NICOLE MARTIN SALTER

I haven't been writing here for a while because of general busy-ness, anxiety over busy-ness, Netflix interfering with my busy-ness, and...

Not many people know this, but I married a Ukrainian. It did not go well, not because he was Ukrainian, but because he was a narcissist...

We hear so much about mental health, but what about emotional health? Is there even a difference? If you're tired of that ubiquitous...

Social media seems to have gotten spicier than ever. Celebrity scandals are nothing new, but what's in the air now is a bit different:...

If you start talking about childhood trauma in 2022, there are still people who will tell you to just 'get over it' because 'our parents...

Does anyone remember that old Stephen King book and series, The Tommyknockers? I'm a King fan, and I remember being really creeped out...

A few months ago, I joined an online group for women who wanted to learn skills to process the grief and losses they had experienced in...

Throughout my narcissistically abusive marriage, I spent a lot of time thinking that I must be the problem. After all, I was the one who...

It's already 2022 and, after hearing for years and years about how Donald Trump has been a narcissist all his life - an assessment that's...

Merry Christmas!! I love playing Santa, so I'm giving away 100 copies of my book on Goodreads.com. If you've never heard of Goodreads (I...

I think I watch too much Netflix. I don't know if consuming all that content makes me more narcissistic or more codependent, but it's a...

The holidays are fast approaching. I'm so busy making soap gift baskets, wrapping gifts and writing out cards, I haven't had much time to...

A couple of weeks ago I went to donate blood. It turned out my iron was inexplicably too low. I was advised to eat red meat, oatmeal, and...

Today, I wrote down three goals for the next 12 months. For someone who has struggled with codependency/passivity/hopelessness and...

Are you feeling guilty about something? Are you judging yourself and sentencing yourself, once again, to feeling that you're wrong, bad,...

The other day I was listening to a podcast by Dr. Caroline Leaf, a cognitive neuroscientist who has dedicated her career to helping...

Is it me, or are there more and more trending shows about psychopaths lately? Even my counselor, who originally started watching this...

Recently I had a bit of an awkward exchange on Facebook Messenger that reminded me why I seldom hang out on social media platforms with...

I just heard one of my YouTube heroes, Richard Grannon, say something very interesting. Richard, also known as the Spartan Life Coach,...

"Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it." Have you heard this quote, or some version of it? Do you believe it is...