Spiritual Life Coaching + Mentoring For Visionary Leaders
I’m not sure when it was that I first started trusting my innate wisdom to guide me, but my first tangible recollection of it dates back to 1996 – just a few months after my nearly fatal suicide attempt…
…Something about me at that moment surrendered. To what, I don’t entirely know. But there was an internal shift.
There’s an opportunity waiting for you within this narcissistic relationship (or any other) muck, and you have a choice: do you uncover it, learn from it, and even use it as a catalyst for profound personal transformation and growth? Or, do you not?
Do you have a boundary that needs to be set? If you do, consider why you haven’t already set it.
For me, fear’s usually to blame. When it comes to setting boundaries I’m generally afraid of:
This post piggybacks off my latest podcast episode: Self-Care Practices I Use When Engaging with Master Manipulators. If you haven’t watched or listened to it yet, I invite you to do so. It’s a short 21 minutes🧘🏻♀️. In the podcast, I walk you through some simple self-care practices that I employ that have made a tangible difference in my sanity and energy levels post-engagement with a master manipulator.
*Cue terrible ringtone circa 2006(ish).* My heart started racing and massive anxiety set in. I did NOT want to take this call…
The requisite small talk – I disdain small talk – took place. And then, mic drop #1: “You can’t stay with me anymore when you’re in town.” As predicted, the raging, gaslighting, and belittling ensued.
I’m not always all love and light and sometimes shit gets to me. For example, I’m highly sensitive to certain sounds, and noises made “just because” turn me into an irritated stress ball. When this happens, the “flight” part of the “fight or flight” response kicks in, and I’m outta there. I live in a home with young children, so this is something that I contend with regularly.