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On today's episode of Tough Love, Dr. Laura Copley introduces a new way of creating goals to bring us into the New Year. She discusses the importance of using emotions as a way to calibrate out intentions and journey toward goals, focusing on harnessing our vision for our life, i ...  Show more

On this episode of Tough Love, Dr. Laura Copley talked about the signs of toxic positivity, invalidation, and ways to address it over the holidays. 

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Trauma bonding can feel like real love and intimacy. This is because when we trauma bond, we're connecting over our wounds and that can provide temporary but deep comfort. However, this doesn't heal our traumas and only satisfies the needs of the wound. A relationship built aroun ...  Show more

Can you be addicted to a person? If romantic relationships turn to obsession, especially after they're over, it's time to heal trauma bonds that "hook" you into people who are selfish, manipulative, and who "blow hot and cold." In this podcast, I respond to a letter ...

Is love supposed to hurt? Is it normal to feel emotionally attached to a person who hurts you, keeps making empty promises to change,  and yet you find yourself staying anyway? In today's episode, we're talking about trauma bonds and why it's not actually " ...