No matter how you cut it, dealing with a narcissist is painful. The mind games they use against you can create a level of torment that would make the most cruel and famous tyrants in every history book raise a…
Do you feel uncomfortable about your relationship, but can’t figure out why? At first, your partner showers you with attention and affection. But now, that’s gone, and it feels hard to describe. user? Criticize? No longer free to be yourself? Perhaps you are suffering from covert narcissistic abuse.…
If you are in an abusive relationship, there is a good chance that the person who abused you is a narcissist, a sociopath, or both. A narcissistic (or dysfunctional) sociopath is what you might call someone who has both narcissistic…
Narcissists attract you with their charm and flattery. Maybe you’re dating one. If so, you can overcome the narcissist. But, what do you do now that you’re living with constant hurt, deprivation, confusion, and feeling worse about yourself than ever before? How do you overcome…
Dear Authorized Partner, What I’m about to say is not something I’m going to say or admit (to you), because to do so would end the winner-takes-all game that is the main source of joy in life – the game that keeps you carrying my load in…
It is very sad to see your children being emotionally manipulated by their narcissistic parents. It’s a complex situation and difficult to know how to respond to. How can you help your children when one parent is a narcissist and they are being raised by you and that type of…
My client Greta is involved with a narcissist (I prefer the more clinical term “Asshat”) named Jacob. Since their relationship began two years ago, Greta’s life has been a mess. One feeling that Greta repeatedly has is self-doubt. I asked her to write a…
As a certified trauma-informed somatic coach, Jenna Lea focuses on the trauma of betrayal and recovery from narcissistic abuse. Leah is a practitioner of Brain Discovery, an alternative treatment for processing trauma stored in the subcortical brain, which is responsible…
Would you be able to recognize the signs that you are dating a narcissist, or do you just suspect that something is not “quite right” in your relationship? Regardless of your understanding of narcissism in relationships, if you think you…
Narcissists attract you with their charm and flattery. I needed love. But your partner didn’t give it. Now you are suffering, whether you are inside or outside. And you experience the confusion and hurt of being involved in a narcissistic…
