Author: Crystal Arber

  Did you grow up in a childhood where you spent the majority of your time taking care of your caregiver(s) needs? Instead of your parents meeting your needs, you … Continue reading Are you living the life you were programmed to live or the life you were born to live?

We are embedded in a critical age of what I am going to call digital attachment trauma. It is with much sadness I witness parents on their digital gadgets while … Continue reading Digital Attachment Trauma

are you an adaptive child? I am the child who had to adapt to the crazy dysfunctional family I grew up in.  I did a great job of negotiating the … Continue reading are you a functional adult or an adaptive child?

The adaptive child is the child stuck in the adults body that never got to grow up because they were too busy trying to survive a chaotic family.

rants from the adaptive child… Boundaries   What are you talking about.. boundaries? What the heck is a boundary?  What do you mean? Where you begin and I end? I … Continue reading rants from the adaptive child… boundaries