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NARCISSISTIC ABUSE RECOVERY | Narcissist, Co-Parenting, Grey Rock Method, Boundaries, Healing, Toxic Relationship

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  • Thanksgiving With a Narcissistic Co-Parent : How to Handle Last-Minute Chaos and Protect Your Peace

    Episode Summary

    Thanksgiving with a narcissistic co-parent can feel like a minefield of last-minute schedule changes, emotional manipulation, and attempts to destabilize your peace. In this episode, Christy Jade breaks down exactly how to stay calm, stick to the plan, support your kids, and shut down the holiday chaos narcissists love to create. You’ll learn the top manipulation tactics used during Thanksgiving, how to respond without feeding the drama, and how to regulate your nervous system when the co-parent tries to throw you off balance.

    Your Next Step in Healing

    Work 1:1 with Christy — Coaching + Somatic Healing
    For survivors navigating high-conflict co-parenting, emotional chaos, or holiday-triggered anxiety, get personalized support, strategy, and nervous system regulation tools.

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    What You’ll Learn This Episode

    • Why narcissistic co-parents create chaos around holidays
    • The most common Thanksgiving manipulation tactics
    • Scripts for shutting down last-minute changes and guilt trips
    • How to keep the kids emotionally safe during the holiday
    • A 60-second somatic grounding tool you can use anywhere
    • How to stay centered even when the co-parent is unpredictable

    Get My Copy-Paste-Peace Scripts

    Scripts that help you shut down manipulation, stop JADE-ing, and communicate with confidence.
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    TRANSCRIPT

    Speaker 1 (00:00):

    If Thanksgiving with your narcissistic co-parent feels like waiting for a bomb to go off the last minute schedule changes, the guilt trips, just the chaos in general, this episode is your comb before the storm plan. I'm going to give you the exact tools to help you keep your peace, your power, and those little kiddos protected no matter what. They try this holiday, have you finally broken free from that narcissist creepy crawly web, but still feel stuck in fear. Wish you could trust yourself again and take your life back. Well, you're in the  place, queen. I'm Christie, wife, mom and narcissistic abuse recovery coach. I've walked the messy road, wasted money on the wrong therapist and dry advice, and had to come to Jesus moment to get me here to feel free. I had to reconnect with me, set boundaries that stuck and find healing methods that actually lasted.

    (01:00)

    Now I've created a plan that's empowering, doable, and yes, even fun because I'm sparkly and fun. So of course it's going to be fun. So if you're ready to break cycles, reclaim your peace and trust yourself again, this podcast is for you. So steep, that chamomile tea, silence, all that crazy chaos out there. And let's cue your royal glow up. Hello, gorgeous. It's Christie. And today we are diving into the biggest stress point for so many of my listeners around this time of year Thanksgiving with a narcissistic. They come out when it is holiday season, so Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, all the major holidays around here. It'll be kind of relevant to all of them, but we'll definitely do another episode as Christmas and Hanukkah approach. But listen, the Turkey isn't the only thing that gets roasted this time of year. So do your nerves if you've got a narc in your life, am I ?

    (02:01)

    Am I ? See what I did there? Al, so every November I get that he changed the pickup time again. He wants to switch days without asking. He's using the holiday to get to me. He's guilt tripping the kids about who they love more. This all comes up because it's holiday time, So if this is you, you are not alone, you're not crazy, and you are not powerless. Today we are going to break down how to handle the last minute chaos, the emotional manipulation, and the holiday drama that narcissistic co-parents love to create without sacrificing your mental health or your peace. So let's get into it. So why do narcissists love the holiday drama? If you've noticed that the narcissist to co-parent gets worse around Thanksgiving, you are not imagining that. See the holidays amplify the things narcissists crave most. Are you ready? What do we know They love Attention.

    (03:07)

    Yes. Control power. Double up a stage to play the victim or the hero and opportunities to create conflict. Thanksgiving gives them the perfect setup for the manipulative behavior because it has all of these parts. It's got schedules, expectations, family dynamics, your kids' emotions, traditions, logistics and deadlines. So these are tools in their little crappy toolbox and they create chaos to throw you off those schedules, those expectations they know you lean on. Ooh, they want you to not have the power to throw you off. They love confusing you, same sort of thing. And they also want to test your boundaries. And they love nothing more than what Getting an emotional reaction. You guys know that. They also do it to feel important. They're like, Ooh, look at all the chaos. It just helps them feel better in a sick way and it keeps you in panic mode and they love all those things.

    (04:25)

    So understanding this is that first step to taking your control back again. Okay, so what are three of the most common Thanksgiving manipulation tactics? The last minute schedule change. They'll say, I need an extra hour. I'm running late. Actually I want them in the morning. Instead, plans are changed. Just deal with it. This is not poor planning. This is power. It's always power, ? The second one is the guilt trip or hero complex combo. So they'll try, if you cared about the kids, you'd let me, blah, blah, blah. I'm just trying to make Thanksgiving special. Or you are being difficult. They love a good flip around translation. I need to be the hero. So let me control the day. And the third common Thanksgiving manipulation is the kids as messengers move, this one gets under my skin. You too. They'll send emotional bombs through the children.

    (05:32)

    So something like daddy's so sad he can't see you all day, but mommy wouldn't let you stay or daddy wishes that he didn't have to share, ? If you're doing this, by the way at all, any of this, don't do it. Okay? I know we can have our moments as well. So make sure, and I know you're not a narcissist, but don't pick up. It's hard. I won't get into this in this episode, but it is a good episode. I should probably do about just almost like the getting back at or tit for tatting never fall into their trap, but any guilt trip to the kids, never, ever, ever do this. So something like daddy wishes he didn't have to share, but I do. Okay? It's not healthy, but they do it and they do it a lot. So this puts the kids in the emotional crossfire, which is not okay, but you can respond without adding fuel and we'll get there too.

    (06:34)

    So then the calm confidence response plan. So we have some scripts included in this. You love a good script. I do. Good. Stick around. Stick with Christie here. Al, so boundary. Skip for a last minute schedule. Change something like this. Thanks for letting me know. We'll stick to the parenting agreement. I'll see you at 11 o'clock or whatever the scheduled time is. You can say the scheduled time. 11:00 AM ? Put it in writing. If you guys have not gotten this in your heads yet, put everything in writing. Everything in writing. Preferably use Family wizard or some third party app that your attorney or anyone else, the courts, if they need access, everything is recorded in one place. But anyway, keep it short, neutral, no emotions. If you get anything out of all my podcast, keep your emotions out of it and no openings for them to counter, ?

    (07:35)

    It's just like, oh, thanks for letting me know, but we're going to stick to the plan, the parenting agreement. See you at 11, no opening. We're not negotiating. Not with the terrorist. Al? And a boundary script. If they push again, because we know our arcs, the plan is already set. I'll see you at the agreed time. A boundary script for guilt trips. I'm not discussing this. Please keep communication to logistics only boundary script for kids as messengers, which we again say a big hell no response for that. I'll communicate directly with you. Please don't give the kids messages meant for adults. Okay? And again, put these all in writing if possible. If you're face-to-face, you also can use them verbally. But these send a clear message. I'm not playing your holiday games. Okay, Rudolph, stay in your lane, stay in your damn lane. Okay? So let's add a little 62nd nervous system reset for holiday moments.

    (08:44)

    And I'll probably be doing the Thrive five along these lines, but maybe you're not going to have time to watch, to have time to listen to Thursday's show because it'll be Thanksgiving. I'll probably post it Wednesday night. Maybe I will actually post it that night. That's a good idea. So then if you do have time Wednesday, you can listen to it before the big Turkey day. I'll do a thrive in five for that. Okay? So that's the plan for you guys. Okay? Change of plans on my end. I'm like a narc on Thanksgiving. Changing plans last minute. Al? So if you start to feel your chest tighten in these moments, your stomach drop or your brain spinning, do this. Okay, let's call it a holiday grounding reset. Shall we give it a little fun? Tinsel first, plant your feet and feel the floor. If you can take your shoes off, really feel grounded, then exhale longer than you inhale.

    (09:45)

    So you're inhaling maybe two seconds in, two, one out, 4, 3, 2, 1. Then we do the five visual things around you name 'em. So you're looking around palm tree fan curtain, red shirt, chipped nails. I got to get a manicure. Okay? That keeps you in the present. Then you're going to place your hand on your heart and you're going to tell you all sexy old body, you are safe. I am here. You are not alone, okay? You're never alone. You got the big GOD with you. And if you're not a God believer, whatever, whoever, however, I'm a big God person, so I love having God with me at all times. You could be like, I got Christy Jade and her queen ass crown with me. Okay? You are safe. I'm here. You're not alone. You always got yourself and either God or creepy Christy with her crown.

    (10:53)

    I don't know why I'm there with you. Things just got weird. Al? So this works because you're bringing your nervous system out of the threat mode, which is exactly where narcissists tried to push you, ? They want you there feeling just rattled. And you are going to be, believe me, you will work with me. You're going, you're going to get real close to getting unrattled barely ever. And then maybe never. Yay. We love that. All ? And then the kids need one regulated parent. So this has to be you. It can and it will. Even if that's not  this second, that's fine. Okay? You have time. We'll get there. Even if the co-parent acts up, even if the schedule changes, even if they try to guilt trip the kids, you can and should be the emotional anchor in your home. And it sucks being the bigger person.

    (11:53)

    But here we are, you have been chosen, okay, speaking of that big man upstairs, thanks God for choosing us to be the bigger people. Such an easy job, al? But when you stay steady, your kids feel steady. When you regulate yourself, the kids regulate faster, they learn from you. When you refuse to take the bait from that narc, the drama fizzles out quicker. And that's good for everybody. And you cannot control the narcissist behavior, but you can control your energy, your boundaries, and your peace. And that is what changes the entire holiday. So if the holidays are brutal with a narcissistic, this is exactly the work I do with my one-on-one clients. The nervous system support the scripts, the strategy, the healing, all the goodness. So my spots are very limited, and that means that's because emotionally I put everything into my clients. If you're a client of mine, you're probably like, yep, that's true.

    (13:06)

    I will go above and beyond. So I put a lot of myself into this coaching and somatic healing. So I do open spots in my schedule, but I only take on a certain amount of clients at a time.  now, I have had an influx, a lot of ongoing clients, so three month clients. So that means that I have a couple spots open. And in January, I think in January, one spot opens up unless they continue on, which often my clients do after the three months. But just saying, if you're interested in working with me in December, let me know. Some of you, I had someone reach out asking about January already. You can do that too though. If you want to sign up, but you feel like the holidays, it's too chaotic, whatever, email me, let me know. We will figure out a little plan and put you on.

    (14:06)

    We can not put you on the schedule in January, but we can talk and leave it open. So I will let you know when time opens up and we can put you on the schedule that way. So really, if you want that nervous system support and the scripts that are personalized to you in your situation and just trying to understand the narcissist, some of you are still kind of working that out. But then the somatic healing is where this magic, epic, crazy mind blowing work comes I every single time, which is almost every, I would say 98% of my calls, I do some sort of somatic healing. It is just indescribable amazing work. It's why I do what I do now because the shifts that come so quickly in people is beautiful and it feels like magic. I mean, that sounds hokey. And I'm not saying magic in the woo woo magic which way I'm saying magic in a God way, a spiritual way.

    (15:14)

    It's magic because, and our bodies are magic. The body remembers trauma and your brain and your body are not always in sync. So you can mentally even kind of rewrite some things and be like, I know that. I know that it wasn't my fault and I've pushed the guilt away. But deep down, you still are carrying guilt that is physically weighing your shoulders down or has you in knots in your stomach, or anytime you see their name, it triggers you as if you're still living with that person. These are the things we work on. And if you want more information, there's always information in my show notes. So you can click on the links there to get more information. If you want to sign up, you can sign up. But if you want to just read more about it before you sign up, it goes into more detail.

    (16:06)

    And you can always email me and my emails in the show notes too. Fierce Mama C at Gmail. That's , I'm fierce, I'm a mama and I'm C and I'm ready to work with you. Let's go change some lives. And you guys, I have news for you. I've got news and I'll tell you my news. Are you ready for it? Are you still waiting? Are you still here on the edge of your seat? I have finished the first pass of my book, which is going to be about yes, narcissistic abuse recovery because duh, ? But it's going to have my queen flavor in it. This won't be a boring book. This is going to be a sassy educational but glittery empowering book. And I'm so excited, so excited. I am going to add a little more flavor to it. I was focusing on the content.

    (17:06)

    My first pass, it has a little of me of course naturally, but I'm going to try to stylize it just a touch more. And then I am going to, I've been in touch with a couple editors, reach out to a couple more. I'm trying to go big mama's going, big mama's reaching out to editors that are maybe out of my league. But I believe God wants this book to impact a lot of people. And I believe in my work and you guys are so amazing and I want more people like you to be able to be helped and make it in not such a stale. I want it to be not fun, but we have fun, don't we? Clients out there. We have some fun a little bit.

    (17:56)

    This is really empowering work and I want it to be uplifting and I want this book to be. It is uplifting and making women feel empowered and sparkly and knowing their truth and re-identifying themselves. It's going to be a great book. And so I'm really excited. And if you know an editor that's amazing and you want to recommend anyone, I never know what contacts I have on here, please email me. So I am looking for a developmental editor first to just make sure all the loose ends are tied up. And I'd really love to get it published in 2026. I don't know if that's over aspirational, but I'm a quick lady. They don't call me a bunny for no reason, okay? I'm bunny with a crown. So that's just something really exciting I wanted to share with you guys and I hope that you will all enjoy reading it.

    (18:59)

    I think you will. I can't wait till it's just printed and in my hands and bookstores. It's just going to be amazing. Al, so look, Thanksgiving back to the content at hand here. Thanksgiving does not have to be a battlefield with an arc. It seems like it does, ? But it's not going to ever be perfect and flowy like you're dealing with a healthy human. But you are allowed to keep things simple. Stick to the plan, protect your peace and your children's peace. Refuse their manipulation. Have a nice holiday and choose the calm over the chaos. You got to really start seeing the chaos for what it is from a zoomed out lens. Say that's chaos. How can I avoid being in the chaos? Don't take the bait, don't be emotional. Do a 92nd, even a ten second body, calm down. Reminding yourself, this is always motivation for me.

    (19:58)

    I want my daughter to have peace. So calm the F down. You little crazy Italian woman inside in there. Okay? Do you have a little crazy Italian in you too? Al, so this here, your mantra is their chaos is not my responsibility. It doesn't have to have anything to do with you. And if it gets too chaotic, you can walk the hell out, whatever you got to do or walk away, ? You've got this and I am here.  here cheering you on. Okay? So I will see you in the next episode. I will post that Wednesday. I don't know exactly what time, but I will try to do it maybe on the earlier side. Maybe I can post it Tuesday night. Yeah, that sounds like a plan. So sparkle, sparkle up. Okay, enjoy your Turkey and your mashed potatoes and your stuffing. My favorite, I think, I don't know.

    (20:57)

    I don't even care about the Turkey. Don't hurt me. It's that stuffing in the mashed potatoes for me. I love them both. It equally. Maybe stuffing a hair more. I have potatoes so much more throughout the year, so it's kind of like stuffings a little special. I should do an episode on stuffing. No, but email me and tell me your favorite side on Thanksgiving, acquiring wines mines. Want to know? I also make my own cranberry sauce is delectable. So also come join my private Facebook group with all of us sexy and narc abuse survivors. Yes, we bring it there. So that's a private group. It's private, which I love. So you can join that. That link is also in the show notes and if you want to share it there, maybe I'll do a little post and say what side do you love? And people will be like, what does this have to do with narcissistic abuse? And I'll say absolutely nothing. This is my a DD squirrel brain thinking about stepping. I'm going to go do it now so I don't forget. Okay? Al, love you guys. See you on Wednesday rather than Thursday this week for a special Thrive in five. Don't forget to follow my podcast. Love you. Bye.

     

    23 min
  • A 90-Second Reset to Calm Narcissist-Triggered Thoughts

    Episode Summary

    If you’re stuck in obsessive or intrusive thoughts after dealing with a narcissist, you’re not broken — your nervous system is reacting to past trauma and ongoing triggers. In this short somatic episode, you’ll learn a simple 90-second reset that interrupts the mental loop, calms your body, and brings you back into the present.

    Designed specifically for survivors who can’t fully go no contact or who are dealing with co-parenting, post-separation abuse, or unpredictable communication.

    What You’ll Learn

    • Why narcissist-triggered thoughts become obsessive

    • How trauma-bond withdrawal and hypervigilance fuel spirals

    • The 90-second grounding method that stops the loop

    • A fast orienting technique that pulls you out of overthinking

    • How to reduce reactivity and calm your nervous system in real time

      Your Next Step in Healing

      Work 1:1 with Christy — Coaching & Somatic Healing

      1-Month Private Coaching (Nervous System Reset & Support)

      https://shethrives.thrivecart.com/transformational-coaching-monthly

      3-Month Transformational Coaching (Deep Healing + Identity Rebuild)

      Weekly sessions + Voxer support.
      https://shethrives.thrivecart.com/transformational-coaching-quarterly

      Empowered Boundaries Course

      10 video modules + meditation bundle.
      https://shethrives.thrivecart.com/empowered-boundaries

      Paid Resource: Copy-Paste-Peace Scripts

      Instant responses that stop panic and overthinking.
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      Join the Free Facebook Community

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      TRANSCRIPT:

      Speaker 1 (00:03):

      Welcome to your Thursday, thrive in five, your five minute pause from the chaos, the gaslighting, and that text you knew better than to reply to take a breath queen. This one's for you Queen. If you're brain has been running like a hamster on Red Bull since Tuesday's episode, today's Thrive in five is your reset button. And if you did not listen to Tuesday's episode, you may want to also go listen to that, that goes into this way deeper and we'll be very, very helpful to you. Alright, so today though, we have a mini practice that takes under five minutes. So no excuses why you can't use it. And it uses the same loop breaking tools from the full episode Tuesday, but it's condensed into a little tiny, repeatable nervous system ritual you can use. Anytime those thoughts start spiraling. Okay, so let's get you back into your peace bubble. Alright, so step one, the statement that stops the spiral. Okay, say this out loud or in your mind, I'm a big speaker, but you know that I have a podcast, I like to talk out loud. Alright? But you can say it in your mind if you'd like repeat after me. This thought is not a warning, it's a leftover survival response.

      (01:34)

      So this is a great episode by the way, to save. So you have this and or also write this down in a journal on a sticky note. But with this specific sentence statement, you're letting your brain know this is old danger, not now. Our body is holding something onto something that it feels is reality. Okay? So we're kind of rewiring here. Step two, this is the 92nd reset. So you can place your hand on your heart and you're going to inhale through the nose for four seconds. Practice if you'd like 4, 3, 2, 1, then exhale, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And you repeat this for a full minute and a half, okay? And this lengthened exhale tells your nervous system we are safe. Stand down, stand down, everybody, we are safe. Okay, now step three, the orienting practice. If you've been following me, you may have heard of this already, but we're stacking this alongside the breathing and the statement, right?

      (02:56)

      So this is about 30 seconds. You're going to look around and name five things that you can see. Okay? You're going to check out, oh, that's me in the mirror. I have a mirror in my room. There I am, boom, looking like a queen. My ballerina statue, a picture of me and my husband. Makes my heart all warm and fuzzy. My pineapple pillow. Who else likes pineapples? And let's see what else we got my palm tree painting. So look around for five items in your room. It could even just be your wall and you're just looking at the texture. Whatever is going to pull you into the present moment, your safety present moment, right? So step four, stop the future fantasy. So when your brain jumps to what if they use this line, because I know we do that cycling in our brains. What if they do this? What if they do that? What if they say this? You've got to be able to know you can handle it and you are going to repeat after me. Of course you can write this down, but we're just practicing. We're saying it out loud. We're in our mind because it helps. Alright, I'll handle it if it happens.

      (04:20)

      Right now I'm here. This ends the mental rehearsal. Your system is stuck in. And step five, the post contact detox, right? Because you know when you have contact with them, you need to just shed that shiz out the door. So after any contact, whether it be text, email, a drop off, seeing their name, do one tiny detox. You can pick one of these. You can shake out your arms, you can take a 10 minute walk, you can put on some Britney Spears or brain dump, just two sentences into your little notes app or somewhere, somewhere private. And this prevents their energy from marinating up in your body all day. Nobody needs that narky energy. Gross. Okay? So I hope that you enjoyed this and are getting value. If you are getting value from these episodes, can you share them with someone who could also use the value?

      (05:33)

      That's always fun. And make sure you're following along on the podcast. Whatever platform you're on, make sure you hit that follow button on my main page, you just go right to my main page and there should be a follow. So you can't always go no contact, right? But you can go no access. This is emotionally, mentally, spiritually. You can still have control of that. The more of this type of work you do, every time you interrupt that loop, you're teaching your body, this is not an emergency anymore. Isn't that great? This is not an emergency we have, oh that sense of urgency. This is not an emergency anymore, this is not urgent anymore. And that's when your peace starts expanding and you get that golden bubble just burst in with joy. Alright? So if you want to learn not just how to deal with a narcissist, of course that is where my coaching comes in.

      (06:33)

      But we also do the somatic healing parallel to that. And what does that look like? That is healing from the inside. Like I said, that body remembers everything and stores it. So even when your mind may understand something, your body can get stuck. And PTSD is a good example of that with veterans. They know they're not at war anymore, but their body thinks they are similar mechanism. So if you want help either with the tangible things I deal with a lot, I've been dealing with a lot of co-parenting situations, currently divorces all of that. Or I have a client who just needs help navigating her mother who is narcissistic. They come in all shapes and sizes and relationships. So how do you deal with them if you cannot go no contact? That's my specialty. And then even if you aren't in contact with them anymore, whether you are for co-parenting or they're kind of in your life a little bit, or you have not spoken to them in a year, but you still have thoughts or you still just feel like you have that urgency in general, there's a lot of effects that narcissistic abuse can have on you even after you have left.

      (07:56)

      So we work on that somatic healing, you might get more of that somatic healing. So these are all programs customized to your needs. And I have a monthly program and I have a three month program and both are amazing of course. But the three month is, there's a little more support in between. You can do a walkie talkie app called Voxer if you haven't heard of it, where you can text or leave voice messages and I'll check that daily. I get back to you within usually like 12 hours. Might be up to 24 depending on my schedule. So you can have a little support in between. So that's kind of the bonus of doing the three month and that's really transformational, okay? Because a queen, but we want you to be a double queen. We're going to be double queen energy, alright? Because you deserve that joy and to feel free from all of this and I can help you. So check out the show notes for more information on that and I will see you in the next episode. Love you. Bye

      10 min
    • Can’t Go No Contact? How to Stop the Obsessive Thoughts, Calm Your Nervous System & Protect Your Peace Around a Narcissist
      Episode Summary

      If your mind keeps replaying every conversation, argument, or manipulation, you’re not broken — your nervous system is stuck in protection mode. In this episode, Christy Jade explains why obsessive thoughts happen after narcissistic abuse and the exact steps to interrupt the loop so you can finally reclaim your mental space.

      If you feel mentally hijacked, constantly analyzing them, or exhausted from thoughts you don’t want, this episode will show you how to break the cycle and come back to yourself.

      What You’ll Learn

      • Why obsessive thinking is a normal trauma response

      • How trauma bonding and hypervigilance keep the loop alive

      • What your brain is trying to protect you from

      • How to interrupt intrusive thoughts without relying on willpower

      • Somatic tools to regulate your nervous system

      • How to restore clarity and stop overthinking

        Your Next Step in Healing
        Work 1:1 with Christy — Coaching and Somatic Healing

        For survivors who are stuck in loops, overwhelmed, or ready to finally rebuild peace and self-trust with real support and structure.

        1-Month Coaching (Private Support & Nervous System Reset)

        https://shethrives.thrivecart.com/transformational-coaching-monthly

        3-Month Coaching (Deep Healing, Identity Rebuild, Full Transformation)

        https://shethrives.thrivecart.com/transformational-coaching-quarterly

        Paid Resource: Copy-Paste-Peace Scripts

        If overthinking or panic about how to respond is feeding your mental spiral, these scripts stop it instantly.

        https://shethrives.thrivecart.com/copy-paste-peace-scripts/

        Empowered Boundaries Course

        10 video modules, meditation bundle, and lifetime access.

        https://shethrives.thrivecart.com/empowered-boundaries

        Free Resource: Boundaries Pocket Guide

        https://christyjade.ck.page/ce79ea9250

        Join the Free Facebook Community

        https://facebook.com/groups/christyjade

         

        TRANSCRIPT

        Speaker 1 (00:00):

        Mama, if you've tried journaling, blocking, deleting, praying, meditating, and you still cannot stop thinking about the narcissist, especially when you can't go no contact because of the kids, court, family, or finances, this episode is going to be a little lifeline for you. Okay? I'm going to break down why your brain won't let go, and the steps to stop the obsessive thoughts. Calm that cute little nervous system of yours and reclaim your peace. Remember your peace bubble. You know about that? Yeah. We want to get your peace bubble on, okay? Even if you're still in contact like frequently. Okay, here we go.

        (00:46)

        Have you finally broken free from that narcissist creepy crawly web, but still feel stuck in fear. Wish you could trust yourself again and take your life back. Well, you're in the right place, queen. I'm Christie, wife, mom and narcissistic abuse recovery coach. I've walked the messy road, wasted money on the wrong therapist and dry advice, and had to come to Jesus moment to get me here to feel free. I had to reconnect with me, set boundaries that stuck, and find healing methods that actually lasted. Now I've created a plan that's empowering, doable, and yes, even fun because I'm sparkly and fun. So of course it's going to be fun. So if you're ready to break cycles, reclaim your peace and trust yourself again, this podcast is for you. So steep, that chamomile tea, silence, all that crazy chaos out there, and let's cue your royal glow up.

        (01:44)

        All right, Queens, let's go there. Alright, you're not obsessed, you're not weak, you're not crazy. Well, maybe a little crazy, but the good crazy, like my kind of crazy. I like your crazy. Okay, alright. Your brain is actually doing exactly what a brain does when it's been trapped in a cycle of trauma plus unpredictability. Okay? So here's what's happening. We're going to do the queen breakdown. Number one, the threat detector part of your brain. It's still on patrol, it's still out there with its shield, with its sword, it's ready. So when you have to share a child, a house, a calendar school event, your brain is scanning, what will their mood be like today? Will they explode? Will they pull something? This is hypervigilance, and it's not like your character flaw, it's just survival mode, what you've been conditioned to do. Number two, your nervous system is addicted to the pattern, so it's not addicted to them.

        (02:51)

        This is a misconception. You're not really addicted to them. You have been, again, kind of conditioned to be addicted to the cycle, the anticipation, the crash, the tiny breadcrumbs of calm that can happen here and there. Your body learned to stay ready. So that leads us to number three, this lack of closure that keeps that loop spinning, right? That addictive loop. So narcissists don't give real endings. They don't give apologies, especially legit ones. They might really fake it. They don't give ownership accountability, and they sure as hell don't give the truth. So your brain keeps searching for what it never got and it is still not getting. Number four, if you cannot go no contact, that loop resets every single time they pop up One email, one we need to talk, one school event where they walk in like a ghost of drama past. Oh, you feel that?

        (04:13)

        Feel the holidays coming. Yeah, you're going to feel 'em big time. You got a narc. We'll definitely do an episode about that. But then boom, the cycle restarts. You are not imagining this. This is a biological reason that you can't shut it off F. So why just ignoring them doesn't really work for you. A lot of advice online is for people who get to go no contact. I've even shared episodes at that, right? It's a great thing if you can do that. But for most survivors, I would say at least 90% of my clients now, maybe more now, actually, you are living with them while separating. Maybe you're dealing with maybe a narcissistic parent. So even if you're not co-parenting, there could be this reason you can't disconnect. Totally. Maybe you're stuck in the same town, the same friendship circle, the same court system, the same school.

        (05:26)

        Let me say this clearly, you cannot regulate your nervous system by pretending danger is not danger. You regulate it by understanding what's happening inside of you and giving your body a different experience. Which brings us to drum roll. That's my really sad attempt at a drum roll. Can you hear it? Okay, how to stop the obsessive thoughts, the brain loop breakers. So, alright, loop breaker number one, give your brain a script. Your brain like mine hates uncertainty. So what are we going to do? We're going to give it certainty, ladies, okay? Try this phrase. This thought is not a warning, it's a leftover survival response. This thought is not a warning. It's not like a reality warning, right? It's a leftover survival response. And so you can repeat that every time the intrusive thought hits and you're teaching your brain, this is old danger, not current danger.

        (06:40)

        This isn't my current reality, right? Loop breaker number two, the 92nd nervous system reset, baby. This is quick, right? 90 seconds, we all have 90 seconds. It's gentle and it works. Okay? So number one, put your hand to your heart. Two exhale longer than you inhale, right? You inhale four seconds in, and then you're going to exhale six seconds out. So you're really expelling that breath. And then three, look around the room and name five things you can see. Look at my beautiful palm tree. Look at my beautiful palm tree pajamas. Do you notice a pattern? I like palm trees. Oh, palm tree comforter. I'm not lying, you guys. Alright, so you get the idea though. You're looking around finding five things and this tells your brain we are not with the narcissist right now. We're safe.

        (07:42)

        We're in Palm Beach, baby. Okay, now, loop breaker number three. This is the micro no contact method. So even when you can't go full, no contact, you can create these little predictable micro boundaries. These kind of like rules. Boundaries only respond at certain times, only respond through one channel. Many of my clients, if you're listening, you're like, yeah, here Christie is, we've heard these before, right? Keep it simple. Only use short factual sentences. Do not take the bait, do not get emotional. Do not fall into their traps of oversharing your information. They don't need it. Short, factual sentences, no emotional explanations. Let's highlight that. They want your emotions. They can use them against you later. It's one of their favorite pastimes and present times if you let it be. Don't. And no jade is in this so beautiful, but this is my name, right? Christy Jade, huh?

        (08:51)

        And it can stand for no justifying JA for arguing. No arguing. D, for defending. Do not defend yourself. You have no reason to and no explaining. You don't need to explain shizz. Okay? So Jade, justify, argue, defend, explain. Don't do none of 'em. So this cuts down the emotional activation and the mental replay. Isn't that beautiful? So beautiful. Alright, in our last loop breaker number four. Last but not least, interrupt the fantasy. We don't just obsess over what happened. We obsess over what might happen, what they could do next, what we should have said, right? I do all those things. I've done all those things. I currently don't do them. I'm not saying I never do. Look, we're never perfect, okay? We are never fully a thousand percent healed. I'm going to throw that out there. So we all have our moments, but this is something, it can be literally night and day still.

        (09:58)

        Okay? So we want to get rid of these constantly worrying about what might happen and what I could have done or what could happen next. When you catch your brain running all these future episodes, use this line. We'll handle that. If it happens right now I'm here. It's kind of like cross the bridge, baby, cross that golden bridge. We'll handle it if it happens, and you know I'm going to bring God into this, right? Let's have a God moment together. God's handling it and God will help me handle it if and when it needs to be handled. Right now, I'm here in the present in my truth, right this second. It brings you back into that present moment and that's where your power actually is. So how to calm your nervous system when you still have to deal with them. Well, here are your real world Christie approved tools.

        (11:05)

        Number one, we're going to create a pre-contract ritual. So before you respond to a message or see them in person, do one grounding exercise. It trains your brain and your body not to panic at the sound of their name. You'll see over time, the more you do it that the more you won't have that visceral reaction. Okay? One grounding. I have a bunch of episodes with all sorts of grounding techniques, but you can always email me if you'd like. Help with that. My email's always in the show notes. And two, create a post contact detox. Okay? Yeah, you want to shake that nasty dark energy off of your queen body. Okay? So something little. It doesn't have to be crazy. You could take a 10 minute walk, a warm shower, shake out your arms. I love a good arm shake. Okay? I might look crazy, but I feel good music, right?

        (12:04)

        Your favorite jams a brain dump note if you're like to write stuff down, okay? Otherwise, all that toxic crap stays in your body for hours, maybe years, and you do not look cute in toxicity. Okay? I am sorry you don't, nobody does. Don't take offense. Alright? And then three, limit their access. Even if they don't know it, you decide when you read the messages. This is the training that can be hard to redo this. And this is where my work with you one-on-one really comes into play, right? We are going to rewire that so you can do this work so you can decide and stick to your boundaries. When you read messages, when you reply, what you reply, how much space you give, this is where you get your power back, getting that control back. So you get to say, I'm only going to read their messages at 3:00 PM every day.

        (13:02)

        Obviously if they have your kid, you might want to just read it to make sure everything's okay. But when you have your kid in your possession, you don't need to be checking if they're sending 50 messages a day about bs. No thank you. And you get to decide when you reply. If you have court papers that say you must reply within 24 hours, okay, there you go. But outside of legalities, you get to decide. Okay? And then finally, build a safety identity. Start telling yourself, I'm a woman who protects her peace every day as every boundary, every calm response, you become the version of you who's no longer reactive, you're grounded, you're clear, and not available for the chaos. Can you say, I'm not available for the chaos? Please tell me, come on. That's right, you're not. Okay, so we're getting wrapped up here. I know this is kind of longer episode. Oh, it's actually not. It feels so long. I guess I'm jamming a lot in here. Wow, it's only 13 minutes so far, you guys, you could listen to it twice. Alright, so the truth you need to hear, the goal is not to become immune to them overnight.

        (14:23)

        It's to become less reactive, less activated, less available. I love that one. Less attached. You're still attached if you're having these issues and less mentally occupied. I know that's a huge one for you guys and I've been there. You want them out of your dang brain and every little shift is healing. And when you train your brain and your body to stop treating them like an emergency, can we say that again? When you train your brain and your body to stop treating them like an emergency, that's the problem here, right? That's the big holdup. The obsession fades and your peace expands soon. You might not even need that golden peace bubble around you. You'd be like, I am peace Emma. Okay? And you finally become the version of you that the narcissist never wanted you to meet. And they don't want to meet her either.

        (15:28)

        That's right. Come at me, bro. Okay, comment. Christie, I need to use a grounding tool. Alright? So if this episode felt like someone finally is explaining what's happening in your body and your brain, you're not alone. And you are very capable of breaking these cycles. So don't listen to anyone saying you're damaged forever or Oh, I don't want to hear it. We are queens and we are absolutely capable of breaking these cycles and yes, more quickly than you think. It's with some slow titrated work, but the transformations that my clients have are insane. So again, you want to do one-on-one work. Go to my show notes, click the different ways we can work together one-on-one. The most transformational epic shit that will happen in your life. Yeah, I'm getting excited. Yeah, I'm biased. Is my three month transformational coaching? It's not just coaching, it is coaching mixed with.

        (16:35)

        And that's really like we are going through how to deal with the narcissist themselves, how to deal with you, your nervous system, what tools, it's all the tangibles and methods. And then we have the somatic healing aspect, which is it's mind blowing work that you can't really explain until you've done it. You can try. I have tried, but the level of depth and how amazing it is is really hard to describe. But it is healing from the body are sometimes I call 'em soul cas. We go on just a beautiful calm little soul cas. Other times if you're having pain or tension, we will sit with that and we will resolve that. I mean, I can tell you anytime I've had a client coming in with pain that can be manifested from emotional things, we have always lessened it, if not completely gone because everything is tied together.

        (17:39)

        So I'm just telling you, it is amazing work. And these are tools, both the more tangible things and the energetic somatic things we do are tools you can use yourself, you can take with you and you can teach your children. You are breaking cycles and passing along tools that are going to change the world. Yep, I said it. They're going to change. Now if everyone did this, oh there would be no war. Everyone would hold hands and smile and have rainbows and bunnies all day. Yep. Alright. That means it's Christie's overtired time. I am recording this at night and I am a little tired and when I'm tired sometimes I sing weird songs. Alright, so you get the point here, right? You want to work one-on-one, really transform, sign up for the three month transformational coaching. I also have a monthly option. Both are going to get you epic results with the three month.

        (18:45)

        There is the bonus of you get to have video, not video. That'd be a lot. I love you guys. Not that much. No, I'm just kidding. In between, you can do audio recordings or text on the Voxer app. It's like a walkie-talkie app. It is free. It's kind of like WhatsApp I guess. And you get that in between calls so you get the support. So this is for people who really are ready for this work, ready to do this and just want to take their life back. So if that's you, sign on up. I'm so excited to help any of you. This is why I'm here. So that it is my baby. I have a course, a boundaries course, you can buy that too. My baby is my one-on-one transformational three month shit that just I get so excited for because the work we do is sacred.

        (19:46)

        So yes, come hit or I do not have tons of spots open. So if you want that, there are limited spots because I have limited time, obviously it takes a lot of time. And these are hour long video calls every week. And then I email you and sometimes we have plans or different, sometimes I will look at your divorce documents. I'm there for that kind of support too. I'm not an attorney, but I will give advice and I will tell you what to ask your attorney. Stuff like that. So it runs the gamut. Alright? So check out those things in the show notes and join my Facebook community for that little daily support. You can talk to each other in there. And your piece is not only possible, it's inevitable when you learn how to protect it with your little golden bubble. Alright? So I will see you in the next episode. Remember, Thursdays episodes are always related to Tuesdays, but they're just these little bite-sized somatic healing episodes. And don't forget to follow the podcast, whatever platform you're listening so you don't miss out on any of my episodes because there is so much fun here. I mean, who knew you could have fun healing from narcissistic abuse? This guy did. This girl. Excuse me. All right, love you guys. See you the next one.

        22 min
      • The Partner After the Narcissist: How to Support a Woman Healing From Toxic Relationships (Without Triggering Her)
        Episode Summary

        If your partner is healing from narcissistic abuse and you want to support her without triggering past trauma, this episode gives you the essential steps to show up as the safe, steady partner she needs. Today, I’m breaking down what survivors carry into new relationships, the communication shifts that help her feel secure, and the practical ways to be a grounded, supportive partner — especially if her past involved narcissistic or toxic relationships.

        What You’ll Learn in This Episode

        • Why loving a survivor can feel different (and why it’s not your fault)

        • The nervous system patterns survivors often bring into new relationships

        • How the wrong type of “space” can trigger abandonment fears

        • The power of time-stamped reassurance (and how to use it)

        • Validation vs. problem-solving — and why survivors need both in the right order

        • What NOT to do when she shuts down, spirals, or becomes hypervigilant

        • How healthy, steady love rewires her sense of safety

          Your Next Step in Healing

          If this episode helped you understand your partner — or helped you feel seen in your own healing — and you want deeper support, I offer private 1:1 coaching to help women rebuild emotional safety, boundaries, peace, and self-trust after narcissistic abuse.

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          You deserve support built for your nervous system and your season of healing.

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          Listener Request

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          TRANSCRIPT

          Speaker 1 (00:00):

          Hello. This episode is for Queens and Kings, and if you are a regular listener, it could get some insight into you and what you need for you. But this was created specifically for partners of someone who has gone through narcissistic abuse or just toxic relationships in general, right? So thank you to the listener who wrote in, I don't know if he is a listener, but he knows of me somehow and wrote in asking for information on how to support his partner. That is someone who is recovering and healing from narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships. So hats off just the fact he wrote in shows so much. So thank you for all the super supportive partners out there, right? So if you are that partner after the narcissist or a friend or someone who just wants to know how to help people who have gone through this abuse, you're the safe one, the steady one, the one that they can finally breathe around or maybe should be able to finally breathe around, right? This episode is for you loving a woman who's healing from toxic relationships. It is different. I don't want to go say it's, oh, it's so much harder, but it is different and there are specific ways to deal with it. Just like everything else. Everyone has their stuff, so I'd like to call it not harder, but different. And if you want to support her without triggering those old wounds, like I said, you're already a rare kind of person. So let's talk about how to show up for them the right way.

          (01:50)

          Have you finally broken free from that narcissist creepy crawly web, but still feel stuck in fear? Wish you could trust yourself again and take your life back. Well, you're in the right place, queen. I'm Christie, wife, mom, and narcissistic abuse recovery coach. I've walked the messy road, wasted money on the wrong therapist and dry advice and how to come to Jesus moment to get me here to feel free. I had to reconnect with me, set boundaries that stuck and find healing methods that actually lasted. Now, I've created a plan that's empowering, doable, and yes, even fun because sparkly and fun. So of course it's going to be fun. So if you're ready to break cycles, reclaim your peace and trust yourself again, this podcast is for you. So steep, that chamomile tea, silence, all that crazy chaos out there, and let's cue your royal glow up.

          (02:48)

          Alright, Kings and queens, because this can be, if you are just a normal listener of mine, this could be beneficial to you to just understand yourself and what you need a little more too, and what you can relay to your partner. And then if you are a partner, then this is definitely for you. So thank you for taking the time to listen to this. If you are a partner, you get a super king or a queen crown on that lovely nugget of yours. Alright, so this person that wrote in said, how do I support my partner in her healing journey and stating that their ex was in other relationships that were toxic and struggling with triggers and open communication. So how do I support her? So yes, thank you for existing and we appreciate you, but here is the real truth. When you love a woman or a man, I'm going to put this kind of generally out there today because men and women will be listening to this who has survived narcissistic abuse.

          (03:53)

          You're not just dating her, you're dating her nervous system. She has developed a nervous system in survival mode. So it is going to be different. So today I'm going to give you a foundation, what she's carrying, what accidentally may trigger her, what helps and how to show up as that safe, steady partner that she probably has not had in her life. So this is not going to be a deep dive that deserves its own series. So let me know, please email me if you want this to go deeper, if there is a big need for it, I will do more bonus episodes on this, but this is the starting point. So first, why loving her is different. She doesn't walk into the relationship as a blank slate. I mean no one really does, but she really doesn't, right? She has got hypervigilance, a fear of getting in trouble.

          (04:55)

          So imagine living like that all the time. Chronic overexplaining herself, apologizing just for existing, basically fear of conflict, fear of disappointing you and fear that safety is temporary, right? Because she went through love bombing. She went through ups and downs of a narcissist. So even when it felt better, it never lasted. Okay? In her last past relationships, she learned love can turn on you. Affection is unpredictable. You're not always going to get it, and it will be actually kept from you as punishment. Being honest gets you punished. Just stating facts, even if you're not coming at someone in attacking way, will get you punished. And staying quiet is what keeps the peace. Spoiler alert, there's no peace with a narcissist. But at moments, if you stay quiet, that can keep them happy momentarily. There's only moments with narcissists, it's a roller coaster. So when she gets triggered in your relationship, she's not exactly reacting to you.

          (06:16)

          I don't want you to be holding this burden of that part of it. She's reacting to that ghost of a person who has trained her nervous system to be and react how it is. So first, you didn't cause the wound. I don't want you to have to have any guilt, any doubts about yourself, okay? Because your peace and your joy is just as important as hers. So you do need to remember that. And there should be no abuse going on to you just because she went through abuse. So if she's carrying abusive behaviors because she's angry because of what she went through, then that's something she needs to heal. And you should not accept that behavior. But your closeness means you stand where it does get activated. She can get triggered because you in your space and when you guys are having conversations or conflicts.

          (07:13)

          So what does she need most from you after the narcissist? And these are the core pieces that will help her rebuild that trust and safety over time, over time. This is not overnight. I know that's not fun. We want everything yesterday, especially in 2025, but that's just not going to happen here. So you do have to decide, do I have the patience for this? That is something you have to decide, right? This is a long-term thing, and if you're in it, beautiful, you're amazing. Thank you. And if you feel like you want it to be done in a week from now, you should probably evaluate the relationship. Alright? So number one, what she needs, consistency over hero moves. Okay? She doesn't need fixing, she needs predictable. So your calm, steady presence, being there for her when she needs you. And again, you're not sacrificing your whole life for this person and everything, all your interest and your friends.

          (08:21)

          You're not going to isolate yourself like a narcissist does to someone to accommodate. But reassuring goes so far, and we'll get to more of that, but your calm, steady presence heals more than big gestures ever could. Number two, clear and gentle communication. Okay? Ambiguity was used against her in her past relationships. So clarity is so important. You guys, she needs clarity that feels very calm and grounded. So, hey, I'm not upset, I just need to decompress. And by the way, in the next one we're going to talk about getting specific with that, but letting her know, being clear, I'm not upset, I'm not mad at you, I just need to decompress or whatever. Or I want to talk about this. I'm just not regulated right now. Or whatever word you want to use. I know I use therapy wording all the time, but you get me.

          (09:23)

          Okay? So clarity prevents spiraling, and I'm saying she, but obviously this is used for narcissistic abuse victims that can be male as well, or any of those pronouns out there, but I'm so used to saying she for my podcast. That's what I'm sticking to. Alright, number three, here we go. The timestamped reassurance. This is huge, huge for survivors. This is one of the most healing things a partner can offer. So survivors do not just need reassurance, they need certainty tied to a time. And I know that could be a shift for you, but that doesn't have to be a hard shift. I don't think that a sacrifice that that's a compromise. So because when you walk away or pause a conversation without a clear return point, her brain can go into old programming immediately. That can be a trigger too. Oh God, I'm in trouble.

          (10:25)

          Oh God, he's mad at me. Oh god, he's going to leave me. Oh God, I messed everything up. Not because of you or what you're doing, I don't know what accent that was, but because of what she survived, what she went through before, and the fix is pretty simple and very, very healing, it's definitely worth it. Okay? Trust me, instead of I need space, right? That can be a very normal thing. And to someone who doesn't carry this weight from their past, that might be like, okay, fine, I need space too. Whatever, but try this instead. Look, I'm not upset with you. I just need 20 minutes to reset. I'll come back and around four o'clock, okay? Or I'll give you a call at four if you're not together or whatever, right? No, just hanging up. No, not answering her call because you're annoyed, right?

          (11:28)

          They really, really need that reassurance. Even if you pick up and say, look, I really can't talk about this. And even if you are upset, maybe let's say she did do something that did annoy you, you are allowed to have your feelings. So if you are actually upset, you can say, look, I'm upset with this situation, but don't worry, we'll talk about it. I just need to reset. Use the word reset. I just need 20 minutes to reset. I will call you back. Or, alright, let's take a break and talk in an hour. I'm here. We're all right. Even saying we're okay, go so far, or I love you, right? Sticking that in there goes really far too. Look, I love you. I don't want to talk while I'm stressed out, so give me a half hour and then we can talk. But I just want to talk when I'm in a better head space.

          (12:30)

          And again, if you are upset, you can say, I care about us too much to talk from the state. I just don't want to say the wrong thing while I'm in this head space. Okay, let's reconnect it. Three. Okay? So it actually is a very easy fix to get specific, but a lot of people just don't know to do that. And some survivors don't know they do need that until it's shown to them. I have clients that I said, what would it feel like if next time he said, I don't want to talk about this. What if he said that he would call you at 10? She's like, oh, that would feel better. She didn't even know she needed that, right? So the timestamped reassurance gives her predictability, clear expectations, that emotional safety, and most importantly, I think in my opinion, and going through what I have, that connection still feeling connected.

          (13:29)

          When we lose that, when we feel or fear that we have lost connection, just emotional connection that we have, it really freaks us out. And I don't have this anymore. I have gone through the healing and I don't have that trigger anymore, but I definitely did, I'd say with a couple of relationships after my biggest narcissistic relationship, there was definitely that trigger, but that can calm her nervous system instantly because she's like, oh, they're not leaving, I'm not being punished. The conversation isn't just going to disappear and then resentment's going to build and he's going to, I'm out and the relationship is still intact. So this one tool prevents about 80% of survivor spirals. Okay? So alright onto the next, the fourth one, validate first and problem solve later. Okay? They do need validation. So she lived in relationships where her feelings were dismissed, minimized and mocked.

          (14:40)

          Okay? So validation is almost like a medicine, right? I hear you. That makes total sense. Thank you for telling me even if you don't agree with something, thank you for sharing that. Thank you for telling me. Validation doesn't have to mean you agree, it means you care about her experience and she should care about yours as well. Okay? The fifth one, patience with triggers. So I know this can be tough, I get it, but triggers are not, they're not personal. They're survival responses. So really not just knowing that and saying, oh yeah, I know that actually embodying that. You will have to embody that and really deeply accept it. Accepting this is a survival response and it's not personal. It's not personal. So a helpful question is what came up for you just now? Not, I'm not your ex. Why are you acting like I'm your ex? It's not helpful. Sorry guys. It's not helpful. What came up for you just now?

          (15:59)

          You both know it's not about you. And that will soften the conversation. Okay? Number six, space for autonomy. She lived under control, severe control, probably her and encouraging decision making power is very healing. She may be very, depending where she is in her journey, she could be very uncomfortable with making decisions still. So encouraging her and say, Hey, why don't you pick the movie tonight? I trust you. I trust your judgment. Try that. And you got to be patient. It's frustrating, okay? I mean, I love my husband to death. My husband in general is just so laid back. It can be indecisive where I'm like, oh, well, where do you want to go? He's like, oh, I don't really care. And I mean, sometimes he does, he'll be like, oh, I want tacos tonight. But sometimes I feel like I want to make sure he's getting what he wants all the time.

          (17:03)

          So I will say like, oh, what do you want? And he's like, I don't know, whatever. And he's so easygoing and accommodating, and his isn't from trauma past, but it's just his personality. But the same goes here where it's good to encourage anyone to have a voice and let them know that you trust, because some of it can come from insecurity. Someone might be like, I don't want to make the wrong decision, so I'm not going to make any decision. So I trust your judgment. We're going to have fun no matter whatever language, let her decide and be patient because they may sit there and stare at the wall for 10 minutes because they're that paralyzed and that's their trauma. But the more you do that, the more comfortable they get and the more self-trust they build, it's going to go way faster, easier, and it's a beautiful thing.

          (18:02)

          You definitely want it. So you want to have a partner that feels comfortable making decisions. So she may not say it out loud, but inside that sentence, you get to choose and I trust your judgment. Something like that, that is going to really rebuild her. I love it. I love it. So that's a big one. And number seven, slow trust. No pressure. You might, and I am guilty of this just in general with people of being like, oh my God, because you want them to be empowered so much. I have friends that have been in some past, previous past situations and in the earlier points of their healing journey, and sometimes I'm like, oh, don't worry about that. I'm such an empowerment queen, but I have to check myself because their pace isn't a problem. It's protection and healthy love, healthy trust. It doesn't rush.

          (19:11)

          It invites and waits. So we have to say even with friends, but whatever, whoever you're trying to encourage when they've gone through something like this, it is a slow burn. They can speed it up a little with Somatic Healing by Christie, Jade, ever heard of it? It's amazing. But counseling, therapy, coaching with me, somatic healing with me, any of that, you guys will help accelerate the journey, but we don't want to put pressure on these people who are already dealing with a lot. So here we go, what not to do, even if you mean, well, here we go. These are some mistakes supportive partners accidentally make even with good intention.

          (20:04)

          And you wouldn't say just get over it, but there's some people who will say, oh, you just have to move on. Even if you say it nicely. Trauma does not respond to logic. It doesn't respond to, oh, you just got to do X, Y, Z. It's done, right? It's a process. Taking her triggers personally, it's rarely about you. It's about her past trying to fix or rescue her, okay? You are her partner. It's not your job to fix her. There's therapy and me for that, okay? You can recommend a therapist, you can recommend my podcast, recommend working with me to help this along. But it's not your job and it shouldn't be your job for your sake. You need to keep your piece too. So yes, if you want to be a supportive partner, cool. You are not the person who needs to be her therapist and fixer, okay?

          (20:56)

          There's a difference. And then comparing yourself to her ex, it adds pressure and it fuels the shame she already has. So no mentioning of the Xs, okay? And then this one, ah, I just hate this. It has been a huge trigger for me in the past minimizing what happened, right? Just like, oh, don't worry about it. He is not here anymore. You're not with him. Just forget about it. That whole energy, even if you're trying to be helpful, she can't just forget it. That's not something you can just forget. Her body remembers, right? If you guys don't know, I do somatic healing. I heal the body through the body from the body, the body, body. Because the body remembers even when her mind wants to move on, or even when the mind has actually done some healing, the body still doesn't always catch up with the mind.

          (21:55)

          So you can't just forget. Just move on. It is not that simple. Okay? So your role is not to erase her past, it happened, but the beautiful thing you get to do is create a new experience of safety and stability and love and peace for her. And it's not your job. I want to add this. I'm not trying to put all of this stuff on you guys. She has to do her healing journey herself. It's not your responsibility, but if you want to support, these are tips, but you also cannot lose yourself or your peace at the expense of somebody that is very important. So if she's not doing the work or just like, this is just how I am, or there's any abuse going on, that's a different story. And you shouldn't be a part of a toxic situation like that. Okay? All right.

          (22:55)

          So what healthy love does for a survivor, okay? I haven't my husband, I did not know someone like him existed. I will be very honest. I in the beginning felt like I didn't even deserve him. Now I know I'm a great queen. No, but waited for the shoe to drop. I was like, there's no way. There's some person who's this good and this kind and this loving. What's the secret? So we'll talk about what that healthy love does do. So when you love a survivor in a healthy way and show it, you become her nervous systems first experience of peace. And maybe the first time she's really experienced peace, and that is beautiful and it's scary and uncomfortable. I'm thinking back to when I first was with my husband, I almost felt it was boring because those highs and lows were not there. I knew I liked him a lot, but I was like, is this enough for me?

          (24:01)

          It was amazing and steady rather than Eminem and Kim, crazy roller coaster, which now obviously I know that was not healthy, but it might be uncomfortable even for us in the beginning. But you're becoming that peaceful experience. You're teaching her that calm is real, not a trap. The shoe doesn't have to fall off the other foot. It's not love bombing. It's not a mask. You are showing her that love does not punish love doesn't punish. We as survivors have been punished for things we didn't even ever do. We've been punished in horrible ways and we associated that as a normal thing, right? So you're showing her that's not love. You're helping her unlearn fear. You become evidence that safety exists, right? Like I said about my husband, oh my goodness, he's a safe person. I don't have to worry about him flipping out or bashing my head into a wall or strangling me with a telephone wire.

          (25:19)

          That's nice. Is my Barlow okay? And then the last one for that, you help her rebuild a version of herself that the narcissist tried to destroy. This part's so important too. I feel like it deserves its own episode. You helping her, well, supporting her, I don't want to say helping her, you're supporting her. Create her new identity, which is really her oldest identity before the world or the narcissist muddled her all up. The true her, the person she deserves to be, right? You get to support her creation of that. So you don't need to be perfect, okay? You're not going to get all of these, especially at first, but the most important, you need to be a safe place for her to land consistent, safe patient. Okay? So for the women listening, I mean the women survivors, if you're healing from abuse and worry, your trauma makes you too much. Take a breath. Okay? You are not too much. You are not broken. If you're broken, I'm broken and this bitch ain't broke. Okay? Your triggers do not make you unlovable. Can you say that out loud? I need to hear you all the way in the back. Need to hear your triggers do No, you said repeat after me. Let's do it. My triggers don't make me unlovable.

          (26:57)

          Okay? You are learning safety again. And the right partner will not run from that. And I'm not saying if someone feels like they don't have the capacity because of their own stuff, that doesn't make them a bad person either. So I am not shaming anyone who feels like they just don't have the capacity to have someone who's been through a lifetime of abuse. That's okay. But the right person will come and they'll lean in gently with compassion and steadiness the listen to podcast. And you'll be gold, baby gold, just like your crown, right? So like I said, this was a foundation, the starting point. If you want me to do like a miniseries specifically for partners or anything, please give me feedback. Email me always. If you have things you want to hear on my podcast, even if you don't think it fits perfectly in what I normally do, let me know. I love doing this stuff. I love helping anyone.

          (28:02)

          So we can go deeper on this. And if you are a woman healing from a narcissistic relationship and want support, rebuilding that piece, your boundaries, that lovely nervous system that can be shaken back into the straight and narrow, my one-on-one coaching spaces are always linked in the show notes. So you guys, you are not alone. Whether you have been in a bad situation and you're recovering or you're someone supporting that person, you're not alone. And you should find support through therapists, counseling, support groups, listening to these podcasts. And you deserve the kind of love that feels like exhaling.

          (28:51)

          That's what it feels like. You hear that kind of creepy. Now I'm going to stop doing that. Okay? So always go to my show notes to see the ways to work with me. I have an Empowered Boundaries course that is epic amazing. Go check that out. And then there's a couple freebies in there, including my Facebook, which is, it is Women only for there that is a private Facebook page for survivors. So yes, I will see you in the next episode and maybe we'll be doing more of these bonus EPS in between. And as always, I love you and give you Smooches Chin up crown up.

           

          30 min
        • Your 5 minute Power Shift for Calmer Co-Parenting and Stronger Kids
          The 5-Minute Reset to Protect Your Kids From a Narcissistic Parent (Without Escalating Anything)
          Episode Summary

          In this Thrive in 5, Christy Jade guides you through a simple five-minute process that helps you protect your child’s emotional safety when dealing with a narcissistic parent. Instead of reacting from fear, conditioning, or pressure to “keep things smooth,” you’ll learn how to regulate your body, detach from the narcissist’s hooks, and model calm authority your child can immediately feel.

          This micro-training focuses on one small but powerful shift: stabilizing your own nervous system so your child learns emotional safety, discernment, and self-trust — even when the other parent continues their chaos. These five minutes will change how you show up in high-conflict moments.

          What You’ll Learn

          • How to identify your body’s early alarm signals during narcissistic tension

          • A simple three-breath pattern to instantly calm your nervous system

          • How to shift out of emotional reactivity and into factual, steady communication

          • One-sentence boundary responses that model calm authority for your child

          • A grounding tool your child can use after visits, calls, or stressful interactions

          • How to reinforce safety without escalating the conflict or feeding the drama

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            TRANSCRIPT

            Speaker 1 (00:03):

            Welcome to your Thursday, thrive in five, your five minute pause from the chaos, the gaslighting, and that text you knew better than to reply to take a breath Queen. This one's for you. Today's Thrive in five is all about your energy and moments when the narcissistic parent creates tension because your kids absorb your state more than the actual words that are spoken, right? They're little sponges. So you're going to teach your child safety by regulating yourself first, right in the moment. So we're going to give you this advice. You can save this if you're feeling it right now. You can use it now, but you can listen to know what to do. And then definitely save this episode. So in the moment you can refer to it and maybe you can even take little notes. But this is definitely a saver episode. Alright, so you're going to set your timer for five minutes, okay?

            (01:06)

            Get yourself a little timer. It can be on your phone. One of those cute ones you have in the kitchen, the little kitchen timers. I have one that's a little mushroom. It's so cute. Alright, squirrel. Okay, so five minutes. Minute one, you're going to notice your body's alarm system. So think of that last text demand or surprise request from the narcissistic parent, right? And your body probably does one of these things. The chest tightens, the stomach drop. I know that one. The shoulders rise all the way up to your ears and your breath gets shallow, right? One of those two of those, all of those. So first, in that first minute, notice it name the sensation out loud like my chest feels tight. Naming it out loud equals calming it. Okay? True, true facts, only true facts here on the Queen's show. Alright, minute two, you're going to then slow the pace for your child.

            (02:11)

            Kids mirror your nervous system. Okay? Remember that? So you can repeat this three breath pattern and you can do it silently or with your child if they're present to teach them, right? We're role modeling and teaching our children what to do when stress comes about. So one, you're going to inhale through your nose. Two, you're going to hold it for two seconds, and three, you're going to exhale a little longer than that. Inhale. And this tells your child and yourself, we handle intensity with calm, not chaos. Opposite of the lovely narc, right? We want to be opposite. So we handle intensity with calm, not chaos. Minute three, detach from that narcs hook. Okay? Ask yourself, what is the fact here? Not the feeling. I get it. We are all up in our feelings. We're empaths. We're good hearted people, we've been mind ed, right? I get it.

            (03:22)

            But we need to role model and give ourselves peace. So what is the fact? So what's an example of that? The feeling is he's trying to control me again and getting triggered. The fact is pickup is at four. That's all I need to address. Whatever he's trying to do, we don't need to worry about. It's good to know that, right? That's very helpful when you're learning about the narcissist. But we know that already now at this point. Yeah, but our focus is the fact, whatever the deal is, pickup, set for whatever facts are safe, that's our safety feelings. That is the narcissist playground, right? They want to see and feel and hear all your feelings. That's you taking their bait. So this reduces your reactivity and models discernment for your kid, no matter how old they are, if they're two or they are 18. Alright, minute four, we're going to choose one sentence of calm authority.

            (04:32)

            So pick one neutral boundaried line, like per the order pickup remains at four o'clock. Or I'll refer to the agreement or I'm not available for additional changes. Short and steady to the point. I always say, don't take the bait, don't get emotional, keep it short. And that equals emotional safety for your child too. Okay? So this is the piece that those kids internalize for life. How are you responding? Calm and authoritative, right? Per the order. Pickup remains at four. It's just the facts. People. We're queens. We don't have time for all these big emotions. Okay? Number five, we're minute five. Sorry. Teach your children one mini skill, okay? And again, refer back to Tuesday's episode. If you have not listened to that, please go listen to that. That's going to really dig into the best ways to deal with the entire situation with a narcissist, dealing with the kids and all of the toxic things you don't want to do yourself.

            (05:52)

            And how to keep the peace, but in a way that isn't what you normally would do with someone who's not toxic. So please watch. Listen to that episode if you haven't. So right after contact with the narcissistic parent, you're not going to trash talk them, right? You're going to do the mature adult thing that will keep peace for you and your child. You can't control the narc, okay? Do this one grounding micro practice with your child. And this one, you get to even call it a fun little cute child thing. The butterfly hug. And it's 30 seconds and anyone can learn this and it is good for you. It's good for a 2-year-old. It's good for that 15-year-old who's going to roll their I. So you just cross your arms over your chest. You tap the left side right on the top of your arm tap.

            (06:46)

            I'm doing it right now if you can hear, I'm giving myself a good old butterfly hug. And then tap the right, tap the left. Tap the right while you are slowing your breathing in through the nose, out through the mouth. Tap left, tap right. Okay. So cross arms over chest tap left tap right, tap left, tap right. Slow breathing until you feel your nervous system calm. But 30 seconds is a good amount of time and you can say your body knows how to keep you safe. So this teaches them to trust the intuition that therapists, some therapists tell them to ignore that. Tell them to push through and to keep the peace. That's the keeping the peace that I'm not here for. We're not bypassing feelings. We are honoring our intuition, their intuition and teaching them your body knows how to keep you safe. And doing the butterfly hugs.

            (07:54)

            There's other examples too, but that's a good one is very important to me. So you don't change a narcissist, you're not going to change the narcissist, but you can change the energetic environment that your child grows up in while they're in your care. And they can do these things. And I know a narc is very controlling, so maybe they can't do it right in the middle of an interaction with their narc parent. But you can tell them if you ever have a tense situation at narc, parents, don't call 'em narc, but narc parents home and there's an interaction that makes you sad or upset, just don't take the bait. You can teach them in children's terms of not taking the bait, just kind of gray rocking a. And when they get a chance to be in private, to go to their room or whatever, teach them the grounding skills they will need because they will need them.

            (09:05)

            And again, I say not everyone wants to really say all this out loud. If your child is a child of a narcissist, they need to be prepared. That's okay. We are where we are here. We can't change the past, we can't change what happened. All we can do is do the best with where we are. And your child can still be an amazing, healthy individual. They have you as a parent that is getting healthy, that's learning these tools that cares immensely for them. So they're ahead of a lot of people. Look, there are people with two parents that nobody really teaches them any tools or how to do X, Y, Z. So you are prepared, you're getting prepared and you're helping them prepare for what they need to do to cope with these situations. So this can be little, just five minutes at a time things.

            (10:02)

            We have the five minute situation and then we have just the butterfly hug alone. They can do that easy peasy lemon squeezy in 30 seconds that can just calm them down and help their nervous system. And they get to also say to themselves, your body knows how to keep you safe during those times. So save this episode already. And don't forget if you didn't listen to Tuesday's episode, definitely, definitely listen to that. It's a great episode. I may be biased, but it's amazing. Just kidding. So if you're not following my podcast, go find the follow button so you don't miss any episodes because we got some good shit up in here. Okay? Yeah, we do. And as always, all the information is in the show notes as far as how to work with me. If you want transformational kick ass customized help, there's a couple different ways you can check the links out.

            (11:07)

            But I have monthly and I have a three month really transformational, crazy, amazing epic work. And both I do coaching with you and somatic healing, which is through the body. We are healing deep stuff, but we don't have to do this super sad. Let's lay on a couch and cry about it for five hours, right? We're not going to bypass feelings, but we are going to have some magic happen. We're going to GoFund places, I call 'em Soul Cas. We go on little locations. We help our nervous system regulate. There's so many beautiful things in somatic healing. So you can read more about that in the links in my show notes. And I have a free private Facebook page, so definitely go join that to be around more women who understand what you're going through. It's a women only private Facebook group for narcissistic abuse recovery.

            (12:08)

            So jump on and there. And I have, if you haven't grabbed them yet, there is my pocket boundaries. What's it? Boundaries Pocket guide is the official term. And that's just some helpful boundaries that you can set just a little free before you. And I also have my Boundaries course, which is self-paced if you just want something more like that. So obviously the one-on work with me is where you're going to get the deepest, most beneficial work. But there are other options out there. If you're not ready for that or can't the investment, you can't make that investment. So definitely check all of that out and I will see you in the next video. It's not a video, not, I keep calling it a video. I was a YouTuber once, a big bad YouTuber. I still have my YouTube actually should go check it out. There's all sorts of crazy weird videos on there.

            (13:09)

            Steal a Kiss 33 on YouTube. I barely do videos there anymore. But yes, that was my life, my old life. I did makeup tutorials, I did vlogs, all sorts of fun. And I should be putting videos up there, but I'm very focused on my podcast and my book I'm writing. Once I finish my book, I might start doing more videos again just for funsies. But yes, you guys, I'm also writing a book about narcissistic abuse recovery and it's going to be awesome. I'm so excited. All this stuff I'm working on right now is just very, very exciting. So I can't wait to get that completed. I hope I'm writing that. I'm on chapter seven out of 12, but I'm going to go over it a couple more times. And I have a couple people waiting in the wings that are going to read it as beta readers. And then I do have an editor in New York City that I'm going to work with to edit it and the publishing. And I think she may be helping me with that too. But it's going to be unlike any other narcissistic abuse recovery book that is out there of that, I am sure. Right? I think if you know me, that's not a surprise. This is not going to be boring, old, stale facts. There's some queening going on in it. So stay tuned for that. Alright, I will see you in the next audio in the next podcast, not video and chin up. Shine that crown. You look amazing, okay? And you are so valuable and so, so special, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Okay? Okay. Bye.

            16 min
          • The Truth Many Therapists Don’t Tell You: How to Protect Your Kids From a Narcissistic Parent (Without Fueling More Drama)

            The Truth Therapists Don’t Tell You: How to Protect Your Kids From a Narcissistic Parent (Without Fueling More Drama)

            Episode Summary

            You’ve been told to “keep the peace for the kids.”

            But what if that advice — the one therapists and co-parenting experts keep repeating — is actually teaching your child to ignore their own intuition?

            In this episode, Christy Jade breaks down the truth most professionals avoid: you cannot co-parent with a narcissist. You’ll learn how to stop over-accommodating, document every interaction, and teach your child emotional safety without turning them into your confidant. It’s time to protect both your peace and your child’s nervous system while modeling real, grounded strength.

            If you’ve ever felt stuck trying to “stay civil” while your ex keeps creating chaos, this episode will help you see what real peace looks like — and how to hold it.

            What You’ll Learn

            • Why traditional co-parenting advice doesn’t work with narcissists

            • How old conditioning keeps you accommodating — and how to stop

            • The importance of documenting every interaction and using third-party apps

            • How to model calm authority and emotional safety for your kids

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                TRANSCRIPT:

                Speaker 1 (00:00):

                Queens. I am so excited for this episode. This actually was created because a client of mine and I were talking about this topic and she said, you need to make this an episode. So when y'all speak, I listen. Alright, so you've been told to keep the peace for the kids, right? I'm sure many of you have heard that, but what if that very advice, the ones, many therapists and co-parenting experts keep repeating, is actually quietly teaching your child to ignore their own intuition. So today I'm going to break down the real truth about how to protect your kids from a narc co-parent without losing your sanity or ending up back in court. So let's talk about the advice. Most professionals are too afraid to give you.

                (00:54)

                Have you finally broken free from that narcissist creepy crawly web, but still feel stuck in fear? Wish you could trust yourself again and take your life back. Well, you're in the right place, queen. I'm Christie, wife, mom, and narcissistic abuse recovery coach. I've walked the messy road, wasted money on the wrong therapist and dry advice and how to come to Jesus moment to get me here to feel free. I had to reconnect with me, set boundaries that stuck and find healing methods that actually lasted. Now, I've created a plan that's empowering, doable, and yes, even fun because I'm sparkly and fun. So of course it's going to be fun. So if you're ready to break cycles, reclaim your peace and trust yourself again, this podcast is for you. So steep, that chamomile tea, silence, all that crazy chaos out there, and let's cue your royal glow up.

                (01:52)

                All right, it's Christie Jade. Today's episode might ruffle a few feathers. We're talking about something I see every single week with my clients, the pressure to keep things smooth with a narcissistic co-parent, even when it's slowly destroying your peace and your child's sense of safety. So yes, obviously we don't want to trigger narcissists into pop-off mode, okay? That's not my point here. But here's the hard truth. Most parenting advice out there does not apply when the other parent is a narcissist. You cannot co-parent with someone who loves chaos, control and manipulation. You can parallel parent, and even then you need to do it with strong ass boundaries and rock solid documentation, which I've talked about on this podcast, right? But today we're going to cut through the guilt, the conditioning, and the miss, okay? You're going to walk away knowing what it looks like to protect your child and yourself legally, emotionally, and energetically without ending up back in court.

                (03:02)

                But no guarantees. I'm not a lawyer, okay? I am just your favorite little truth telling queen with a mic. But we're going to do our best here together. Okay? So first of all, the lie you've been sold, you've been told that kids need both parents equally. You've been told to be flexible. Take the high road, keep communication fully open. But when one parent is toxic or narcissistic in our cases, the advice is actually dangerous because flexibility becomes a weapon. So keeping the peace becomes another way of saying keep walking on eggshells, and you'll see what I'm saying here. But yes, we want to keep the peace in the way of, we want our peace to be protected, but keeping the peace in the general way that many experts will tell you how to do will not work in our situation. Okay? So the truth is, you were conditioned to accommodate the narcissist.

                (04:08)

                They conditioned you to accommodate them, right? Even after court orders are in place, you may still feel that conditioning. You may still have it even after the chaos nearly broke you. You were trained to minimize their reactions, but that conditioning doesn't just affect you. Your kids feel it and then suffer from it. So your kids are learning from your energy. Kids are intuitive, right? They feel what's happening in the room before they can fully grasp it, even the younger ones. So when you tense up every time a message comes through from your ex, when you overexplain or give in just to keep the peace, they learn that love or relationship means shrinking yourself to stay safe. They don't know the complexities of your relationship with this person. So they're watching you shrink to stay safe, but you were given that mama energy, that protective mama bear energy for a reason. You were chosen to break this pattern, right? Your kids do not need a perfect parent. They need a calm, grounded one who teaches them what real safety feels like because they're not going to get that from little narky narc. Okay? So that starts with one powerful shift. Are you ready? Write it down. Write on your forehead. Stop accommodating dysfunction in the name of peace.

                (05:53)

                Okay? Stop accommodating dysfunction in the name of peace. True peace is not built on fear. That's performative peace. Okay? We want true peace for you and your child. So you've got to cut these cords that are still attached to your ex. Okay? I'm going to say this with a little love and a little holy fire. You need to hear it straight. And you know I'm a straight shooter. The narcissist conditioned you to accommodate, right? They trained you to make yourself small, to over explain, to be nice, to keep them calm, maybe even when it was costing you your sanity. And here's the truth, you might've left the relationship, but the programming, it's still running the show. You broke free physically, you're out of the home with them, but emotionally, you're still doing the dance. So let me ask you, why are you still accommodating them?

                (07:00)

                Why are you bending, explaining, overthinking every reply like you owe them something you don't. You owe you something. You owe your child something. You owe them the version of you that doesn't flinch at chaos anymore. You've done the hardest part, you got out. Now it's time to cut the final chords. So stop letting their energy dictate your piece. Stop modeling compliance as cooperation, okay? When you keep accommodating the narcissist, all of their little, even if you have the legal papers and they add this and that into it and make you go a little above or you feel a little bad, oh, it's their father, it's this. You're teaching your child the same survival pattern you are trying to unlearn.

                (07:53)

                Okay? So here's the mic drop moment here for you, okay? Do not condition your child to do what you did. You got out for a reason. Do not condition your child to do what you did. They deserve to see what calm power looks like. They deserve to see you walk in your authority, not your fear. You're a queen, right? Put on your authority crown. All right? I got to calm down after that one. Woo. It's getting hot in here. So what does that non accommodation actually look like? You're like, that's great, Christie, how do I do that? Well, I'm going to tell you, alright, so without giving the narcissist ammo to drag you back in court, right? And again, I'm not a lawyer, but there's things we can do and documenting everything is very important. So we'll get there. So non accommodation does not mean being rude or reactive, right?

                (08:55)

                I'm not saying yell at them, curse at them, call them names. It means being firm consistent. I'm going to say that for the people in the back. I know a lot of you lost consistency because of how you're conditioned. Consistent. That means if you set a boundary, you stick to it, you heard and detached, which I know that can be hard, but if you want the peace you say you're begging for and the peace for your child, then you need to listen. Okay? You stick to the agreements, you stop explaining. You let their discomfort be their problem. So let's do a few examples what that actually looks like. Let's say there's a video call. You have a court order. It says you have one regular call per week, right? You just have a call per week. It doesn't save it's audio, video it just as a call.

                (09:48)

                He's demanding video calls because the child owes him FaceTime. Here's your reply. Per our agreement, calls are scheduled once a week by phone. So if it's not listed as video, you're safe. If it is, you might have to accommodate that because it's through the legal system, but often they will add little things. That's my point here. They will add nuances to have control. That's it though. No emotion, no apology, no justification. There needs to be no explanation of well, blah, blah, blah, blah. Per our agreement, calls are scheduled once a week by phone. That's it. Then the guilt trip, extra time request. I know many who have had this, he suddenly demands extra time for a family birthday that isn't scheduled. If you want to let them do that, go ahead. But if you're dealing with a narc, you probably don't and you want to take your power back, then you respond. That's not part of our current schedule. We'll follow the plan. He threatens court. Okay, well, you're documenting everything now. You're on a third party app, you stay calm, you follow the order.

                (11:04)

                So what about when your child doesn't want to talk or go? And this is tough because legally they have to, right? They're required if they have the required visits or talks, and this is when your heart probably aches the most, but it's also your biggest teaching moment. When you get those pangs, I want you to start viewing them as, oh, I need to do the right thing. This is a big teaching moment for my child, okay? Validate your child first and foremost. It's okay. It's understandable that you feel uncomfortable. That is the first thing you say to them. It's understandable and that you feel uncomfortable. And then you teach them grounding, even for little ones. Deep breaths. When you feel like this and you take your breaths, I could do a whole other episode probably on this, how to teach children, grounding young children, hand on chest, deep breath, name what they're feeling.

                (12:11)

                I'm feeling it could be even my brain feels chaotic. Well, they might not say chaotic, but dizzy or I feel sad, or I have my chest feels tight, right? Don't force them to override their own body to appease a toxic adult. Don't say, oh, it's fine, it's fine, right? That's the old generation. I love ya mama. But that was what I got, right? Oh, it's fine. Everything's fine. It's not fine. It's okay. And understandable. They feel this way because they're dealing with a narcissist. You don't have to tell them they're a narcissist. We'll get to that. But you teach them, and that's something you may have lost along the way. And then condition to throw out the window to the benefit of the narcissist. And the narcissist will never model for them. They won't teach them that this is your job, okay? You teach them and being okay with having feelings. So here's the part.

                (13:23)

                Not everybody, not every therapist, not every coach will tell you about documenting and detaching. A lot of lawyers, I guess will, but not everyone thinks of all of it. So here's where we move from emotional to strategic, because when you're dealing with an arc, documentation, is your armor okay? It's very important. I know it's a pain in the butt. Too bad. Mama's getting real here. You don't just keep your boundaries, you have to keep the receipts with them. Every single interaction, right? That's why I'm saying third party app, family wizard or talking parents document any texts, they send any email, you don't respond to those. You only respond via the third party app. If you can. Hopefully that's in your decrees. If not, maybe you can add it to that. It is very important to use third party apps if possible. Okay? But either way, document all the texts, emails, quick questions, pick up issue, screenshot it then, right?

                (14:22)

                If you don't have it on the third party yet, date it, save it. Have a little folder on your phone, okay? And the third party apps, timestamp everything and make it impossible for them to twist your words. Here's one that may be difficult for you guys. Some of you do not text or call casually. This is where the danger truly happens. This is where they bait you and gaslight you. Okay? We do everything in writing so it can be seen, documented, no casual calls, no talking about anything but your child and your child's needs. Or it will be used against you if you're dealing with a narcissist, it will be used against you. It's a matter of time if it hasn't already, okay? Keep it short and factual per the agreement. Child X will call at 7:00 PM or pickup is at 4:00 PM as stated, or I'll refer to the court order.

                (15:27)

                No emotional language, no, I feel no, please, just clarity every word, every extra word. Actually we want to stick to the facts. Anything over that, any extra wording is an opening for them to manipulate. I want you to think about that. Get that in your head. Imagine all the facts there, right? Pick up at four. If you say pick up at four because X, y, z, and this happened and all of that, they take, they store, they use against you. Don't give them anything extra that's so important. You guys and your child is watching you model in a calm power. Even if they don't know the details exactly what's going on. When you work this way and function this way, you are calmer and they will feel that you're teaching them that boundaries don't have to mean conflict, they mean safety. Your child and you both need safety.

                (16:31)

                Alright? So then protecting your child's beautiful nervous system. Look, they have a parent that's a narcissist. They're going to have to learn this. And this is a part I think people don't want to talk about. We feel guilty. We say, oh, how did I put them in this situation? Okay, let's move off the guilt train guys. Let's get in the now we're here. It happened, you got out. Great job. Your child is the child of a narcissist. So your job is to help protect their nervous system. One of the best things you can do, and this is the piece, not all therapists, not everyone talks about right? When your child interacts with a narcissistic parent, their nervous system will go into fight, flight, freeze or fawn. And you can't control what happens at their house, at your ex's house. But you can teach regulation for your child, what they can do with how their body feels, paying attention to how their body feels. You're setting them up with tools that will be lifelong help, whether it's with their narc parent or someone else in their future. So show them how to take deep breaths when they feel scared. Name what feels off. Let them name it. Teach them you can love someone and still have limits. And then reassure them. They don't have to fix anyone's feelings. Not even a parent truth bomb, not even yours.

                (18:18)

                This is a good segue for what I also want to talk about because first of all, you're not best friends. I get it. We want to be close with our kids. That's great. It's not their job to take on our damn feelings and all the details of what your ex has done. That is toxic shit. And I'm not here for it. And you shouldn't either. You shouldn't be here for it. Talk to a friend, go have a martini and talk about it. But you do not talk trash about the other parent to your child or share adult details of what's happening.

                (18:54)

                They're not your friend. They're a child who needs guidance, not your gossip. I know it's hard. I get it. I do get it. I get it. We want to tell the whole world about the awful narcs. I get it. But saying your dad's a narcissist doesn't protect them, especially when they're young. It can confuse them and burden them. But instead, and I get it, you want to set them up, but that's to the next point. Instead, teach them to notice behaviors and trust their inner compass. So if dad does start guilt tripping or love bombing, right? But they'll tell you about it. This is where you say, how did that make you feel? What do you think you need right now? Help them become a little therapist. I love therapy and I want anything I've said about some therapists don't know. That's my experience, that not all therapists want to talk about certain things. And I think they work for establishments that have certain rules and so they have certain things they may or may not get into, but I'm free to get into whatever the hell I want. So here I am. But anyway, yes, you're creating little therapists asking the open-ended questions. How did that make you feel? What did you think you need right now? And you can teach them to ask themselves this in those moments. So when you're not there, this is very important. You can't always be there.

                (20:32)

                You're not going to be at the narcs house. You're not going to be with them when they're out with their friends, when they're 18 years old, when they're off to college. So teaching them to ask themselves these questions as well. Guide them toward emotional awareness, not judgment. How am I feeling? What do I need? Maybe I need to take a few breaths and then maybe I need to just walk outside for a few minutes. And maybe they want to have opportunities to do every single thing they want to do when they're in the narcs control because the narcs controlling, they might not let them walk outside, but maybe they can go sit and journal, keep it, have a locked journal.

                (21:18)

                They can take the deep breaths. That's how you help them build discernment without shame. We do not want to shame them for their feelings. It's discerning. So you're not teaching them to disrespect their parent or ignore their parent. It's discerning. And then being able to self-manage and cope with having a narcissistic parent. And that lesson will protect them for life. I do feel like I need to go more into this. I need an episode. Let me know in my Facebook group if you'd like that episode or you can email me. So let's wrap it up here. This is a long 21 minutes. Woo. We're doing it. So you were not called to raise a peacekeeper. Exactly, yes, we want peace, but not in a people pleasing way.

                (22:19)

                You want to raise a truth teller and a truth teller, it doesn't have to be a mean disrespectful calling out truth teller, but it's someone who knows their truth. The truth is self-aware and also can self-soothe, can help their own nervous system. And the way you model these things is by being one yourself. Yay. Look at all that work full circle. So when you stop accommodating toxicity and you're showing them that, so when they are older, they see that my 11-year-old daughter, she's a narc professional. I mean, she knows the work I do. So she knows it's narcissistic and she's older and understands more, not about specific people, but just how to deal with certain behaviors. That's the most important thing. She recognizing what manipulation is, she recognizes what gaslighting is. She recognizes when it's even just a toxic, not a two-way street. She dumped a friend because they would never compromise just with playing games at recess. It was always what they wanted, what they wanted. And she said, you know what? I don't want to be friends with someone who doesn't compromise. She literally said that to them and that was the end. And now she has a very, very sweet, best friend that it's all give and take. Very thoughtful. So not exactly narc related, but showing you what you do. They see, they see and they hear and they feel everything. They were sponges, right?

                (24:06)

                So when you accommodate this toxicity, or stop, I guess I'll say, when you stop accommodating it, you're not starting a war, but you're ending the cycle. Your kids will thank you because not because you kept everyone happy, because you can't do that, not with a narc, but because you showed them what healthy actually feels like. You're not going to have complete peace all the time, but you can have peace inside of yourself and you can teach your child to learn to have peace inside of themself. And you don't make peace by bending over backwards when you've already got rules in place, right? Let's uncondition that. How do you do that? I don't know. Have you ever heard of Christie Jade? She does some coaching, she does some somatic healing.

                (25:09)

                I will choke in my spit. That's what I'll do. Excuse me. I got so excited about working with you now. I'll always put in my show notes the ways to work with me. I have such amazing clients and right now we are doing really powerful work. I've got some clients who are heavier on the coaching and a little somatic, and then I've got some who are heavier on the somatic, depending where you are in your journey. And the somatic is that's healing from the body. And that is the deeper internal work that is really that long lasting healing because it's your body remembers and you are retraining all of what we're talking about here, uncondition, what's been done. And it is mind blowing until you really do it. You don't totally get it. But please come sign up for a session with me. I have very limited spaces.

                (26:04)

                I will say that I actually still, I have to write back to someone who wrote, there was no spots in the next coming weeks. But, so I will open up a couple spots because I know it's holiday time and the narcs come out wild, so I know you all need it. So I'll open up a couple extra spots and I have monthly and a three month transformation coaching and somatic healing, which is, that is for the people who are here to just rise up out of where you are and completely your life. So I'll put all of that information there in the show notes. And I also have a, which is really relevant for this, if you just want to check out something simple, I have My Empowered Boundaries course. So you want to talk about boundaries that goes deep into how to have the energy around that, what to say and do, how to have the conversations.

                (27:10)

                It is really epic. So you can purchase My Empowered Boundaries course too. I'll put that in the show notes. Alright, and then like I said, join my free Facebook community. It's private full of women just like you. And come in there, say hi. Tell me if you want that all about Kids Grounding Podcast episode. And there's also a Boundaries Pocket Guide that's free, that'll be in the notes. And I will see you on Thursday. We will do a little Somatic Healing on Thursday's episodes. Don't forget to follow my podcast wherever you are listening and I'll see you on Thursday. Love you, bye.

                28 min
              • A 5-Minute Reset for When You Start Blaming Yourself for Their Cheating

                A 5-Minute Reset for When You Start Blaming Yourself for Their Cheating

                If your brain keeps going back to “What did I do wrong?” after being cheated on by a narcissist — this mini reset is your lifeline.

                Today’s Thrive in 5 will help you stop making THEIR betrayal mean something about YOUR worth… and gently bring your power and truth back into your own body again.

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                TRANSCRIPT:

                Speaker 1 (00:03):

                Welcome to your Thursday, thrive in five. Your five minute pause from the chaos, the gaslighting and that text you knew better than to reply to take a breath queen. This one's for you. If your brain keeps going back to what did I do wrong or what's wrong with me, this is your five minute reset today, especially after Tuesday's episode, all about why narcissists cheat, right? And not having any guilt. We're going to get rid of that. So the part of you that is still taking responsibility for their betrayal, can we say that again? There's part of you that is taking responsibility for their betrayal is the part we're going to release right now. Alright, so step one, we need to interrupt that mental chaos going on. So say this out loud or in your head, repeat after me. Their cheating was a reflection of their emptiness, not my worth.

                (01:20)

                Right? We are not allowing your brand to keep making their behavior means something about you anymore. We're done. Okay, step two, we're going to ground that nervous system. So let's take a minute here. If you're in a place, you can, if not save this episode or this part for later and place one hand on your chest and one on your belly and you're going to breathe in for four seconds in 1, 2, 3, 4. Hold for two seconds. One, two, and exhale. 4, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Yes. Get it all out. Okay. And as you continue your regular breaths, tell your body, I am safe from their chaos. Now I am safe from their chaos. Now the body needs to receive that message from you, not from them. We want it from them. We want to get validation and answers all the things. No ma'am. We're not going to seek it from them anymore. Alright, now step three, the identity statement. So you are not someone who got cheated on. That's not going to be your identity. You are someone who survived a professional manipulator and more. But we'll keep it just in the basics here, right? That's a very different identity, isn't it? So with that, you can have a mantra of I was never lacking. They were, we're not going to take ownership for their lacking. I was never lacking. They were.

                (03:23)

                All right. Step four, the forward focus. When your brain tries to replay the cheating or compare you to someone else, I want you to pause and say, I don't recycle pain to understand it. There's no more recycling that needs to go on here. There is no new meaning hiding in your old wounds. So we stop going backward to decode people who were not operating in real love the way we think of love and we think about connection is not the way a narcissist does. Okay? So trying to decode why or how, I mean I gave you some reasons why on Tuesday's episode, but playing it all back recycling, it is not how Queen's going to spend their life. No. We can learn it and heal from it. So the power is not an analyzing their betrayal. The power is in protecting your heart going forward.

                (04:48)

                And that's doing some healing. Yes, but it's also protecting it moving forward. And if that means boundaries, distance, silence, the gray rock method. I'll try to remember to put that episode. If you don't know what the gray rock method is, girl, you're in for a fun one. I have one or two episodes, I forget if it's one or two, I do have at least one episode on the Gray Rock Method, okay? But that's exactly where your peace lives. Next in the protection mode, in the it is time to take care of me mode. This is your queen era. Did you not get the memo queen? Better get used to be called queen. Okay? Hold your power. You've earned it, you have earned it, and you are deserving of peace and of power and you can will get it. You can just show up doing right now, just watching these podcasts or listening to these podcasts, if you want to do some really transformational mind blowing shit, you are there and you are like, I want to change my life and I'm ready.

                (06:17)

                I have an insane program. It's customized to you. It is three months that is literally priceless. And guess who you get to talk to once a week? Yours truly. Okay. I mean in that a bonus, no, I'm just kidding. So my Queens of Peace program, which guys, I have literally one spot left and this is individual work, but to maintain my schedule and I've had people that could not sign up. My schedule is so tight right now, people couldn't when I sent the link and if they didn't sign up right away when we did it, their spot did get filled. So they have to be pushed to next week. I don't like that. So I'm going to have to see what I can do to add a little space in. But so that's why I only have one spot right now.

                (07:18)

                If you are a queen, even if you don't feel like a queen right now, if you are queening, you are wanting to be queening. No. If you have been in a toxic relationship and you are coming out of it, out of it, I do require that you do not live with the narcissist. If this is your partner, your marriage partner, I do not work with people who are currently in that situation. You must be separated out of the house. Most my clients are divorced. If it's someone in your family that's a different situation and we can talk about that.

                (07:59)

                Your mother-in-law or someone you're dealing with, that's a whole different story. But most of my clients do seem to be co-parenting and the not just navigating a narcissist and how to deal with them, but healing what trauma you have gone through and the damage that has been done. We do coaching and we do somatic healing. And both of those things together, you will have insane transformation in three months. And that sounds like a lot. I'm going to tell you it goes by quick. But there are epic results. So if you're really ready and you're going to show up every week and you're going to sign up and make sure you get a spot, it's once a week. It's one hour. We do everything from coaching to somatic healing, which is healing from the body. If you don't know today, I had some amazing magical journeys. I call 'em soul locations because really we get to go on these beautiful kind of mind journeys like deep meditations, but they're so specific to you and every single time we do these clients have mind blowing results. I mean these journeys are epic. And that's why I love, I keep saying epic, I sound like such a nerd, but I, that's the only word I can use for myself, for my clients.

                (09:35)

                That's why I got certified. I did it myself and was like, this shit's epic. It was. You come out of it and you get clarity on your own. You have more self-trust, more self-confidence. It's just so beautiful. So if you are ready, if you are that woman that has been like, yeah, maybe I should do this or this is brand new, you just popped up in here, but you're ready to actually have lasting change to understand narcissists, be able to navigate them and have that inner calm, right? Like fuck the frazzle, can that be a t-shirt? I make? Fuck the frazzle. We don't need to be frazzled the rest of our lives. Okay? You deserve more here. A queen of peace. It's why it's called Queens of Peace program. Okay? So check the show notes on the ways to work with me one-on-one for this program that there will be a link.

                (10:38)

                It is the three month journey with me and you get Voxer in between. So once a day you can leave a message on my Voxer and I'll get back to you within 24 hours. It's Monday through Friday and I mean if there's an emergency you can try on the weekend and if I can, I'll get back to you. I do try to check even on the weekends so it's more support. So a lot of people earlier on in their journey do that. And then there's people that have maybe even been divorced for years, but there's just so much. They're going through a lot mentally, physically, and need a little extra support in between calls. So that's an extra fun thing in the three month journey as opposed to the monthly option. Both will be listed there. Check 'em out. You can read all about the three month one in that link. And then you can email me with any questions. My email's already always in the show notes too. And come join the free Facebook. It's a private Facebook page.

                (11:51)

                Yeah, so I know that was a lot of little babble at the end, but I'm telling you guys this work, it excites me every time I get off the phone with a client, I'm like, I'm so glad that I heard the calling from God that he needed me to do this podcast and what it's led to. It's amazing. And I want to share what I have learned, all the tools I have and take people on these awesome journeys to back to yourself. Is that what you're looking for? That's how to sum it up. I know we have these, there's peace, there's this, but it's getting back to you and yourself and at the core, your home inside yourself, which is the most comfortable, peaceful, joyful, amazing place to be. That's where God wants you to be. That's where you belong. So we need to get you back there.

                (12:55)

                So if you want to get back there and you will show up for yourself once a week. And I'm not crazy strict, obviously if you're sick or something, we have to skip a week, okay? We extend it. But I do want people who are committed to this, I am committed to you. This is my life's work. I'm real serious about it, okay? This is my purpose. My purpose is to help every single woman I can, the most I can. So you deserve to find that self. She's in there and she's beautiful and glittery and she's wearing an amazing gold crown. Let's go find her. If you're ready to find her, go click that link. Sign up. I do have one spot left and soon I will have zero. So get on it. If you are really wanting to make a transformation for yourself that lasts and get to hang out with me again. So fun. Alright, love you guys. See you the next, I keep saying see you. I don't see you. Maybe in my mind I feel like I don't know what to say. Seeing the next video, it's not a video. I used to do YouTube videos all the time, so I always say that. But thanks for listening. I'll see you in the next episode in my mind. Okay, love you, deuces.

                15 min
              • Why Narcissists Cheat And the 3 Lies They Tell You (So You Keep Blaming Yourself)

                Why Narcissists Cheat And the 3 Lies They Tell You (So You Keep Blaming Yourself)

                Today, I’m breaking down the REAL reasons narcissists cheat, how they use infidelity as a weapon, and the 3 most common lies they tell you to keep you confused, self-blaming, and emotionally destabilized.

                This episode will help you stop internalizing their betrayal — and start turning your power inward.

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                TRANSCRIPT:

                Speaker 1 (00:00):

                You think the pain was that other person, but the real pain was how it made you question your worth. And I want that to end today. Have you finally broken free from that narcissist creepy crawly web, but still feel stuck in fear? Wish you could trust yourself again and take your life back while you're in the right place. Queen. I'm Christie, wife, mom and narcissistic abuse recovery coach. I've walked the messy road, wasted money on the wrong therapist and drive ice and had a come to Jesus moment to get me here to feel free. I had to reconnect with me, set boundaries that stuck and find healing methods that actually lasted. Now I've created a plan that's empowering, doable, and yes, even fun because I'm sparkly and fun. So of course it's going to be fun. So if you're ready to break cycles, reclaim your peace and trust yourself again, this podcast is for you, so steep, that chamomile tea, silence, all that crazy chaos out there and let's cue your royal glow up.

                (01:12)

                Alright, queen, deep breath in through the nose, out through the mouth. I love a good halo breath. Before we dive into something a little crazy, it's a hot topic. A lot of questions come in about cheating the lying, why they do it, all sorts of questions. So today we're just going to basically address why they cheat and the three lies they tell you, which there is always manipulation and calculation going into what they do. So we'll cover that as well. So I want to start by saying this clearly directly, very queen styley, right? With the most unshakeable conviction, if a narcissist cheated on you, it had absolutely nothing to do with you not being enough or you being who you are. Okay? Their cheating is not a mirror of your worth. It's actually a mirror of their emptiness. We know narcissists are a big black hole and this is a mirror of that evidence of that.

                (02:29)

                So today we're going to break this down in a way that makes you stop blaming or questioning yourself once and for all. We don't have time for that, right? We got queen lives to live. So first of all, let's start with the real reasons that narcissists cheat, right? People cheat that aren't narcissists. That's very true, but we're talking about narcissists today, so we're going to talk about their reasons so they don't cheat because they're unhappy in the relationship and that can be a thing that other people do, but narcissists actually cheat because they are so addicted to supply. You've probably heard me say this a million times, but this is very, very important in this topic. They are addicted to supply, so really envision what that's like, right? You're not like that so you don't get it. But try to imagine a person that is addicted to basically feeding their ego and it's again this big black hole, so it's never truly filled.

                (03:37)

                You can't fill it so nobody can news, spoiler alert. So cheating gives them that ego fuel, novelty power, and they love power and even a sense of superiority and those things are what they are chasing. They're not chasing what we chase or desire the connection into intimacy. That came out weird for some reason. Intimacy partnership, they're not seeking those things. They're essentially seeking supply. So another reason, and a lot of women don't talk about this enough, is they cheat to punish you. Say that again. They cheat to punish you, especially when you start getting stronger, and I guarantee if you look back at when you maybe thought maybe they were cheating or there was evidence of cheating, or they give you a timeline, sometimes they'll tell you they have cheated to show that power to hurt you. So they may tell you when it started, whatever it is, if you actually take a close look, you can tell you were maybe getting stronger or they're shifting in their life some way, but a lot of times it's really you are getting stronger.

                (05:13)

                So this can look like when you start questioning their behavior, they don't like that when you start setting boundaries. That is what I would say. Number one, you start setting any boundary with a narcissist. Absolutely. Then they feel out of control. They got to gain their control. Again, when you're setting a boundary, you're showing that you're not just there to feed their ego, you're looking out for you for once or you're really just hit rock bottom with it. So you're making your boundaries like, okay, I really freaking mean it this time. So when you stop bending over backwards for them, when you start calling things out, in my experience, that is another top contender start calling things out and saying, you know what? I'm not okay with this. I'm not going to put up with this. So that is an injury. It's called narcissistic injury actually.

                (06:14)

                But that is an injury to their ego. And so what do they do? They do many things right? They will come harder at you, they will have more anger. They will manipulate gaslight, do all those things, but another lovely thing they do is cheating on you. It can become their revenge, their retaliation, a slap in the face that says, oh, you think you can't be controlled if you're acting almost like you're indifferent being with them anymore. So burned out by them, and this happened with so many of my clients, that's why I'm doing this episode. I have had a couple clients recently that told me stories about they had reached a point where they were indifferent and just in there trying to figure out maybe a plan to get out. It's tough. Probably 98% of my clients are co-parenting with narcissists. So you have children with these people, so you're trying to figure out how you can do this and they think, oh, you can't be controlled. Let me show you how quickly I can replace you.

                (07:29)

                Not romantic, not emotional, not deep. It truly is, like I said, a punishment, a weapon. You could even think of it that way, right? It's a weapon so they can gain their control, feed their ego while you're trying to figure out why am I here? Should I leave any of that? This can happen, right? They don't cop feelings about cheating. Like typical people, and this can be very confusing. A normal person has empathy. A normal person might cheat and maybe have those feelings for someone else, and then they get the guilt. They might feel sick about it, a narcissist. They don't have feelings like we have feelings, so they don't even really have feelings for this other person. It's just who is the closest and easiest target to become my new source? And this is where it gets kind of dark as if it's not dark enough.

                (08:34)

                They can literally watch you crying, devastated, shattered, and feel nothing. We know they don't have empathy. They may mask. Masking is kind of like pretending wearing a mask. They can mask and say certain things or try to make a sad face and pretend, but depending on the situation, they may not even do that. But your pain, it is sick and it actually is validation to them. It proves their power. It actually proves to themselves like, oh see, good. They want that reaction. They want you crying. They want you destroyed because they punished you for that very reason. And it's devastating if you don't know this stuff. I know some of you know it to a degree, but sitting here and if it really hits you and you're like, I do believe this, it is hard to digest. So give yourself some grace. Give yourself some chocolate. First and foremost, you deserve a hunk, a chunk of chocolate right now. This is really tough stuff to digest, to think this person that you were or are in love with, shared life with, have kids with whatever to sit there and think they're this calculated, this dark, this unfeeling.

                (10:11)

                And it tore me up when I realized all that a narcissist was and oh my goodness, it's devastating. So give yourself space after this, if this is hitting you kind of for the first time at the depths of what it really means. This is not easy to digest, and I'm here too. You can always email me if you need someone to talk about. If you don't have somebody to talk about this stuff with, if you don't have emotional support, please reach out to me. Okay? My email is always in the show notes. It's tough. So we want you to know I'm also, I have a Facebook page. Go in there. There's other women just like you in there. So that link is also in the show notes. So they're proven their power. So what about the other woman? And I want to include this for any women listening who had them manipulated into being the other one because this could happen too.

                (11:10)

                Okay? I was once the other one, but I had no idea I was the other one. That's a whole fun layer too. So hear this, you were used too. So narcissists recruit women, like they're building this army of validation. They triangulate, they lie, they tell different stories to different people. So keep that in mind. Like I said, I was the other woman and had zero clue. So sometimes keep that in mind when you may see or run into that lovely lady someday they may not even know or the narcissist also. Well, I didn't actually date this guy. I was told there's an example of another guy. Yeah, I've had some winners in the past. Luckily I landed on a good one, but I actually got together, I'll use those words with this guy, and he told me that he had been separated a long time. The divorce was in the making.

                (12:21)

                Then I found out, I mean we had just gone out once and then I found out actually through a mutual friend that he was going to counseling with her. So when I addressed that to him and said, go f yourself, you dirty, dirty man. He told me, well, I mean we haven't been sleeping in the same bed. I give a fuck. I was like, and he's like, well, I mean I don't think that it's going to really work out, but she wants me to go, so I'm going to do it just to show that I'm giving it one last shot, which is a very narky thing. I don't know that this guy totally was a complete narcissist, but there were some traits there.

                (13:12)

                So there's lies, people to obviously I didn't fall for it and I said, get the fuck out of here. But definitely different stories to different people to keep each woman insecure, competing, confused, right? I heard a quote today that was so good about, let me think if I can think of it. Oh, it was about the confusion. Something like the narcissist keeps you confused to keep you something like that. That's how they keep you anyway. So whether you were the primary partner or side partner, nobody is being loved here, okay? Everyone's being used narcissists, don't know how to love the same way we know how to love. So that's the why. I hope that makes sense, right? Obviously there's different layers and it goes a little deeper, and if you want to know on a different level with your specific case, you can always sign up for one-on-one with me.

                (14:12)

                Those links are always in the show notes too. It's very customized work. So we do coaching and somatic healing. If you don't know what somatic healing is, that is healing from the body, that is life altering, insane in a good way, healing from within and we do epic work. You can go click a link to read more about it or always, as always, you can always email me with questions. But let's get through this. So the lies, there's three lies I put here. There's more, but three lies that keep you laming yourself that they tell, right? So let's talk about this mental poison. They feed you, right? I really want you to understand this is not you. This is not on you, okay? This behavior, even when I'm saying, oh, they're doing it for retaliation, that's not because you did something bad. That's because they're not getting fed, but you're not supposed to feed them.

                (15:11)

                Love is not feeding somebody like we feed narcissists, okay? That is not love. It's unhealthy, so they want to feed you this poison so you don't leave, right? So lie number one might sound unfamiliar if you were more blank, I wouldn't have cheated. I wouldn't need to cheat, I wouldn't have cheated. It could be more affectionate, more sexual, more supportive, more loving, more forgiving, more chill. Okay? Any of this is a manipulation tactic to make you take responsibility for their lack of integrity, right? There is no reason anyone should cheat, ever. I don't care what you do. There's reasons people can leave you and if something's not aligned and they want to leave, they know where the freaking door is, okay? There is no reason for abuse, name calling, gaslighting, any of that emotional or physical abuse or cheating. No reason, no good reason. Okay?

                (16:24)

                So the manipulation tactics, right? It's very manipulative and it keeps you in this self-improvement mode. They know how to keep saying no, if you did this, if you did this, so you're being brainwashed that you need the help and you need to improve yourself, you need to fix you instead of in self protection mode, which is where you're supposed to be putting a big old bubble and getting the F out of there. Okay? I'm trying not to say the F word. I think I said it once. I was trying not to say it this episode, okay, so lie number two, here's one, nothing happened. You're being dramatic. This is for the deniers, the denying manipulator, narcissist, gaslighting, right? Nothing happened. You're nuts, you're dramatic, you're just dreaming all this. Then they can even turn around, oh, are you cheating, right? They minimize, deny, erase the facts, and they're not trying to protect you my love bear.

                (17:27)

                No, no, but what are they going to protect? That big old supply line. That's so tasty, okay? They're protecting their supply, they need your supply so they know that they have to deny everything and then another lie, lie three, we were basically done. Okay? This one is so common, you guys. We were basically done. It's not really cheating translation. I'm going to rewrite history so I don't have to take accountability. We know they never do. They will reinvent the timeline, the story, the relationship, and they will really double down on we've been done. I mean you were checked out, blah, blah, blah, and they'll be dismissive about because it's not a big deal if they make it not a big deal. Yeah, I mean we've been done. Listen, we were done. Haven't been in this, I haven't been in this, right? Just so they can avoid saying the truth, which is I betray you, I took our marriage vows.

                (18:47)

                Or if you're just in a partnership without marriage, the unsaid promises and spit all over. So what's the truth? What is the truth here? The narcissist does not cheat because they found any better. I want you to just tattoo it on your forehead. They did not cheat because they found better. First of all, look at yourself. You are damn queen. No one can get better than your sexy ass, okay? They cheat. Why? Because they need so much attention, so much supply to function. So if they have beaten you down mentally, physically, spiritually, if they have beaten all that out of you to the point that you are checked out, they are not getting the supply they need. They did it to themselves. I don't want you to feel bad about it for a damn second and get this. They don't even prefer these people. Any of the people they've cheated with, there might be multiple.

                (20:00)

                They don't actually prefer any of them. It's not about the people. They prefer the feeling of power, that feeling inside. They need that. That's what they need. You're not competing with this other woman or women. You are merely competing with their ego. You are competing just with their ego and you will never, ever win that battle. Like I said, that is a deep dark hole. It's bottomless. You're never going to win. You don't want to win. You don't want to be any part of this. So if you are in the situation, here is your pass to run, please run full permission run. I know it's easier said than done. And if you need help with an exit plan, well there is the abuse hotline. I can put that in the show notes or email me and I can see if I can find resources in your area specifically. However I can help, I will. But guys, I know a lot of you are listening to this after you're already out of the situation and have been cheated on and still have questions or uncertainty. So I want to leave you all though with this. This is the reality. The cheating was not a reflection of your worth, okay? It's just not.

                (21:37)

                It's honestly a reflection of your nervous system being hijacked by someone who values attention more than integrity. You were never lacking. You got the patience, beat the shit out of you again. Even if it was emotionally you were a meal to someone who only knows how to consume. They don't know how to connect. We do guys, they don't. And now that you see the game or you just don't want to put up with it or whatever, you want to start to get your power back and now you're going to, because say, I finally see this and I don't want any part of it.

                (22:28)

                Once you get it, it's easier. Even though it's so hard to digest, once you've digested it, which may take a minute, you're going to feel amazing. You're going to say, okay, that's crazy, that's hurtful, but I'm so glad I see that and now I'm ready to get that power back and you don't have to prove you're better. That comes from fear-based, weak shit. Oh, let me look good and better and whatever. I'll be honest, I did that for a hot minute. Those are my younger years, and I actually ended things with the narc and I still wanted him to be like, oh, look what I lost out on which he was. Of course I got all these letters and I mean they're all bullshit, but back then I didn't know they were bullshit. I was like, oh, good, it worked. No, he probably just ended things with whoever, and they go through spells.

                (23:26)

                Well, they'll come back to try to get you if they stop dating someone, they need to be fed. But you don't want to have to prove that you're better. You don't want to be the chosen one or like, oh, I'm the one who can fix him. I thought that while we're in it, I was like, oh, I know he is this way, but I can help him and I know through me we can do this and he'll be a better guy. No bullshit. He never did. So look, I can save anyone that time. If you're in it, you're not going to be that person. Move on and don't get your power back by getting them to pick you or come back to you. You don't want that. That's not how you get your power back. They're not your power. They are not your power. You are your power. You don't need a dysfunctional person to validate your value. Think about that.

                (24:17)

                That's ass backwards. But you've been conditioned, so I'm not trying to yell at you. I've gone through it too, but sorry, I have a dry throat today. The moment you stop trying to win their approval, you cut off their entire source of control. Can you imagine what that feels like when you've been under the thumb? Even if you've been broken up, you still are tied to them in ways emotionally, you're still replaced up in your head or have questions or can't figure out, oh my gosh, right? It's a mess in that brain after they're done with us. But when you stop trying to win their approval, you release giving them that power and that's your power moment. That's your liberation, right? It's like, ah, I get my control back. I get my freedom now.

                (25:13)

                So good. So if you are ready to step back into your power, I have my Empowered Boundaries course, and that's just all around. So this can be for yes, that person you're with, but I'm going to guess if you've been like this with them, there might be other people in your family, parents, siblings, whatever that you might have boundaries issues with. And this course is, it is epic and it is crazy that it is the price it's at. I have lowered the price because I want more and more women to be able to afford this. It used to be $500, I think it's 200 now. I lowered it a lot. It would sell here and there, and I was like, this is the thing I want people to have easy access to if they can't work one-on-one because that's ongoing, right? If you want more really customized stuff and to do the somatic healing, sign up for the one-on-one if you have that budget.

                (26:15)

                But if you don't, this Empowered Boundaries course you have for life, you can go back to it. And it is for all walks of life to help you with so many situations. It's 10 video modules and there's a meditation bundle that comes with it to help in that energetic part. And this is going to help support you in rebuilding the strongest version of you. So you're going to step by step, go through how to create, how communicate, and how to hold the boundaries without the guilt and without the second guessing. And even talks about the conversations you have if they come back as far as the conversation, because a lot of narcissists don't end there. So that's a really good way to get some transformation quickly and have that for the rest of your little life. That is something you always have. Some coaches will say, oh, you have this for three months.

                (27:18)

                I want you to be able to go back to it if you need to refresh your memory, because like I said, this is not just for the narcissist. This can be for anybody in your life who is not good at respecting boundaries or just you feel like you need to create boundaries and hold to them. It's even good for your kids. So check that out in the show notes. Don't forget to follow this podcast so you don't miss any episodes. And Thursdays are my Thrive in fives, which are always related to Tuesday's show, but they're like a little mini episode of Somatic Healing. Maybe a little pep talk, maybe some breath work, meditation. All the fun. So make sure you're following me and I will see you in the next episode. Love you, bye.

                29 min
              • The Boundary Reframe Every Empath Needs
                Thrive in 5: The Boundary Reframe Every Empath Needs

                Episode Summary:

                If you’ve ever felt guilty for setting boundaries or worried that saying “no” makes you cold, this quick episode is your reminder that boundaries are not walls — they’re filters. In just five minutes, Christy shares a powerful reframe for empaths who give, love, and feel deeply… sometimes at their own expense. You’ll walk away with a grounding practice and a mindset shift to help you protect your peace without losing your warmth.

                In This Episode:

                • Why saying “no” isn’t rejection — it’s redirection
                • How to stop confusing peacekeeping with people-pleasing
                • A 3-breath somatic practice to anchor self-respect in your body
                • The truth about what healthy boundaries really mean for empaths

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                TRANSCRIPT

                Speaker 1 (00:00):

                Hello, beautiful souls. Today's Thrive in five is for my tender hearted empaths who have been told they're too nice, too sensitive, or that setting a boundary means you're being called or a biatch, right? Let's reframe that in five minutes flat because it's thriving. Five baby. Welcome to your Thursday. Thrive in five, your five minute pause from the chaos, the gaslighting, and that text you knew better than to reply to take a breath, queen. This one's for you. All right, so here's the truth. Boundaries aren't walls. They are filters. Can we start picturing that queen screen? Ooh, did you like that? I didn't even plan that y'all. That's some true organic criming. Okay, so boundaries don't block love. That's not the point of them. They do. They block drain, right? They don't want to encourage what happens when you are around people who drain you. So if you've ever said yes to keeping the peace only to feel resentful or exhausted later, that's your little baby spirit whispering to you.

                (01:26)

                This isn't peace, this is people pleasing, dressed up as kindness. So when you're an empath, which I am, and we don't want to lose that empathy, we don't want to go the other end, but when you are an empath, your instinct is to nurture, to fix. But the twist is real. True. Nurturing needs to include you too. Yes. Right? You cannot pour. This is one of my favorite quotes, by the way, is you cannot pour from an empty cup, right? So you can't pour love from an empty cup and call it compassion. It's just not going to work. It's not going to work for anybody. So here is your reframe for the week. Every time you say no, imagine it instead as a yes to your peace, your purpose, your healing, whatever it's saying yes to for you. So boundaries are not rejection, they are redirection.

                (02:34)

                That sounds like something I could say to a class of fifth graders. Boundaries aren't rejection, they're redirection. Everybody now, but your time, your energy and your heart, it's redirecting that toward what truly matters while protecting yourself and your peace. Okay? So what's a little somatic anchor? We can, you can ground the truth in your body through this little exercise. Yay. It's exercise time. All right. Take one hand to your heart and one to your belly. Now, breathe in through that nose. My favorite halo breath, inhale. As you inhale, my peace matters. Exhale and think it's safe to protect my energy in my peace matters out. It's safe to protect my energy, especially before saying yes to something that doesn't feel aligned. Check in with yourself first and remind yourself with this little tiny exercise one more time, and you can write this down on a little sticky note.

                (03:48)

                Put it on your mirror, put on your car. Inhale, my peace matters. Exhale it safe to protect my energy. Okay? You're not being cold, you are being clear. That's okay. You're not being a jerk because you're being firm even, okay? Even if you have to get firm, you're not being a jerk. You're being clear. You're being truthful, you're being honest. That doesn't equal cold, that doesn't equal mean. And if you didn't watch or listen to Tuesday's episode, go check that out. We dive deeply into this stuff and you're getting clear, right? The clearer, the more you practice this, basically, the clearer you're going to get on what you want, what you desire, what you need, and that's not selfish. That's about damn time. Okay? Can we quote that? So if this hit home, go back and listen to Tuesday's full episode. If you didn't, it's called Why Empath Struggle with Boundaries and How to fix it Without Becoming Colder Mean, right?

                (05:00)

                For that deeper healing. And of course, I will tell you my schedule is getting very, very, very smaller. Smaller. It's a great thing. It's wonderful that I'm getting to reach more people, but if you want to do the deeper transformation, you need to jump in because my schedule's very, very tight. So you go ahead, find the links in my show notes. I have two offers right now. I have the monthly offer, and that does have two payment options, and then there's the three month I am. This is like you are ready to dive in and see a whole new world. Three months of this face right here, this voice, right? Three months of transformation. We're talking coaching, and we're talking somatic healing. And in between, you get the bonus of Voxer all access to Christie all the time. No, not all the time. I have boundaries too, but once a day, you can leave me a message and I'll get back to you within the 24 hours.

                (06:08)

                Usually it is that day. If just something comes up, you need to vent, you need advice, whatever it is that is in between our weekly calls, the monthly is weekly calls, and you do have to stay up on your weekly calls. This isn't like, Hey, we're going to have one session here, and then three months later we're going to have a session. If you want to work with me. I am very serious about layering on, it's like stacking right? You do it week after week. If you miss a week here and there, that's fine, right? I'm not like crazy rigid, but we do want to keep consistent because that is where the deep work happens. And I want transformation, and you want transformation. So if you're going to invest in yourself, show the fog up for yourself, okay? All right. So I love you guys, and I will see you in the next episode.

                8 min
              • Why Empaths Struggle With Boundaries (And How to Fix It Without Becoming ‘Cold’ or ‘Mean’)

                Why Empaths Struggle With Boundaries (And How to Fix It Without Becoming ‘Cold’ or ‘Mean’)

                If you’ve ever tried to set a boundary and instantly felt guilty — this episode is your wake-up call.

                Christy breaks down why empaths struggle to say no, how childhood conditioning wires you to overgive, and the exact mindset shifts that help you protect your peace without losing your warmth.

                You’ll learn why your nervous system panics when you speak up, how to rewire that fear, and how to find that sweet spot between kindness and self-abandonment.

                Because boundaries don’t make you cold — they make your love sustainable. 💖

                ✨ In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

                • Why empaths confuse love with self-sacrifice

                • The “nice girl” myth that keeps women stuck in burnout

                • How to tell if you’re saying yes out of love or fear

                • The nervous-system reason boundaries feel “wrong”

                • How to set limits without guilt, shame, or freezing up

                  👑 Your Next Step in Healing

                  ✨ Ready to set boundaries that actually stick — without the guilt spiral?

                  My Empowered Boundaries Course will walk you step-by-step through how to protect your peace, voice, and energy (without losing your heart).

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                  💻 Enroll here → shethrives.thrivecart.com/empowered-boundaries

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                      TRANSCRIPT

                      Speaker 1 (00:00):

                      Hello Queens. Have you ever tried to set a boundary and immediately felt like you were the villain? Let's talk about why that happens and how to protect your peace without losing that beautiful, gorgeous heart of yours. Have you finally broken free from that narcissist creepy crawly web, but still feel stuck in fear? Wish you could trust yourself again and take your life back. Well, you're in the right place, queen. I'm Christie, wife, mom, and narcissistic abuse recovery coach. I've walked the messy road, wasted money on the wrong therapist and dry advice, and how to come to Jesus moment to get me here to feel free. I had to reconnect with me, set boundaries that stuck and find healing methods that actually lasted. Now, I've created a plan that's empowering, doable, and yes, even fun because I'm sparkly and fun. So of course it's going to be fun.

                      (00:58)

                      So if you're ready to break cycles, reclaim your peace and trust yourself again, this podcast is for you. So steep, that chamomile tea, silence, all that crazy chaos out there, and let's cue your royal glow up. All right, so you've probably been called maybe too sensitive, too nice or too much at some point. I've been called all of those at one point or another in my life. And as an empath, you've learned to read the room, anticipate people's needs, and we love to fix. So maybe fix all the vibes even when it costs you your own piece, right? So here's the truth though. You don't necessarily have a boundaries problem that might be more of a symptom of a different problem, which not everyone talks about, but I'm here to talk about the things we don't talk about. You have a fear of being misunderstood, problem.

                      (02:04)

                      You have a fear of being misunderstood. So deep down, you may not actually be afraid of saying no. You more are afraid of being seen and perceived as someone who does not care or who is not empathetic because you in fact, do care and you don't want to be seen as something you are not. So you're afraid, not of the boundary itself, but what the reaction to the boundary will be. So this episode is your permission slip to finally say, I can be kind and still protect my peace. So let's get into it. Why empaths struggle? So first of all, you were conditioned to prioritize connection over comfort. And that could be from your childhood. You could have earlier family dynamics where you were rewarded for self-sacrifice. So like, oh, you're such a good girl when you help, right? And yes, we want to instill that in our kids, but it could go to an unhealthy level where it's always based around you pushing outside of yourself to do something for others.

                      (03:30)

                      Or you could also have been punished for any self-assertion or calling things out that didn't seem right. Even if you did it in a nice kind way, or when you saw something wasn't fair and you vocalized it, you could have been punished for that, right? So your nervous system equates someone else's comfort with safety due to that. So setting boundaries can feel dangerous in your body associated with if you do set a boundary, if you do call the thing out or want to have a conversation about something and it didn't go well as a child, or maybe it won your first relationships, romantic or friendship, anything, wherever this came from, it feels like danger. When you go to that place of, oh, maybe I will address this. It's like, oh, no, nevermind. Right? That started somewhere. So your nervous system doesn't know you're setting a boundary.

                      (04:33)

                      It really thinks you're about to lose love, because that at some point is probably what it felt like. And again, that could be any part of life, any person where that did start somewhere. And then we've got the nice girl myth. So society glamorizes being endlessly accommodating, especially for women. Can I get a what? Thank you. So you were taught that nice means agreeable, not authentic. When you think of authentic or unapologetic, it has this kind of negative connotation in our society, except in the women empowerment circles like here, but in general, nice is agreeable, and that does not necessarily go hand in hand. And narcissists love this because they sense who will bend for them before they even ask, right before they even really have to figure it out. So you've been praised for being easygoing or accommodating when you are actually probably just emotionally exhausted.

                      (05:54)

                      Okay? So what is the fix here without becoming the cold one that you don't want to have. By the way, since I've built boundaries, I definitely have been called cold, but I also, I got to a point where I first did boundaries in kind of a softer, more loving way, which you can. And then the more I got confidence and trust in myself and realized how jacked up so many people had treated me and what I accepted and realized like, wait, that's not cool. And turned around. I did get a little more hard and people called me cold. But also, some might call you cold, even if you are coming at a boundary with love because they're not used to it and they don't want it to happen. So especially a narcissist will make it a negative thing that you're standing up or even trying to have a conversation about anything because it's not going their way when you're actually standing up for yourself or even just wanting a normal, rational discussion. So they're going to flip it, gaslight you, call you cold, all that stuff. You're not cold, you warm and hot baby. No, but you are just standing up for yourself. So what is the fix without becoming this cold person? We don't want to be so boundaries. Remember this, and I've said it before, I'll say it again. They're not walls, okay? They're doors with locks. And you get to choose who comes in and when. Okay? So remember that.

                      (07:41)

                      Two, you don't need to swing from one extreme to the other, from super people pleaser to ice queen. There is a middle ground. And as long as your intention is good and about protecting you, it's not trying to control someone else. That's a big difference. You're not trying to control anybody or be mean to anybody. You're trying to control what's happening to you, and you are wanting to have peace in your life, and that is not cold. That is not mean. You're not mean for wanting peace and to protect yourself, okay? I want you to maybe write that down. I am not mean or cold for wanting peace and protection, okay? There's a middle ground there. So you don't have to be a huge, I mean, I've done it a couple times and I'm not even mad at that. It was certain situations I feel like it was, I was pushed, and I'm not saying I did anything crazy, but I might've had an attitude.

                      (08:47)

                      Maybe there was a little curse word. I know. All right, so here's some shifts you can do. There's three we can start with. There's a bunch of different things in the somatic healing. I do totally helps with all of this stuff. So if you want to sign up for sessions with me, always look in the show notes and you can find out how to sign up for sessions. So the three shifts, number one, pause before you answer, and you have to regulate in some way. And I've talked about some of these ways already many times in my podcast, especially the Thrive in Fives on Thursdays, those shorter episodes, and there's a lot of regulation, somatic healing, all of that good stuff, little bits, fast things you can do to regulate before you respond. Two, check your motive. Are you saying yes to something out of love or fear? I'm going to guarantee 98% of the time it's probably out of fear, especially if you're dealing with a narky.

                      (09:53)

                      So if it's out of fear, heck no, queen, you're a queen. You don't do stuff out of fear. No way you can say no. You can say it with love. You can protect yourself without being cold or an a-hole. You can say, I'm trying to think of a quick example here. And by the way, I have scripts that I will put in the show notes too that are awesome for dealing with narcissists. I'm trying to think off the top of my head. Someone comes at you, and let's say you're, I know that's a lot, and someone says, we're switching your ex, or whatever, we're switching weekends and you're really shitty if you won't do it because this is going to hurt me and the kids. And then if you won't switch the weekend because Baba, X, Y, Z, all the reasons, and you say, I'm sorry you feel that, that's going to hurt you, but I'm not able to switch this weekend and they're going to come back.

                      (10:59)

                      They always do. Well, fuck you, and you know what else? And guilt you and whatever. And you're going to say, okay, again, I'm not able to do that this weekend. Have a nice day. You don't even have to be that nice, but if you want to, I know a lot of you want to save your face out there, so you want to stay sparkly, okay? And three, use gentle honesty, right? That's exactly what I'm saying. So I got a little ahead of myself, but if this is someone you do love, if this is, let's say a mother, you have to be a little more gentle if you want to maintain a relationship, a distant relationship maybe, or a very boundaried relationship. I love you, but I need to say no to this right now. Okay, I love you, but I need to say no, or I love you.

                      (11:48)

                      But other example, I can't do X, Y, Z. And you don't have to take the and give a million reasons either. And my husband actually taught me that. I remember one day this was in our old house, and I was sitting there late at night all in my head about, oh gosh, I have to say no to this RSVP. It wasn't like a big boundary, but it proves a point. And he's the nicest, sweetest guy out there. But I'm sitting there and I'm like, well, there's all these reasons. I said, they're going to think I'm making this up at this point. There's three different reasons that I can't go.

                      (12:25)

                      And he said, why do you have to give reasons? And I was like, I don't know. And he was like, can't you just say that you can't make it? And I was like, oh, well, I guess I could say that. But it felt so weird and foreign to me. I was so used to because of narcissists in my life, having to explain myself all the time, you don't have to. Don't take the bait. Say, you know what? I am unable to go have a great time. That's for an RSVP, RSVP. Did I say that right? But the gentle honesty, I'm going to have to say no to this, or I can't switch weekends, whatever it is. So true. Kindness doesn't drain you, right? So it's not kindness, it's condition. We've been conditioned for certain things, so we're unconditioning ourselves and we're going to be true to ourselves while still being fair.

                      (13:33)

                      Nice. You can still be nice if it's someone you want to keep a relationship with, it can still be loving. I love you, but I'm going to have to say no to this. That's it. And the more you do it, the easier it becomes. Like anything, right? It's kind of like a muscle. You're not used to it and it feels bad to you because of how you've been conditioned. But believe me, it gets much easier. I've definitely walked the boundary line where I started kind of terrified of setting boundaries, especially with specific people. And now I am a boundary queen, and you can be one too. Yay. So if this episode hit home, there's also My Empowered Boundaries course. This is an epic, epic course. It's 10 prerecorded videos that you want. If you have trouble setting boundaries this, and you can go click on it and read about the details of it, it's a lot for me to spit out right now that I'm telling you, it is a life changer game changer.

                      (14:39)

                      If you can't commit or have the time, the investment to work one-on-one with me, and you're looking for boundary help, this is an amazing, amazing course. And yes, I'm biased, but I'm also awesome. I'm just kidding. And if you want to do one-on-one, that's where, yes, we do boundaries, but we do so much more. The one-on-one work, the somatic healing, the healing from the body, truly like deep ingrained healing, lasting healing, it's something that you just can't quite understand until you do it. So if you want to sign up for sessions, again, everything is always in the show notes. And also make sure you're following me on the podcast so you don't miss my episodes. Thursdays, I have Thrive in Five. They're shorter like mini episodes, and they're always related to the previous Tuesday episode. So yeah, they kind of go hand in hand every week and they're fun. Yay. So make sure you're following so you don't miss any episodes. So what is it? What are we talking about here? Boundaries. They're not cold. They're how you actually keep your warmth from being wasted on the wrong people. So set those boundaries with the people that need them. And what's, oh, I love that quote. Can I think of it? One of my favorite quotes? Oh, man. It's like the only, or the people shoot something about the people who have a problem with your boundaries are the ones that need them the most or something. I don't think that's it, but you get the gist. Okay? So protect your peace queen. The world needs your heart, right? I will catch you in the next episode. Smooches.

                       

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