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Love Addiction 101: How Childhood Wounds cause our Unhealthy Attachment Patterns.

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“Love is not Enough” & 3 Other Truths about Love.

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6 Common Relationship Problems that are actually Toxic and Controlling

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Emotional Intelligence is a Muscle: 7 ways to Raise our “EQ.”

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I Love You. Goodbye—an Open Letter to Someone I once called Friend.

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5 Ways to Build Healthy Boundaries as an act of Self-Love & Self-Protection.

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I was Gaslighted (& it was the Best thing to Ever Happen to Me).

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3 Ways to Practice Real Happiness (& Stop being Miserable A-holes).

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Mandy Van Graan

Writer, Instapoet & Digital Marketer

Elephant Journal

Love Addiction & Codependency: How I Healed my Broken Self.

I Will Always be the Crazy & Difficult to Control Woman.

Am I Emotionally Unavailable? 5 Warning Signs.

It’s Either Fck Yes or Fck No—Eliminating the Grey Area in our Relationships.

Love Addiction 101: How Childhood Wounds cause our Unhealthy Attachment Patterns.

“Love is not Enough” & 3 Other Truths about Love.

6 Common Relationship Problems that are actually Toxic and Controlling

Emotional Intelligence is a Muscle: 7 ways to Raise our “EQ.”

I Love You. Goodbye—an Open Letter to Someone I once called Friend.

5 Ways to Build Healthy Boundaries as an act of Self-Love & Self-Protection.

I was Gaslighted (& it was the Best thing to Ever Happen to Me).

3 Ways to Practice Real Happiness (& Stop being Miserable A-holes).

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Cape Town,

South Africa

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Elephant Journal

Love Addiction & Codependency: How I Healed my Broken Self.

I Will Always be the Crazy & Difficult to Control Woman.

Am I Emotionally Unavailable? 5 Warning Signs.

It’s Either F*ck Yes or F*ck No—Eliminating the Grey Area in our Relationships.

Love Addiction 101: How Childhood Wounds cause our Unhealthy Attachment Patterns.

“Love is not Enough” & 3 Other Truths about Love.

6 Common Relationship Problems that are actually Toxic and Controlling

Emotional Intelligence is a Muscle: 7 ways to Raise our “EQ.”

I Love You. Goodbye—an Open Letter to Someone I once called Friend.

5 Ways to Build Healthy Boundaries as an act of Self-Love & Self-Protection.

I was Gaslighted (& it was the Best thing to Ever Happen to Me).

3 Ways to Practice Real Happiness (& Stop being Miserable A-holes).

It’s Either Fck Yes or Fck No—Eliminating the Grey Area in our Relationships.