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Psychotherapist and Yoga Master, Cheryl Kennedy MacDonald offers evidence-based therapy for women experiencing life transitions, relationship challenges, or emotional distress and adult ADHD

23/11/2025

Closure isn’t something that anyone else can give you. It’s something your nervous system CAN give you when it stops looking to the past.

Most of us are looking for an apology, or some kind of explanation. Something that helps you finally “make sense” of wtf happened. Unfortunately, it’s rarely comes as neatly packaged as that.

Research on attachment and heartbreak shows that your brain is looking for answers after a breakup, because unfinished stories trigger the same neural pathways as actual physical pain (Fisher et al., 2010).
Your mind keeps looping on the breakup, because it believes that a bit of clarity, will finally give you the peace that you need to move on.

The sad fact is that person who hurt you, is the least likely person to make you feel better. And you may never get the kind of closure you’re looking for - especially from them.

If you’re looking for real closure, you need to be:
• understanding your patterns, not worrying about theirs
• accepting the reality of what happened, not the fantasy version of what it could have been
• focusing on your emotional safety over justice or revenge
• actively choosing to stop reopening an old wound

If you’re stuck in this loop, it can absolutely be fixed. You’re grieving and it hurts, but with time and with the right support, that loop does end.

21/11/2025

You don’t have to love your ex. But your teenagers still do.

This is one of the most emotionally complex parts of divorce: Feeling your own pain while still trying to protect your kid’s relationship with their dad/other parent.

You’re not pretending that everything is fine, nobody expects that. But you should learn to regulate your emotions enough to provide neutrality, because they really need that.

Here are a few things you can do to support your teens:

- Speak about facts, not about how you feel. “Your dad is picking you up at five” is a lot better than “If he ever shows up.”

- Process your anger with your own support system (friends, therapist etc), not through your kids.

- Validate their connection with both parents. Teenagers do not thrive when they are pulled into adult conflicts.

- Protect them from your narrative. They do not need to be exposed to your pain.

- Remember that being neutral doesn’t mean that you’ve forgiven your ex or that they’re ‘getting off lightly’. It’s not about them, it’s a parenting strategy.

I know this is hard work, especially when you are hurting. But it is also one of the most important things you can do to give your kids as stress-free a divorce as possible. They need to know that they do not have to carry the emotional weight of your divorce.

19/11/2025

Is your ex really a narcissist... or just emotionally unavailable?

It’s become one of the most overused words on social media. TRUE Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is actually quite rare and only about 1% of the world population meet the clinical criteria.

If they’re not ‘officially’ a narc, it doesn’t mean that you’re not in pain. It could be that they were emotionally immature, avoidantly attached, operating from trauma or frankly, just an a$$hole.

The labels don’t really matter and BTW, we’re here to help YOU, not to diagnose him. Things you should be thinking about instead are:
👉 What made me stay?
👉 What did I ignore?
👉 What do I need to heal?

Swipe through and SAVE to learn the difference between narcissistic traits and the full blown disorder. This will help you spot the real thing, and explain why mislabelling can keep you stuck and stop you moving on.

SAVE this post if you’re rebuilding after a nasty breakup.

🩵 SHARE with a friend who’s stuck wondering if her ex was a narcissist.

17/11/2025

When a relationship ends, it’s also the death of the future you thought you were walking into. This is some big life trauma.

Research shows that around 70% of women didn’t actually want a divorce when it happened, even if they were very unhappy. We stay because we hope that if we try to make it work and we carry the emotional load, that one day things will click back into place.

When your marriage ends anyway, the nervous system goes into shock. You’re suddenly processing things like grief, fear, rejection, shame and identity loss all at the same time – it’s a lot. You might feel numb one day and hysterical the next and that’s a perfectly normal trauma response.

If this is where you are just now, start with the small stuff:

• Ground your body
Big exhales, feet on the floor, name 5 things you can see. This brings helps your body feel safe again.

• Treat it like grief, not a personal failure.
You and your body need compassion. Be kind to yourself the way you would your friend.

• Stop trying to “be okay.”
Acceptance takes time. It’s not going to be a case of one day ‘your over it’ and will never be hurt by it again. Peaks and troughs are going to happen.

Even if it wasn’t your choice to get divorced, I promise you, you will feel better in time. I know this because I see it every day and yes, I’ve been there myself.

13/11/2025

I’ve just completed my training as a Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician (NATC), and I’m honestly really proud of this one. It’s been a really challenging course, not just academically, but emotionally. The material brings up so much of what I see in my clients every day: the confusion, self-doubt, constant tiptoeing around their partner, and just slowing disappearing.

This qualification means I can now work even more safely and effectively with women who’ve been impacted by narcissistic or antagonistic partners. It’s a very specific type of trauma and it needs a very specific approach.

Understanding the dynamics properly helps me support clients without minimising what they’ve been through or accidentally sending them home feeling worse.

I’m looking forward to bringing this into my sessions and helping more women make sense of their experiences and help rebuild their confidence again. If this is something you’re going through, please know that there’s absolutely nothing “overreactive” or dramatic about wanting peace and safety.

12/11/2025

You’re not crazy for still thinking about him — your brain literally got addicted to the highs and crashes of that relationship.

Stay to the end — this will make sense of the chaos in your head and help you finally start to let go. 🩵

11/11/2025

She’s still in there, and that’s fine 👌💖

10/11/2025

Your hormones and emotions are constantly trying to tell you something.. and your body is listening to every word.

Somatic therapy is the bridge between the science of stress, hormones and movement. It’s my go-to for helping women regulate their mood and energy naturally.

Save this post for when you need to reconnect.

09/11/2025

If your mother needed you to meet her needs instead of meeting yours , this one’s for you.

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+6586066573

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http://www.femalefocusedtherapy.com/

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