2021 Year in Review - Moving Forward with Hope
This year, 2021, has been an interesting year for all of us. In this article, we are going to review and summarize the key highlights of Moving Forward with Hope over this past year, list our top articles, top videos, top podcast episodes and key milestone events which have occurred for us over the past 12 months.
Related: See our 2022 Year in Review
Our YouTube Channel - Wake The Elephant
Our YouTube Channel, Wake the Elephant, was created and launched about one year ago, November 2020. We are happy to report, our channel has just recently been awarded with monetization (December 2021). We are grateful for all our new subscribers and those who have watched our videos.
Thank you too, for liking, commenting, and sharing too, we greatly appreciate it! Below is our list of top videos in 2021.
Top Videos in 2021
Top Lies Narcissists Tell
Over 60K Views
Why Do Narcissists Ignore You?
Over 18K Views
Love-Bombing: The Subtle Insult
Over 6500 Views Released 12/21
We Launched our Podcast
In March of 2021, we launched our first episodes of the Moving Forward with Hope – Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast. Today, we have 35 episodes, are listed with every major podcast platform, are currently in season 3, and have over 12,000 downloads as of December 2021.
Our Podcast has also been added to the Top Podcasts on narcissism by Feedspot. We are so grateful and appreciative of all our listeners. The Top 3 Podcast episodes are listed below for 2021.
Top 3 Podcast Episodes for 2021
Our Top Articles
Our website, Moving Forward with Hope has received double the volume of visitors over this year and we are trending upward. Currently, our site has over 3,200 weekly visits, over 11,000 pages viewed each month and currently have about 97,000 total visits since we launched this site in 2019. In about a week, we may hit the 100K mark (check back to see if we did!) Update: we hit the 100K mark on 12/25/2021!
Our site, was recently added to the top blogs on narcissism by Feedspot, which we are delighted to announce.
In addition, this year, 2021, we released 29 blog articles on our website and we are going to highlight the top visited over this year.
7 Stages of Grief and Loss after Narcissistic Abuse
In the standardized grief process, there are five stages of grief, which are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. When it comes to grieving the loss after narcissistic abuse, there are additional stages for a total of seven. The stages are not necessarily in any order, and one stage can last for days, to weeks to months, years; there is no set time. Grieving is a process, be patient with yourself as you embrace the grief. It’s very common to go back and forth into different stages of grief.
Am I with a Narcisist?
It is estimated 158 million people in the U.S. are affected by narcissistic abuse, and an estimated 6 percent* have narcissistic personality disorder. The numbers are staggering, and it’s likely you know someone who has the characteristics of NPD, and may be suffering from the implications of the disorder.
One day it becomes clear. We can see through it all like we never were able to before. We see the manipulation, the lies, the triangulation, gaslighting and the deliberate ways the narcissist will twist conversations, events, stories to suit their need for narcissistic supply. Clear as day. We see it and the fog has lifted.
Of course, it never started out like this.
3 Uncommon Benefits of Being the Family Scapegoat
In a Narcissistic family cult, ah, I mean, unit, there are characters, just like in a movie set, yes actors, that play a certain role for the duration of the movie.
In a narcissistic family, the characters, namely the sons, daughters, parents, etc., play a role, and the role is typically for life, or as long as they choose to remain enmeshed within the family unit.
The actors within this dysfunctional family structure are…
Other Milestone Events
In February of 2021, we released our second book, Master Manipulators, which is also available on audio, opened our store (our most popular item is the Keep Calm and Go Not Contact material, we joined TikTok, and have been able to create working relationships with many affiliates which we list on our site in various pages.
We look forward to things to come for the year 2022. We wish you all a great and fulfilling next year as we head into it in the next couple of weeks! On behalf of Moving Forward with Hope we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!
If you wish, drop a comment on how you found out about us? Was it through our YouTube Channel? Was it via a google search and it brought you here? The Podcast, or via our other social media platforms?
Related: See our Year in Review for 2022!
Support our Content
Many have asked what is the best way to support content creators? It’s a great question and we have several ways to do so.
We are part of Patreon, where you can subscribe to our first-level tier called Feet Wet, or we are also on the BuyMeACoffee platform. In addition, there are other ways to support us on our page here which includes both monetary and non-monetary support options. Many thanks! Let’s bring in the new year!
XO
Lynn
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