I didn’t loose you

I didn’t lose you.

I just stopped chasing.

And there’s a difference.

Because if I had kept chasing—

if I had kept showing up

every time you pulled away,

if I had kept softening myself

to make room for your distance—

we’d probably still be together.

But I’d be empty.

Chasing you meant abandoning me.

It meant constantly shrinking

to fit into the small spaces

you were willing to offer.

It meant tolerating silence,

reading between the lines,

and accepting breadcrumbs

as if they were a feast.

It meant reaching out

even when you didn’t reach back.

Apologizing just to keep the peace,

even when I wasn’t the one

who broke it.

I get it.

You’re avoidant.

You have wounds so deep

that closeness feels like danger

and love feels like pressure.

And I held space for that—

for as long as I could.

But here’s the truth:

it’s not your fault that you were hurt.

It’s not your fault that life made you guarded.

But it is your responsibility to heal.

It is your choice

to either face your trauma

or let it wreck the people who try to love you.

So no—

I didn’t lose you.

I simply chose not to keep running

after someone who was walking away.

Because love shouldn’t be a chase.

And I shouldn’t have to lose myself

just to keep someone else.

They erased her

They didn’t just remove a woman from scripture—they removed the Divine Feminine from the entire human story.

They didn’t just distort Mary Magdalene.

They assassinated her legacy.

Buried her under centuries of slander, called her a prostitute, when she was the Anointed One, the First Witness, the Beloved.

She was the embodiment of the Sacred Union, the living heart of Christ’s teaching.

She stood where others fled.

She understood what the disciples missed.

She anointed Him for burial—before any man even understood He would die.

She wept, and the Resurrected Word appeared to her first.

Not Peter. Not John. Her.

And what did the Church do?

They called her unclean.

They hid her gospels.

They twisted her story.

They cut her name from the light—and chained her to shame.

Because if they had told the truth,

they’d have had to admit that Christ walked in Sacred Union with a woman.

That the Feminine was not a side story—she was the key.

The gate. The presence. The balance.

And if they had let that truth live…

The whole structure would have collapsed.

No more patriarchy disguised as doctrine.

No more domination dressed as “order.”

No more weaponized shame against women, desire, or power.

They couldn’t allow the world to know that God is not just Father.

God is also Mother. Bride. Beloved. Womb.

So they sanitized the story,

Stripped the fire from the feminine,

And fed us a gospel that was half a body,

Half a truth,

Half a God.

This is the original spiritual crime—

Not the fall of man,

But the deletion of woman from the holy narrative.

But now the silenced scrolls are whispering again.

The erased names are being spoken again.

The Magdalene is rising again.

This isn’t a revision.

This is a reclamation.

And she is not asking for a seat at the table.

She is the table.

The altar.

The holy of holies.

The flame beside the Word.

Parental Alienation- Dark Art / Charlie McCready

A “dark art” typically refers to a skill or practice that is secretive, manipulative, and often unethical—used to achieve a hidden or harmful agenda. Parental alienation fits this definition all too well. It is a calculated, determined, often vengeful process of coercive control, where one parent systematically turns a child against the other through psychological tactics such as outright lies and false narratives, to create a negative perception of the targeted parent.

It isn’t just about badmouthing the targeted parent. It’s about controlling what the child sees, hears, and believes. It’s about triangulation—restricting, monitoring and totally cutting off communication, distorting memories, and ensuring the child feels guilt or fear at the mere thought of loving the alienated parent. The child becomes trapped in a world where rejecting one parent feels like the only way to survive.

This level of manipulation doesn’t come from nowhere—it stems from dark personalities. Those who engage in parental alienation often exhibit traits associated with narcissistic, antisocial, or psychopathic tendencies. They lack empathy, thrive on control, and are skilled at deception. To them, the child isn’t a person with independent needs and emotions but a tool, a weapon to be wielded against the other parent. They rewrite reality, gaslight anyone who questions them, and use charm or intimidation to ensure their narrative prevails.

But the alienator’s influence doesn’t stop there. Like any master of manipulation, they extend their reach beyond the child—pulling professionals, family courts and even other family members into their illusion. Teachers, therapists, and legal authorities who should be protecting the child often become unwitting allies in the deception, reinforcing the alienation rather than challenging it. This is the true dark magic at play: turning enablers into weapons, leaving the real victims—alienated children and their targeted parents—isolated, disbelieved, and struggling against an invisible force few truly understand.

When I went through this myself, I felt utterly alone. There was little awareness, even less support. No, let’s make that zero support in my experience. That’s why, I’ve dedicated myself to helping hundreds of alienated parents navigate this traumatic situation. The fact that my work as a parental alienation coach is still so needed shows how far we have to go. Please do reach out if you’re interested in my 9-step program or 1:2:1 coaching. More and more alienated children are coming forward too, which I take to be a positive sign. Their bravery is helping validate this form of abuse.

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