I know this pattern from the inside out. I've been in several relationships with men who were, at a minimum, emotionally unavailable, and often showed narcissistic behaviors.
Over a decade ago, the end of an emotionally draining relationship full of lies and gaslighting sent me researching, and I stumbled across the word narcissist. I learned all about it and figured, now that I know, this will never happen to me again. Spoiler: it did.
Fast forward to 2018, and I was right back in the same pattern with a new face. Two weeks in, he said he was in love with me. My body KNEW it was love bombing, and I stayed three and a half years anyway.
By the end, I'd gained almost 40 pounds and the light was gone from my eyes. Every time I visited my parents, I'd pass out on their couch, completely drained, not realizing how much that relationship was taking from me emotionally, energetically, and physically. My skin kept breaking out, my digestion was a mess, my nervous system lived in fight or flight, and the way I talked to myself was brutal.
BeforeAfter
After I left, Liana Shanti's Healing from Narcissistic Relationships program changed everything. I learned the pattern was an energetic template, and I could clear it.
As I cleared my body and that energetic template, I finally trusted myself again and made the biggest leap of my life: I moved across the country to an entirely new city to start over and build my dream life.
Today, I feel secure in myself. I still want partnership, but I'm no longer looking for someone to fill an emotional void, because I healed where that wounding came from. Now I'm passionate about helping women get their glow back, trust themselves again, and never settle for less than they deserve.