth?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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100. The Mailbox: Hidden in Plain Sight: Recognizing Red Flags You Can’t Ignore
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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99. The Mailbox - The Hidden Costs of Casual Sex: Unpacking the Abandonment Schema
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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98. The Entitlement Trap: Understanding the Schema That Sabotages Relationships
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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97. This Hidden Schema Sabotages Success: Unmasking the Failure Schema
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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96. Break-up Recovery: Can we really ever get 'Closure'?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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95. A Schema Therapy Take on Defensiveness & How to Reduce it.
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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94. Self-Reparenting: Practical Tips
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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93. Why am I surrounded by Narcissists?
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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92. Back to Basics: What is a Schema?
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May 29, 2024 |
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91. Understanding the Mistrust/Abuse Schema
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May 06, 2024 |
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90. Invisible Barriers: Why Women Stay with Unavailable Partners
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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89. Understanding the abandonment wound and where it comes from
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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87. BITESIZE QUESTION. Are you an Over-Compensator?
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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BONUS: Compassionate Responding Meditation for Therapists & Other Carers
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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85: The Abandonment Schema: Relationships & Break-ups
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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84. Three Long-Term Consequences of Narcissistic Parenting
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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83. BITESIZE QUESTION: How can I start to heal my emotional deprivation schema?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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82. BITESIZE QUESTION: What's the difference between self-sacrifice and subjugation schemas?
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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81. The Mailbox: What is a disorganized attachment style and why we prefer schemas!?
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May 18, 2023 |
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80. Talking to a Narcissist? Avoid These 6 Common Pitfalls
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May 06, 2023 |
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79. From Sizzle to Fizzle: When a Great First Date Doesn't Lead Anywhere
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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78. Don't Second Guess: Trusting Your Intuition to Identify Early Indicators of Intimate Partner Abuse
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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77. The Heart of the Matter: Understanding Our Core Emotional Needs
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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76. Emotional Landmines: Understanding and Coping with Schema Triggers
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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75: The Lasting Impact of a Close Friend's Death
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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74: Understanding Narcissistic Modes in Schema Therapy
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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73: Six strategies for dealing with difficult relatives over the holidays
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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72: Four things you can work on if you think you are Narcissistic
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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71: Understanding Your Emotions With Mindfulness & Without Judgement
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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70. The Mailbox: My Partner Had An Affair, What Now?
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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68. Five Things 'Difficult' Parents Do
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Encore Episode: 22: Coming to terms with narcissistic parents
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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67. Schemas and Parenting: How schemas influence our attitudes & responses
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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66. Emotion Coaching our Kids for Schema Prevention
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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65: What Is The Healthy Adult Mode In Schema Therapy?
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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64. Am I a 'Rescuer' in my relationships?
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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63: The Mailbox: My Inner Critic Is Called Dick
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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62: The Emotional Deprivation Schema
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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61: How Can I Change My Unrelenting Standards Schema?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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60: When Good Enough Is Never Enough: The Unrelenting Standards Schema. Part 1
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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59: The Mailbox: When Both Your Parents Are Narcissists
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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58: Why Do I Sabotage My Relationships? What You Need to Know About Your Abandonment Schema
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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57: You Are Not Your Diagnosis
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Encore Episode: Coping with Narcissistic Parents: Four Different Dynamics
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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56: Why are People Passive-Aggressive?
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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55: Revisiting the Abandonment Schema & Romantic Relationships
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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54: Understanding the Defectiveness Schema
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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53: Dating Fatigue: What you need to do to feel hopeful again!
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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52: Disarming the Narcissist: Being True to Yourself in Dating, Relationships & Other Tough Encounters with Wendy Behary
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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51: Overcoming Schema Chemistry: Breaking Old Relationship Patterns
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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50: Schema Chemistry 101: Uncovering the Hidden Reason Why Your Relationships don't Work Out
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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49: How to Start Reparenting Yourself
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May 17, 2022 |
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48: People Pleasing & Approval Seeking: Are You Looking for Approval in All the Wrong Places?
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May 04, 2022 |
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47: Are You Living a Subjugated Life?
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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46: The Tinder Swindler Part 2: Victim Blaming, Love Scamming and the Rise of Cat-fishing
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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45: The Tinder Swindler – Looking Through the Schema Lens
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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43: The Mailbox: How to Avoid Becoming a Narcissistic Parent
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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42: Dating with an Abandonment Schema: Part 2 - What is your Coping Style?
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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41: Dating with an Abandonment Schema - Part 1
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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40: The Mailbox: The Self-Sacrifice Schema
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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39. The Anxious-Avoidant Love Trap: Schemas & Attachment Styles
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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38: What Type of Inner Critic Do You Have?
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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37: Mailbox: Co-parenting with a Narcissist Ex and Supporting your Partner with Their Schema Therapy
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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36: Fifty Shades of Red: How Knowing Your Schemas Can Prevent Toxic Relationships
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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35: Fifty Shades of Red: Very Early Indicators of Coercive Control
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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34: The Mailbox: Schemas and Friendships: Abandonment in Platonic Relationships
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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33: The Mailbox: Help! I'm Avoiding Relationships Because They're too Painful
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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32: After the Break-Up: Why Can't I Get Over My Ex?
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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31: Breaking Up - When Schemas Get in the Way of Calling It Quits
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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30: When Your Heart Breaks After A Break-Up
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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29: Dating Apps and Mr. Emotionally Unavailable
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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28: Caring or Controlling? Red Flags & Early Boundary Violations
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May 19, 2021 |
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27: Is that a Thing? Unusual Psychological Syndromes
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May 11, 2021 |
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26: Chronic Depression: Uncovering the Hidden Factors Preventing Recovery
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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24: The Mailbox: Protecting Yourself from Narcissistic Parents
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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23: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Online Dating
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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22: Coming To Terms with Narcissistic Parents
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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21: The Red Flag Project: Ghosting, Love-Bombing, Some Reminiscing and More!
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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20: Coping with Narcissistic Parents: Four Different Dynamics
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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19: Mother Knows Best: When your Mother is Narcissistic
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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18: "Sorry for your Loss" What to Say and Not to Say to Someone Who is Grieving
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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17: Managing the Narcissist in Your Life
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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15: Gaslighting: A Narcissist's Favorite Way to Manipulate Reality
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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14: Understanding Narcissism & How It Affects Your Relationships
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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13: Transforming the Hidden Schemas That Are Sabotaging Your Relationships with Justine & Gemma
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation 2. Extended - Gemma Gladstone
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Loving Kindness Meditation 1. (Sending Metta to Self) with Gemma Gladstone
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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12: Why Can't I Walk Away From a Relationship With an Unavailable Partner (including an affair)? - Justine & Gemma
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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11: How Your Abandonment Schema Can Undermine a Good Relationship - Gemma and Justine.
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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10: What is the Abandonment Schema and Where Does It Come From? - Gemma and Justine
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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09: Why Am I Attracted to Unavailable Partners? - Justine and Gemma
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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08: Six Tell-Tale Signs of a Big Self-Sacrifice Schema (ie, People Pleaser) - Dr. Gemma Gladstone
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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07: What Exactly is a Schema? How Do Schemas Develop & How Can We Understand Schema Triggering?
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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06: Re-entering Lockdown? Surviving the Psychological Consequences of COVID-19 - Gemma Gladstone
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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05: What are Core Emotional Needs? Why are They Important and What Can Happen if They Are Not Met - Dr Gemma Gladstone
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Jun 16, 2020 |