Dr. Alduan Tartt, clinical psychologist, breaks down the four most common reasons toxic relationships exist and how to break free. Why You Keep Falling for Damaged Men (and Can't Seem to Walk Away) It's Not Bad Luck — It's a Pattern Hey, let me teach you something I've watched play out for 28 years in my office: you are not choosing damaged men by accident. There is a reason the broken one feels like fireworks while the healthy one feels like nothing. Once you understand it, you get your...

Dr. Alduan Tartt, clinical psychologist and minister, provides the steps for how to properly decenter men and still find healthy, lasting love in relationships. Let me tell you the truth, because you deserve it straight. Decentering men was supposed to set you free, but somewhere along the way it got twisted. I've watched too many strong, brilliant, faithful women wear themselves out seeking validation from men — waiting on the text, reading into his "potential," letting his approval decide...

Dr. Alduan Tartt, Christian psychologist and minister, provides encouragement and mental heath advice for dealing with guilt and toxic shame. You Don't Have to Keep Hiding There is something you have never told anyone. Not your spouse. Not your pastor. Not your closest friend. It's something you've been carrying in silence for so long that you've convinced yourself the silence is the only thing holding your life together. I want to say something to you directly — and I want you to hear it as...