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Freedom After the Fog: Recovering from Coercive Control
Recovery is possible. With time, support, and self-compassion, you can rebuild a life of freedom, choice, and dignity. This blog explores the key stages of healing from coercive control and offers guidance on reclaiming your voice, identity, and autonomy.

Sharon Walker
4 min read


Surveillance, Isolation, and the Loss of Freedom: When Control Becomes a Cage
Uncover how coercively controlling partners use surveillance, isolation, and social manipulation to dominate their partners, leaving them cut off, hyper-vigilant, and deeply alone.

Sharon Walker
4 min read


Control Through Finances: When Money Becomes a Weapon
Unpack how coercive partners use finances to exert control, the long-term consequences, and ways survivors can begin to reclaim financial autonomy.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Isolating You from the World: Tactics of Social Control
One of the most devastating aspects of coercive control is social isolation — a gradual process where the abusive partner limits your connections with friends, family, and sources of support. It rarely happens overnight.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Controlling the Narrative: How Abusers Twist Reality
Explore how coercive controllers rewrite reality to serve their agenda. We’ll look at the methods they use, the psychological impact on survivors, and how to begin trusting your own perception again.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


The Psychology Behind Coercive Control: Why Abusers Need Power
Delve into the psychological motivations that drive coercive control. By understanding the mindset of the abuser — and the emotional impact on the abused — survivors can begin to untangle the web they’ve been caught in and take meaningful steps towards freedom.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Coercive Control in Intimate Relationships: The Hidden Abuse
Uncover the hidden nature of coercive control in intimate relationships, helping survivors — particularly women — identify the warning signs and acknowledge the profound emotional impact of this type of abuse.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Psychological Manipulation and Emotional Domination
Understand the psychological tools a coercive partner uses to dominate: from emotional manipulation through guilt and fear, to fostering dependence and undermining self-esteem. If you’ve ever felt like you were “losing yourself” in a relationship, these patterns may help you put a name to what you’ve experienced.

Sharon Walker
4 min read


The Subtle Signs of Coercive Control
Understanding the subtle signs of coercive control is essential. The more clearly you can identify them, the better you’ll be able to trust your instincts, protect your wellbeing, and reclaim your sense of self.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


What Is Coercive Control?
Understanding coercive control is a crucial step towards naming what’s been happening, validating your experiences, and reclaiming your power. In this blog, we’ll explore what coercive control really means, how it differs from other relationship issues, and why recognising it is a vital part of healing and recovery.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Your Truth Matters: Breaking Free from the Narcissist’s Lies
This post is for every woman who’s ever been made to feel “too sensitive,” “crazy,” or “hard to love.” It’s about rediscovering your truth, honouring your voice, and breaking free from the lies that narcissistic abuse has planted in your mind.

Sharon Walker
4 min read


Gaslighting and Isolation – When Reality Gets Rewritten
Find out how gaslighting works hand-in-hand with isolation, how it gradually disconnects you from your support systems and inner compass, and what steps you can take to begin reclaiming your truth.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Gaslighting in Romantic Relationships – Warning Signs and Early Patterns
Recognising the early signs of gaslighting is essential not only for escaping abuse but for understanding that what you're experiencing is not normal, and not your fault.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Gaslighting and Self-Doubt – Rebuilding Confidence After Emotional Abuse
Discover how gaslighting breeds self-doubt, how it continues to affect your everyday life, and—most importantly—how to start reclaiming your self-belief and inner confidence.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Gaslighting Recovery – Reclaiming Your Reality
Gaslighting affects your core sense of self. Healing involves more than just understanding what happened—it requires gently unlearning the lies you’ve been told and rebuilding the trust you have in yourself.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Why Gaslighting Works – The Psychology of Manipulation
Explore the psychological mechanics that make gaslighting so powerful. Understanding these mechanisms is key to breaking free from its grip and reclaiming your clarity, strength, and sense of self.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Gaslighting in Romantic Relationships – When Love Becomes a Lie
Explore how gaslighting functions in intimate partnerships, how to recognise it, and why it often goes undetected for so long.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


The Psychological Impact of Gaslighting – Rebuilding Your Inner World
Gaslighting is a slow erosion of your inner voice, your intuition, and your ability to trust yourself. This post explores the profound psychological consequences of gaslighting and what it takes to begin healing and rebuilding your sense of self.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Understanding Gaslighting – What It Is and How It Works
Break down what gaslighting really is, explore the tactics commonly used, and shed light on why it’s so difficult to detect—even for the strongest, most self-aware individuals.

Sharon Walker
3 min read


Reclaiming Joy: Life After Complex PTSD
Explore what reclaiming joy looks like in the aftermath of emotional trauma, how to gently allow it into your life, and how to build a life that honours the woman you’ve fought to become.

Sharon Walker
3 min read
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