Coercive behavior (often called coercive control) is a pattern of behavior used to dominate, manipulate, intimidate, or restrict another person’s autonomy. It’s not about one incident—it’s about ongoing control that slowly erodes someone’s sense of freedom, safety, and self-worth. What Makes It Coercive It is intentional and repetitive It creates fear, dependence, or compliance It limits a person’s choices, voice, or independence It often escalates quietly, not dramatically Common Forms of...

Domestic abuse, also called "domestic violence" or "intimate partner violence", can be defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Domestic violence can be: physical sexual emotional economic psychological technological actions or threats of actions or other patterns of coercive behavior that influence another person within an intimate partner relationship. Out of all the forms of domestic violence,...

How Your Nervous System is Running Your Business (and What To Do About It) As entrepreneurs, we love to say we’re “grinding,” “locked...