15/08/2026
โค๏ธ๐ธ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โฆ๐ธ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ Gene Olley โค๏ธ
This isnโt Instagram ๐ ๐ฉโฆ.we nailed it โค๏ธ
Iโve been abused, hit, SAd, coercively controlled and nearly destroyed by a narcissist. This man has his own story & experience of narcissistic abuse & when we met it was messy. We were all over the place. Both of us fearful avoidants & it was haaaaaaard. I was using addiction as a coping skill, a lone parent trying to raise two girls with a body that I didnโt realise was failing with PMDD and chronic autoimmune illnesses. He was lost, scared & confused & hugely reactive to triggers from his past.
We dug DEEP. Two years in therapy each and we regularly sat & continue to sit with Sacred medicines. Podcasts, books, courses, addressing our core beliefs & changing our lifestyle. Doing the hard sh*t.
The secret to building a healthy, happy and easy marriage? Keep working on yourself. Call each other out. REALLY LISTEN. Create safety for expression. Define your roles. Support each otherโฆnot to be mistaken for saving each other.
If you had a distant / struggling / traumatised / controlling mother or a avoidant / aggressive / narcissistic father (or vice versa)โฆyou will unknowingly find yourself in a relationship with someone just like them so they hurt you so badly that you are forced to look at your wounding and how you are choosing partners like your parents and/or you are behaving like them towards your partner.
Once youโve been through the mill and finally wake up to your patterns, youโll meet someone who will challenge you to sort your sh*t out fully & youโll turn towards the little you inside you who needs you to do the healing workโฆand thatโs when youโll break the cycle of unhealthy relationships for you and your children.
Face yourself, donโt go to the grave not knowing this depth of love. We are living proof of how peaceful & expansive a safe love can be after a lifetime of sh*t โค๏ธ