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02/06/2026

Albanian culture is rich in love, loyalty, and deep family bonds 🇦🇱

And like every culture, it also carries patterns that were shaped by survival, history, and unspoken rules.
Raising awareness isn’t about shame or blame.
It’s about naming unhealthy dynamics, understanding where they came from, and replacing them with healthier ways of relating—so our relationships can be rooted in safety, respect, and emotional connection 🤍
We can honor our culture and evolve it.
Education creates choice. Awareness creates change 🌱

🪞 Self-reflection:
Where might I be repeating a cultural pattern that once protected my family—but no longer supports healthy relationships today?
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02/05/2026

Healing is often supposed to feel empowering… so why does it sometimes feel like grief? 💭

In this episode of Breaking Up With Toxicity, we talk about the part of growth no one prepares you for — the sadness that can come when you begin setting boundaries, outgrowing relationships, and letting go of the survival versions of yourself that once kept you safe. 🌱

If your life is becoming healthier but also quieter…
If you’ve made the “right” choices and still feel heavy…
If part of you is grieving people, patterns, or even the version of you that learned how to survive…

Nothing is wrong with you.
Growth often comes with loss — and that doesn’t mean you’re going backward. It means you’re changing. 💛

Self-reflection question:

📌What part of my life—or which relationship—am I quietly grieving as I grow, even though I know this change is healthier for me?

🎧 Episode: Why Healing Hurts More Than Staying the Same: The Cost of Growth
Available now on Breaking Up With Toxicity

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02/05/2026

Anxious Parent ↔ Avoidant Adult Child
What’s felt vs. what’s received 🧠

When relationships feel challenging, difficult, or just off, this is one factor that often sits underneath the tension—not the whole story, but an important piece 🧩
Care can be felt as worry and love… yet received as pressure or control.

Distance can be felt as self-protection… yet received as coldness or rejection.

No villains here—just misalignment, missed translations, and nervous systems speaking different languages 🔄💔

These dynamics don’t mean the relationship is broken. They mean it’s misunderstood. And understanding creates space for empathy, clearer boundaries, and more intentional connection ✨

📌Self-reflection: Where in my relationships might misalignment—not malice—be driving the difficulty? 🤔🌱
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02/05/2026

When speaking up leads to being labeled “the problem,” something deeper is happening.

Not every relationship knows how to hold honesty 🪞 Sometimes discomfort gets redirected, and the person naming the issue becomes the issue 💭

This isn’t about blame—it’s about patterns, power, and what happens when truth threatens the status quo 🕊️
Silence can look like peace 🌱 but it often costs self-trust and clarity.

Self-reflection:
📌What parts of myself did I learn to minimize in order to stay connected—and what has that cost me over time?
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01/30/2026

This is the first video in a series for the Albanian community — especially Albanian mothers 💬
We’re talking about how the mother–son relationship shapes emotional development, attachment, and future relationships.

This isn’t about blame. It’s about awareness, growth, and healthier bonds ❤️

Self-assessment question:
👉 When your son struggles emotionally, do you help him tolerate discomfort — or do you rush to remove it?
More to come.

This conversation matters 🇦🇱✨
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01/29/2026

Are you confusing personality traits with personality disorders? That mix-up can cost clarity, peace, and healthy choices in your relationships. 💔🧠

In this episode of Breaking Up With Toxicity, Maria Shkreli breaks it down: how traits show up under stress, what makes a disorder different, and why most people you clash with aren’t “disordered.” ✨

It’s not about diagnosing — it’s about seeing clearly so you can respond instead of reacting. 👀

📌Self-check: 🪞 Am I reacting to discomfort… or a real pattern of harm?

🎧 Link in bio to listen! 🎙️💬

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01/29/2026

It’s so important to understand the differences between dysfunction, toxicity, abuse, and domestic violence—because misunderstanding them can destroy lives. 💔

Too often, we’ve become a society walking on eggshells 🥚, labeling everyone as an abuser, and losing sight of what’s truly harmful. 🧠⚠️ Knowing the signs helps you protect yourself, set boundaries, and respond wisely. 🛡️

💡 Self-reflection question: Are you confusing hurtful patterns with true abuse, and how does that affect your relationships and peace of mind? 💭💛

01/26/2026

“The things we allow in our lives shape who we become 🌱✨ Every choice, every boundary we set—or don’t—matters 💭

Take a moment to reflect on what you’ve been accepting and why 🔍

Are you creating the life you truly want, or just reacting to what’s around you? 🤔
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01/24/2026

Anger Outburst #2 — Borderline Splitting 🧠🔥

This is a moment of splitting: when emotions flip to all-good or all-bad, often fueled by fear of abandonment and intense anger. It’s not manipulation—it’s dysregulation.

Sharing this gently, especially for my Albanian community 🇦🇱, where mental health is often misunderstood or silenced. Awareness brings compassion, not shame. Healing starts with naming it. 💛
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01/22/2026

🎙 New Podcast Episode

Social media has created a new kind of abuse — not just in relationships, but in how information is shared and consumed.

In this episode, I break down the different types of abuse and explain how removing context and nuance has led to oversimplified labels, confusion, and harm. Not every unhealthy dynamic fits into one viral definition.

We talk about how this impacts real people, blurs important distinctions, and often escalates conflict instead of understanding.

Education should create clarity — not fear. 🧠✨
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01/22/2026

Reactive abuse is often misunderstood online ⚠️
It’s not a personality disorder, and it’s not limited to one “type” of person.
When someone is pushed, provoked, or emotionally worn down over time, their reaction can get spotlighted while the context gets ignored 🔍 That doesn’t tell the full story.
This conversation isn’t about labeling people or playing diagnosis games 🧠
It’s about understanding patterns, pressure, and why reactions don’t happen in a vacuum.
Nuance matters. Context matters. Awareness matters. ✨
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01/20/2026

Too often, the stories we’re told… the narratives in our communities, families, and feeds… keep us stuck in a victim mentality 😔🔗.

Victimhood happens to us. Victim mentality? That’s a choice we keep making without even realizing it 🤯.
💭 Self-check: Am I honoring reality or living someone else’s story of me?

It’s time to break the cycle 🕊️✨

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