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  • 45: Why Do Narcissists Drive Like Maniacs?

    After doing a lot of research, I learned that one common complaint about narcissists is their unsafe and erratic driving patterns. Why do so many narcissists drive unsafely?

     

    #alifefolded #narcissist #narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuserecovery #narcissisticabusesurvivor #narcissistic #narcissistsaredangerous #gaslightingrecovery #gaslighting #gaslightingawareness #gaslightingsurvivor #gaslighting101

    11 min
  • 44: The Joys of Being Single

    This podcast often delves into painful subjects about abuse and betrayal and the resultant loss of dreams, loneliness, and the shattering effects from the potential dissolution of your family. However, there are joys to being single. It is wonderful to be freed from the shackles of a dysfunction partner and relationship and learn the beauty of thriving alone. 

    #alifefolded #postdivorce #postdivorcelife #narcissist #narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuserecovery #narcissisticabusesurvivor #narcissistic #betrayaltrauma #betrayaltraumarecovery #betrayaltraumahealing #cheatinghurts #selflove #happysingle #happysinglelife

    18 min
  • 43: You Need No More Reasons to Leave

    When you have made the painful decision to divorce, it is sometimes easy to fall into the trap of thinking that you need to catch them just one more time in doing something wrong before the divorce is final. This can be especially true if you were married to an emotionally abusive partner who wore down your ability to trust yourself. When you know it is time to leave your marriage, you need no more reasons or vindication. It's okay to exit a relationship knowing that you did your best and made a painful, but necessary, decision and that no more evidence is needed to follow in this a correct course. And then you can move forward into your new life of peace and healing. 

    #alifefolded #narcissist #narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuserecovery #narcissisticabusesurvivor #narcissistic #betrayaltrauma #betrayaltraumarecovery #betrayaltraumahealing #cheatinghurts #selflove #divorcing

    13 min
  • 42: Divorcing a Narcissist

    When you decide it is time to divorce your narcissistic spouse, prepare for the battle of your life. Yes, the narcissist is going to make it nasty and miserable. Yes, they are probably going to drag it out and fight everything reasonable you ask for. But there are tools to help you stay strong, get what you are legally entitled to, and keep your forward momentum forward toward peace. 

    #divorcinganarcissist #alifefolded #postdivorce #postdivorcelife #narcissist #narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuserecovery #narcissisticabusesurvivor #narcissistic

    15 min
  • 41: The Narcissist's Financial Shenanigans

    Narcissists and Cluster B personality-disordered individuals are infamous for using money to control, manipulate, and abuse. Expect behaviors from them that don't make sense, particularly if you are divorcing them. In general, narcissists are irresponsible with money, because their lives are all about looking good, even if that is only a surface view. It's important to guard and take the time to be thorough in protecting yourselves against the financial shenanigans that are vastly common with those living with a narcissists, or attempting to disentangle themselves from one.

    #alifefolded #postdivorce #postdivorcelife #narcissist #narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuserecovery #narcissisticabusesurvivor #narcissistic #financialabuse #financialabuseawareness #financialabuseisreal

    15 min
  • 40: Facing the Holidays Alone

    Are you experiencing a sense of dread with fall rolling around, knowing that soon you will have to face the holidays alone? This is completely normal for anyone who has lived through betrayal trauma and is navigating the holidays as a single individual, for perhaps the first time in their lives. Acknowledge that this is hard. Cry if you need to, but perhaps also consider ways of building small moments of joy for yourself during this unexpected pivot in your life.

    #alifefolded #holidaystress #holidaystressrelief #holidaystressmanagement #postdivorce #postdivorcelife #narcissist #narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuserecovery #narcissisticabusesurvivor #narcissistic #betrayaltrauma #betrayaltraumarecovery #betrayaltraumahealing #cheatinghurts #selflove #singleatchristmas

    15 min
  • 39: Social Media Lies

    Social media is a fantastic tool to help us stay connected and engaged with friends and acquaintances. It also can be a trap where we envy people's carefully curated posts and photos and begin the comparison game. It is easy to feel like you're less than when comparing your messy insides to a limited, and selected, snapshot glimpse of another's life. And, if you are moving on from a narcissist, they are going to splash their "wonderful" lives all over social media.

    Use social media to keep in touch, not to compare. Remember, everyone has a messy life!

    #alifefolded #socialmedialies #FOMO #FOMOisreal  #narcissist #narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuserecovery #narcissisticabusesurvivor #narcissistic

    https://headq.org/do-you-use-a-filter-every-time-you-post/

    14 min
  • 38: Loneliness

    Loneliness is probably the most common emotion that people who are single experience. But is loneliness bad? Is it something to be feared and changed as soon as possible? Not necessarily. What are the positive aspects of loneliness and how can those sometimes unwanted and uncomfortable feelings fuel your healing and potential future relationships for the better?

    #alifefolded #lonely #loneliness #lonelywoman

     

     

    16 min
  • 37: The Myth of Closure

    Have you ever felt like your healing and ability to move on is hinging on the person who has wronged you giving you closure? That the explanation of their "why" is mission-critical for you to be able to find peace? Is their apology and explanation truly necessary in order for you to regain direction and clarity as well as an ability to reclaim your life? No. By their actions, people often give us the closure we need, even if we don't like the way it was packaged. 

    #alifefolded #closure #closurewin #ghosted

    16 min
  • 36: Porn Fuels the Human Trafficking Industry

    This episode further debunks the porn myths that "it doesn't hurt anyone" or "it's normal" or "everyone does it" with a hard look at the porn industry's direct ties to the human trafficking trade. Let's educate ourselves about the truth and speak out about human enslavement and objectivation. And let's hold porn users accountable for their personal contribution to sexual slavery.

    #alifefolded #stopporn #pornography #pornkills #pornkillslove #pornaddiction #nomore

    https://fightthenewdrug.org/

    https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/onlyfans-exposed/

    13 min

About A Life, Folded

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Contact Lainey at: [email protected] A Life, Folded is available in eBook, paperback, and audiobook. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H668HWB4 Audible: https://bit.ly/4bFAtXM