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Don’t Fall for the ‘Twin Flame’ Trap

It’s just woo-woo-speak for toxic codependency

anna dorn
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readJan 11, 2021

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Two people standing close together in the dark with colorful, abstract shapes projected onto them.
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Last year, I was eating a salad and watching Bravo’s Southern Charm when cast member Madison LeCroy called her on-again, off-again boyfriend Austen her “twin flame.”

A piece of lettuce fell out of my mouth.

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anna dorn
Human Parts

vagablonde (unnamed press, may 2020); bad lawyer (hachette books, spring 2021)