Dr Heidi Brocke realised she was married to a narcissist. They had children. She took the incredibly difficult decision to leave, and leave her children with their father. Why? And what happened? (Spoiler: things turned out well).


Now she helps people identify and escape toxic relationships. In this conversation, we discuss our observations around dynamics, share helpful ideas, and more. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed interviewing Heidi.


You can find more information about her here: https://coachingwithdrheidi.com/
And listen to her podcast here:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0Fu2MfK3dA7lb21IngEJyc


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081. Married To A Narcissist, With Kids: What happened When She Left? (Dr Heidi Brocke Interview)

Narcissists manipulate others using toxic ideas. In this podcast, we decode narcissists and how they operate, we expose and deconstruct toxic ideas, and we learn how to negotiate effectively with narcissists. And, last but not least, we learn to break the toxic patterns during and after relationships, disinfect mental wounds and heal, so we can have a happy life afterwards and limit the damage narcissists inflict upon us.

#fribersson #narcissism #narcissist #npd

Health & Fitness

Mental Health

Toxic people and narcissists are often mean. And then nice. Or first nice, and then mean. And it seems to make no sense. But there is a really good reason why they act this way. And it probably explains why those relationships are doomed for failure.

102. Why Are Narcissists Mean (and Then Nice)?

Everyone makes bad decisions sometimes. So it’s easy to assume that all bad decisions are « good faith bad decisions ». But narcissists game this. And we can figure out when. In this episode, I share how.

101. Clumsy or Self Sabotage: Decoding Narcissist’s « I was unlucky » narrative

Narcissists are a bad deal. So let's see if tools used to analyse deals can help us identify toxic relationships and make more sense of why they are such a... bad deal.




#npd #narcissism #narcissist #toxicrelationship

100. What Does A Risk / Reward Analysis of Toxic Relationships and Narcissists Show?

It is increasingly common for people to think like narcissists. And until we're aware of what that looks like, there is a risk we do too. We know narcissists have a simplistic view of the world. Here is how you can spot a "narclogic view", why it is nonsense, how you can debunk it (if you need to) and how you can avoid getting caught up in exhausting narcissist games.




#narcissism #manipulation #npd #narcissist

099. Recognising (And Debunking) Narc Logic

I read the introduction to my upcoming book regarding common mistakes people make about narcissism, which prevent them from healing and getting their lives back on track. I share a bit of my backstory and some thoughts about why this is important.

081. Married To A Narcissist, With Kids: What happened When She Left? (Dr Heidi Brocke Interview)

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