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03 Aug Week 4: The ARP (3rd Red Flag – You’ve Been Warned!)

Posted at 15:53h in Asshat Red Flags, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 2 Comments

Toxic people actually tell you they’re toxic. People will tell you who they are. And when they do, you’ve got to listen.  I’ll give you an example of when I avoided a toxic person by being honest with myself. Shortly after I left my relationship with my last...

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27 Jul Week 3: ARP (2nd Red Flag – Inconsistency)

Posted at 16:45h in Asshat Red Flags, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 0 Comments

The Toxic Man (or Woman) is Unreliable and Inconsistent. Unreliability is an important red flag that'll usually pop up in the early stages of the relationship. So it’s a good idea to pay attention before you fall under the toxic (wo)man’s thrall. If your date tells you...

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21 Jul Week 2: ARP (1st Red Flag – Urgency, Followed by Cooling)

Posted at 17:11h in Asshat Red Flags, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 0 Comments

Now that you've answered my questionnaire and determined you may, indeed, be bad at avoiding relationships and even friendships with Asshats, be sure to bookmark this page. Because over the next nine weeks, I'm going to take you on an in-depth tour of: The 9 Red Flags...

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14 Jul Week 1: The Asshat Recovery Program (A Questionnaire, do you Qualify?)

Posted at 18:25h in Asshat Red Flags, Codependent Character Traits, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 7 Comments

Welcome to my How to Avoid Toxic Relationships to Find Real Love Tutorial. Over the next several months we'll be working together to discover if you're in a toxic relationship and, if so, how to extricate yourself in order to find the love that will help...

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29 Apr Asshats Steal Your Jet Fuel

Posted at 19:00h in Asshat Red Flags, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 3 Comments

How to get out of an Abusive Relationship? Self-Awareness! Asshats can squelch your Bad-Assery. You are a Badass. You just know you are. You have at least ten jets that propel you through your badass life. The problem is, when you date an Asshat, they can drain...

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24 Mar Do not, I REPEAT, do not turn the Asshat’s Bread Crumbs into a Rustic Loaf!

Posted at 04:00h in Asshat Red Flags, Codependent Character Traits, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 0 Comments

Marla finally escaped her emotionally draining, dead-end relationship and is worried she might go back. If you find my advice useful be sure to OPT-IN to my Newsletter!...

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24 Mar After One Week of Dating, She Wanted to Move In. Dating Advice!

Posted at 03:44h in Asshat Red Flags, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 0 Comments

Hello Dear Reader, Welcome to my very first "Ask Shannon," where I respond to readers' questions with my usual Je ne sais pas! This one's an absolute must when it comes to dating advice. TAKE IT SLOW! If you find my advice useful be sure to OPT-IN...

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23 Mar It’s Not You, It’s Him (or Her)

Posted at 17:12h in Asshat Red Flags, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 0 Comments

Let's set the scene, shall we? You're madly in love/lust with a God we'll call Val (if you're a male reader replace that with a Goddess we'll also call Val). Val is sexy and gorgeous and you're as whipped as Paris was by Helen of Troy. But being...

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11 Feb Asshats Use The “C” Word To Keep You Hooked

Posted at 01:22h in Asshat Red Flags, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 3 Comments

Not that C-word! Jeez, guys. the word I'm referring to is CRITICISM It would be unfair to say that, prior to the Asshat coming along, we had unmitigated self regard. At least, that wasn't the case for me. When I started college, I was just emerging from a fairly...

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28 Jan 10 Red Flags You’re Dating an Asshat, 5 Ways to Dodge ’em!

Posted at 23:35h in Asshat Red Flags, Codependent Character Traits, Dating & Recovery Articles by Shannon 13 Comments

Signs of an Abusive Relationship Hello Recovery Warrior -- Welcome to my new site which is dedicated in its entirety to discovering the signs of an abusive relationship and the fumigation/removal of Asshats from our lives so we can find Real Love (and not just between...

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