Whether it's your appearance, career choices, or personal struggles, toxic family members often have no problem making biting ...

Maya Rufino works as a therapist in California, but before she could begin helping others, she had to first help herself.

Letting go of toxic family members isn’t easy, but sometimes it’s the only way to protect your mental and emotional well-being. When family dynamics are built on manipulation, criticism ...

Not every family member has your best interests at heart. Some can be emotionally draining, manipulative, or even toxic. While completely cutting ties with family can be challenging and ...

Combining research, reportage, and memoir, a new book explores the growing phenomenon of estranging toxic relatives, ...

Another of the ways brilliant people shut down family gaslighting as soon as it starts is by not engaging in arguments, ...

God has called us to be relational by loving him and one another. The cross illustrates this by showing that we relate with God vertically and with people horizontally. If you do not relate with ...

These days, more young people are being transparent about choosing to estrange themselves from family members they consider toxic. In viral videos posted to social media, they break down why they ...

In toxic families, reality is fluid—reshaped at will by those in power. Parents, older siblings, or even extended family members like aunts and uncles, who were emotionally abusive or neglectful ...