3 Ways to Leave Relationship Abuse Behind – Eleanor Roosevelt

Women in toxic, addictive, unhealthy relationships may know they’re not living their best life…but breaking up with an abusive partner is easier said than done. On my 5 Stages of Leaving an Abusive Relationship article, a reader described the abuse in her relationship. Here, I hope to give her – and all women dealing with [...]

5 Stages of Leaving an Abusive Relationship – Tina Turner

The life lesson: leaving an abusive relationship involves five stages of separation. The successful woman: Tina Turner – one of the greatest singers of all time – who was in an abusive marriage for 16 years.

“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go – purge yourself,” says Tina Turner. “If you are unhappy with anything . [...]

How Do You Leave a Mentally Abusive Relationship? – Elizabeth Gilbert

The life lesson: though it seems like it should be easy to leave a relationship that involves spousal abuse, mental abuse, or verbal abuse…it’s not. The successful woman, who’s “been there, done that”: Elizabeth Gilbert.

“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men,” writes Gilbert in Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for [...]