The Price of Forgetting: Collective Stupidity and the Lessons We Refuse to Learn

By Linda C J Turner, Therapist & Advocate “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”– George Santayana (Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás) These timeless words have never echoed louder than they do today. In a world brimming with information, connectivity, and rapid technological advancement, we find ourselves slipping into… Read More The Price of Forgetting: Collective Stupidity and the Lessons We Refuse to Learn

🧠 The Psychology of the “Quiet Moments Between Thoughts”

By Linda C J Turner, Therapist & Advocate In cognitive neuroscience and mindfulness-based psychology, the space between our thoughts is often referred to as the “gap” — a momentary pause before the mind jumps to its next narrative, judgment, worry, or decision. These moments may be fleeting, but they’re incredibly significant. 1. The Default Mode Network vs. Present Awareness Our… Read More 🧠 The Psychology of the “Quiet Moments Between Thoughts”

🌿 The Awakening Stage: Choosing Truth Over Illusion

By Linda C J Turner, Therapist & Advocate There’s a moment in every healing journey when the veil begins to lift. It doesn’t always happen all at once. Sometimes, it’s a whisper, a lingering feeling that something’s not right. Other times, it’s a lightning bolt—a single event or realization that cracks the illusion wide open. What follows… Read More 🌿 The Awakening Stage: Choosing Truth Over Illusion

Being Beautiful Inside and Out: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Inner Beauty

By Linda C J Turner, Therapist & Advocate In a world saturated with filters, aesthetics, and curated lives, the phrase “beauty comes from within” can feel like a well-worn cliché. Yet, when we turn to the fields of psychology and neuroscience, this old adage carries profound weight. True beauty isn’t simply what we see—it’s what we feel, radiate, and become when… Read More Being Beautiful Inside and Out: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Inner Beauty

Projection in Psychology: A Mirror of the Unseen Self

By Linda C J Turner, Therapist & Advocate In my therapy work, and in everyday life, I often come across the concept of projection. It’s one of the most common—yet often misunderstood—psychological mechanisms we experience, and it can have a significant impact on our relationships, our healing, and our self-understanding. So let’s take a moment to… Read More Projection in Psychology: A Mirror of the Unseen Self

Escaping the Vortex of Negativity: Breaking Free from a Vindictive Partner

Escaping the Vortex of Negativity: Breaking Free from a Vindictive Partner When you live alongside someone consumed by cruelty and vindictiveness, it’s easy to underestimate the impact it has on you. At first, you tell yourself you won’t be affected, that you will stay true to your own morals and beliefs. But slowly, almost imperceptibly,… Read More Escaping the Vortex of Negativity: Breaking Free from a Vindictive Partner

Letting Go of the Fantasy: Embracing the Reality of a Relationship

There comes a time in life when we must face a difficult but necessary truth: sometimes, we have to let go—not just of a person, but of the illusion we created around them. It is easy to cling to the fantasy of what a relationship could have been, to the potential we once saw, or to the love we believed was real. But healing only begins when we acknowledge reality over the dream, the truth over the illusion, and the person as they were—not as we wished them to be.… Read More Letting Go of the Fantasy: Embracing the Reality of a Relationship

Karma and Healing

One of the hardest truths to accept is that we may never fully know the reality of a situation that has deeply affected our lives. When someone is self-absorbed to the point of using, abusing, and discarding others without remorse, they leave behind wounds that cannot be healed with an apology—because no apology is ever given. They move through life as if their actions have no consequences, but what they fail to realize is that the universe has its own way of balancing the scales.

It is a painful realization that what you went through was never really about you. It was always about them—their needs, their ego, their agenda. Some people navigate life as though others exist solely to serve their interests, oblivious to the harm they cause. They lack the empathy to see the pain they inflict, the devastation they leave in their wake. And while you are left grappling with questions, with heartache, and with a desperate need for closure, they move on as if none of it ever mattered.

But the truth is, it did matter. You matter. Your pain is valid, and your journey to healing is important—even if you never get the answers you seek.

The Weight of Unanswered Questions

It is human nature to want clarity. To understand why things happened the way they did. To hear an admission of guilt, a sincere acknowledgment of the hurt caused. But when dealing with someone who lacks self-awareness and empathy, waiting for that moment is like waiting for rain in a drought—it may never come. And even if it did, would it truly change anything?

Healing can feel impossible when you are left with a puzzle missing crucial pieces. But at some point, you realize that searching for the missing pieces only keeps you trapped in the past. Real healing comes when you make peace with the unknown, with the unanswered, and with the fact that some people are simply incapable of giving you what you deserve.

Karma Has Its Own Timing

It is tempting to believe that justice will be served, that one day they will wake up and see the damage they have done. While it may not happen in the way you expect, karma has an uncanny way of working. The choices people make, the lies they tell, the people they hurt—all of it creates a ripple effect. A person who mistreats others may not experience immediate consequences, but they will, in time, find themselves surrounded by the very negativity they have spread. Their relationships will be hollow, their successes empty, because when you walk through life without empathy, you ultimately walk alone.

But focusing on their karma, their downfall, or their reckoning only keeps you connected to them. The most powerful thing you can do is release them from your thoughts and energy. Let the universe handle what is beyond your control. Instead, pour your energy into your own healing, your own peace, and your own growth.

The Power of Letting Go

You are not responsible for their actions. You are not defined by their betrayal. You are not obligated to carry the weight of what they did to you.

What you are responsible for is your healing. For reclaiming your power. For stepping into a future where their absence is no longer a source of pain but a testament to your strength.

The truth may remain elusive, but your freedom does not depend on knowing all the answers. It depends on releasing the need to know. On trusting that you deserve peace even without closure.

And that, in the end, is the greatest justice of all.
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Its Just an Illusion

Keeping you away from the new group: This tactic is deliberate. By ensuring you don’t interact with their new friends or acquaintances, they can manipulate how they’re perceived without fear of the truth coming out.

Cutting ties with those who know the truth: They may avoid your family and old friends because these are people who saw their true behavior and would expose the reality behind their facade.Validation and ego: Being seen as wealthy, successful, or generous feeds their ego and sense of self-importance. It’s not about genuine connection—it’s about admiration and control.

Fear of being exposed: They likely know, deep down, that their behavior wouldn’t hold up under scrutiny. So, they create a carefully curated image for those who don’t know them well.… Read More Its Just an Illusion