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11 Mental Tricks to Stop Overthinking Everything

11 Mental Tricks to Stop Overthinking Everything Stop worrying and start growing. BY SCOTT MAUTZ, KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND AUTHOR, ‘FIND THE FIRE’ AND ‘MAKE IT MATTER’@SCOTT_MAUTZ Being a leader requires confidence, decisiveness, and quick thinking–none of which are served by overthinking every decision or scenario or worrying about every move you make. There’s a time to think, a time … Read more

4 Ways to Respond to Hostile Comments

BIFF: 4 Ways to Respond to Hostile Comments Get respect with responses that are brief, informative, friendly, and firm. Posted Sep 30, 2018 Hostile comments can show up anywhere, including in emails, letters, on Facebook, comments to internet articles, and in-person. Should you ignore them? React in the same hostile tone? Or is there a … Read more

How you respond to hostile communications may impact your relationships

HOW TO GIVE A BIFF RESPONSE www.HighConflictInstitute.com www.biffresponse.com All Rights Reserved: © 2007 by Bill Eddy Hostile email, texts and other electronic communications have become much more common over the past decade. Most of this is just “venting,” and has little real significance. However, when people are involved in a formal conflict (a divorce, a … Read more

The Narcissistic Mother: One of the Most Frightening of All Personalities

 origial source: https://blogs.psychcentral.com/permission-to-thrive/2020/01/the-narcissistic-mother/ The Narcissistic Mother: One of the Most Frightening of All Personalities By Carmen Sakurai, Certified Life Strategist and Advocate for Victims of NPD Abuse Last updated: 15 May 2020 ~ 13 MIN READ The purpose of this article is not to explain “how” the narcissistic mother came to be but to help validate adult … Read more

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers: How a narcissistic parent may set the stage for an abusive partner.

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers: How a narcissistic parent may set the stage for an abusive partner. original source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/toxic-relationships/201802/daughters-narcissistic-mothers Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers How a narcissistic parent may set the stage for an abusive partner. THE BASICS Our mother is our first love.  She is our introduction to life and to ourselves. She is our lifeline … Read more

The Real Effect of Narcissistic Parenting on Children

Original Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/the-legacy-distorted-love/201802/the-real-effect-narcissistic-parenting-children#:~:text=The%20child%20is%20often%20shamed,re%2Dparent%20themselves%20in%20adulthood. Narcissists raise children who suffer from crippling self-doubt. Why does it matter if a parent is a narcissist? How does that hurt a child? You may be asking these questions if you are a person co-parenting with a narcissistic ex; someone raised by a narcissistic parent; one who is in a relationship with a narcissist; or maybe … Read more

Coping in a Pandemic

Resources to help pass time. Originally posted to provided resources to help people through their respective lockdowns and restrictions we’ve decided to leave the page in place and update it from time to time. If some of the links are not working please let us know and we will update or remove them as necessary. … Read more