"For too long we have been protecting the……" — Beverly Engel
"For too long we have been protecting the ones who have hurt us by minimizing our trauma and deprivation. It's time to stop protecting them and start to protect ourselves. We have been told and feel that we are responsible for their emotional well-being. We are not. We are responsible only for ourselves."
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Beverly Engel
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17 Quotes by Beverly Engel
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It is far more important to know myself and take care of myself than it is to look good to…
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Strong Women never put their safety or their self-esteem aside to please someone else or to keep a man. If…
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Accepting that your imperfections and so-called negative attributes are part of what makes you unique will help you to stop…
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Let others know when they have hurt or angered you. By not speaking up when someone insults or mistreats you,…
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Positive and powerful: Sometimes people won't like me, and it's okay. Positive and powerful: I like me, and that's all…
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What other people think of us usually has very little to do with who we are. It has a lot…
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You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go…
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Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse…
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There are many types of emotional abuse but most is done in an attempt to control or subjugate another person.…
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With emotional abuse, the insults, insinuations, criticism, and accusations slowly eat away at the victim’s self-esteem until he or she…
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The more you face the truth, the angrier you will probably become. You have a right to be angry about…
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Instead of envying what others have, decide what YOU want out of life and focus on achieving it.
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