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Seeing The Pattern: Love Bombing and the Abuse Cycle
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Someone can tell you they love you while quietly teaching you to doubt your own mind. That is the part we wanted to name out loud, without buzzwords and without blame.
I sit down with artist, author, and speaker Carine Van Hee to unpack how toxic relationships and emotional abuse actually work in real life. Carine shares the moment her mother’s death in 2023 exposed a pattern she could not unsee, and how that discovery also reframed her own past relationship. We talk about why so many people hesitate to use the word “abuse,” especially when there are no…
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