Over the years, I’ve become a broken record about two things with clients. Self-care and boundaries. Effective boundaries allow the good stuff in and keep the bad stuff out. They separate healthier relationship partners from toxic relationship partners. In Part One of boundary article series, I explain one of the most fundamental boundaries — the […]
Boundaries Repel Narcissists and Borderlines, Part 1: The Golden Rule [Video]
Being able to identify red flags or behavioral warning signs that your new love interest is too good to be true isn’t enough. You’ve got to have healthy boundaries. If you grew up in a dysfunctional family that didn’t instill healthy boundaries, instituting boundaries now will likely be difficult. It is critical to do, however, […]
How Narcissists Twist and Use Words Against You
Communicating with narcissists . . . why do we bother? I’m exhausted just thinking about it. Between their penchant for tossing word salad, pathological lying, broken promises, deliberate provocations, pretzel twisting words, putting words in your mouth that were never there — it’s both pointless and exhausting. Unless, of course, the narcissist or borderline is […]
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