Blog Articles by Dr. Nima

Violation

Violation

I remember the moment when I decided I was never going to invite my friend to stay over again.   Our friendship had deepened over time. We would go out to the clubs to dance with the ladies.   Sometimes we would double date.   I was new to the city and my social...

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The Willingness Of Imperfection (While On Daddy Duty)

Take a moment to reflect on how boundaries were modelled to you growing up.Were you punished for sharing them?Guilted into removing them? In my family system, they weren’t really taught to us elegantly. I’m not even blaming my parents, either.We can’t lead others...

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Navigating Boundaries

Its official. As a general rule, we humans suck at boundaries. We either completely bulldoze over our boundaries to the point of abandoning ourselves dude to the fawn response, Or we are imprisoned by them and become reactive jerks. There’s an in between, and on this...

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From Dissociation to Reconnection

There’s a hidden root cause behindmost of our relationship challenges. And it’s not about the “other” person. It’s something more insidious.In fact you can’t even feel it most of the time. Most of us who are stuck in relationship dynamics that feel toxic,living in a...

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How Fantasy Affects Your Relationships

What are your fantasies? At first glance, you might be thinking that I’m talking about sexuality and fetishes. I’m not. I’m talking about the root cause of our Trauma Bonds. Picture this:you grow up in a childhood where you experienced the wounding of:...

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How a Child Becomes the Narcissist

These days my inbox is inundated with peopletelling me how their ex is a narcissist. And I get it, too. I’m married now in a secure bond that’s polarized, butwhen I was unpacking the sh*t show that was my last relationship I was in,I was surprised to discover that I...

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I’m Sorry

I’m sorry. I’ve been so busy helping people shift their insecure attachments,become Trigger-Proof, and upgrade their magnetism, master the rupture/repair cyclethat my team just informed me that I haven’t sent ANY noticesto let you know that the super early bird...

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Rewiring Your Patterns Does This

What would you do if your partner who you loveddidn’t want to have s∊x with you? Option #1: Feel hurt, rejected, pine after them, beg, plead Option #2: Do option #1 then decide to leave and move on. Joe decided to do option #1— which was to do option 1 in hopesthat...

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Anyone can Become Locked in a Trauma Bond – Even Me

Anyone can become locked in a trauma bond – even me.   For 43 years, I kept finding myself in the same relationship over and over again: a relationship defined by insecurity, constant cycles of conflict and making up, and a strong desire to be “completed” by each...

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