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Don't Let A Hijackal Harden Your Heart. Harden Your Attitude Towards Them.

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - November 14, 2023 04:53 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
When you're on guard every minute, hypervigilant about the next accusation, you might think I'm suggesting something impossible...maybe even crazy. I'm not. It's important to recognize that you can stay in charge of yourself, no matter what kind of crazy-making the Hijackal or narcissist engage...

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Stop Being "Too Nice!" It encourages Hijackals.

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - November 07, 2023 04:38 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
You may think that it's impossible to be "too nice." It's not. It actually can make things worse...and that's just what it does when you're in a relationship with a narcissistic Hijackal. You do all the giving and then, more is expected, right? Not working! Listen in to recognize the ways being...

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Stop Being "Too Nice!" It encourages Hijackals.

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - November 07, 2023 04:38 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
You may think that it's impossible to be "too nice." It's not. It actually can make things worse...and that's just what it does when you're in a relationship with a narcissistic Hijackal. You do all the giving and then, more is expected, right? Not working! Listen in to recognize the ways being...

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How Crazy-Making Hijackals Use PLAUSIBILITY to Suck You In

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - October 31, 2023 04:11 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Most people want to believe the stories of others. You want to be able to trust, right? So, you're inclined to be sucked in by plausible stories, excuses, reasons, etc.. Also, you don't want the hassle of their endless denials and turning things on you. Learn how plausibility is the key to turn...

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How Crazy-Making Hijackals Use PLAUSIBILITY to Suck You In

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - October 31, 2023 04:11 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Most people want to believe the stories of others. You want to be able to trust, right? So, you're inclined to be sucked in by plausible stories, excuses, reasons, etc.. Also, you don't want the hassle of their endless denials and turning things on you. Learn how plausibility is the key to turn...

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Top 12 Traits That Scream Hijackal!!! Don't Be in Denial.

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - October 24, 2023 03:25 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
You're a good person. You want to see the best in folks. You are right ready to help someone excuse their poor behavior, and be understanding. Hijackals count on that! They treat you poorly to see how much you'll put up with. It's often not long into the relationship before they're taking up al...

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Top 12 Traits That Scream Hijackal!!! Don't Be in Denial.

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - October 24, 2023 03:25 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
You're a good person. You want to see the best in folks. You are right ready to help someone excuse their poor behavior, and be understanding. Hijackals count on that! They treat you poorly to see how much you'll put up with. It's often not long into the relationship before they're taking up al...

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Narcissists ARE Aggressive. Don't Poke a Hijackal on Purpose

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - October 17, 2023 07:22 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Narcissists and other Hijackals are infuriating, frustrating, and crazy-making. You reach the end of your tether and you want to tell them everything that's wrong with them and more.  You've likely noticed that nothing good happens when you accuse them of being narcissistic,, point out their fl...

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Narcissists ARE Aggressive. Don't Poke a Hijackal on Purpose

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - October 17, 2023 07:22 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Narcissists and other Hijackals are infuriating, frustrating, and crazy-making. You reach the end of your tether and you want to tell them everything that's wrong with them and more.  You've likely noticed that nothing good happens when you accuse them of being narcissistic,, point out their fl...

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Stop Kidding Yourself. Narcissists Behave Badly & Get Worse!!!

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - October 03, 2023 03:57 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
You want to believe that love can change people, right? So, you give, give, and give in yet nothing really gets better beyond a half minute. You decide to give more until there is little left of you. Nothing changes...except for getting worse. That's because their decision to change has nothing ...

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Stop Kidding Yourself. Narcissists Behave Badly & Get Worse!!!

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - October 03, 2023 03:57 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
You want to believe that love can change people, right? So, you give, give, and give in yet nothing really gets better beyond a half minute. You decide to give more until there is little left of you. Nothing changes...except for getting worse. That's because their decision to change has nothing ...

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How Having a Narcissistic Mother Messes with You Long-term

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - September 26, 2023 05:17 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Male and female children are differently treated--and affected--by having a narcissistic mother. SO many things you may never have thought much about! This episode will help you think in different ways about the long-term effects that having a Hijackal mother could have had on your sense of sel...

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How Having a Narcissistic Mother Messes with You Long-term

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - September 26, 2023 05:17 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Male and female children are differently treated--and affected--by having a narcissistic mother. SO many things you may never have thought much about! This episode will help you think in different ways about the long-term effects that having a Hijackal mother could have had on your sense of sel...

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TOXIC SHAME - Why Narcissists NEED You to Feel WORTHLESS

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - September 19, 2023 03:49 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Unless they want something badly, narcissists want you to be in emotional chaos. In fact, they want you to feel less than and inadequate. Back-handed and blindsiding, they do their best to keep you off center and uncertain. Learn about toxic shame and how it may be playing out in your inner di...

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TOXIC SHAME - Why Narcissists NEED You to Feel WORTHLESS

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - September 19, 2023 03:49 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Unless they want something badly, narcissists want you to be in emotional chaos. In fact, they want you to feel less than and inadequate. Back-handed and blindsiding, they do their best to keep you off center and uncertain. Learn about toxic shame and how it may be playing out in your inner di...

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Is THIS Narcissistic? Q&A with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - September 12, 2023 03:21 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
New! Your questions are the focus for this episode. Narcissistic or not so much? What are you wondering about? Recognizing the patterns, traits and cycles that ARE narcissistic is wise...AND so is discerning what is NOT narcissistic. Ask your questions in the chat and I'll answer them as clear...

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Is THIS Narcissistic? Q&A with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - September 12, 2023 03:21 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
New! Your questions are the focus for this episode. Narcissistic or not so much? What are you wondering about? Recognizing the patterns, traits and cycles that ARE narcissistic is wise...AND so is discerning what is NOT narcissistic. Ask your questions in the chat and I'll answer them as clear...

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Triangulation is Manipulation

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 29, 2023 04:11 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
TRIANGULATION. See It. Say No, Step Away,. Understanding what triangulation really is allows you to see it more clearly and step away more readily. Get the inside scoop on this in your life. Once you see it, you can do something about it. You'll feel SO much better when you do. HIGHLIGHTS OF TH...

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Triangulation is Manipulation

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 29, 2023 04:11 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
TRIANGULATION. See It. Say No, Step Away,. Understanding what triangulation really is allows you to see it more clearly and step away more readily. Get the inside scoop on this in your life. Once you see it, you can do something about it. You'll feel SO much better when you do. HIGHLIGHTS OF TH...

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Saying "NO" to a Narcissist & Making It STICK!

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 22, 2023 03:32 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Narcissists HATE to hear "NO!" You don't want to be a pretzel or a doormat, so you NEED to say NO when you mean it. Overtime, a Hijackal® may wear you down and try to get what they want by any means. How do you make NO mean NO...and make it stick? You already know how little a Hijackal® wants ...

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Saying "NO" to a Narcissist & Making It STICK!

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 22, 2023 03:32 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Narcissists HATE to hear "NO!" You don't want to be a pretzel or a doormat, so you NEED to say NO when you mean it. Overtime, a Hijackal® may wear you down and try to get what they want by any means. How do you make NO mean NO...and make it stick? You already know how little a Hijackal® wants ...

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Saying "NO" to a Narcissist & Making It STICK!

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 22, 2023 03:32 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Narcissists HATE to hear "NO!" You don't want to be a pretzel or a doormat, so you NEED to say NO when you mean it. Overtime, a Hijackal® may wear you down and try to get what they want by any means. How do you make NO mean NO...and make it stick? You already know how little a Hijackal® wants ...

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Saying "NO" to a Narcissist & Making It STICK!

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 22, 2023 03:32 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Narcissists HATE to hear "NO!" You don't want to be a pretzel or a doormat, so you NEED to say NO when you mean it. Overtime, a Hijackal® may wear you down and try to get what they want by any means. How do you make NO mean NO...and make it stick? You already know how little a Hijackal® wants ...

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How Narcissists Create SITUATIONSHIPS NOT RELATIONSHIPS

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 15, 2023 03:13 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
It's all rosy, dreamy, and forever in the beginning...until it's not! You try and try to recapture interest, regain emotional intimacy, and re-examine every inch of your mental, physical, emotional self, and still the connection is intermittent. That's because narcissists--all Hijackals--create ...

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How Narcissists Create SITUATIONSHIPS NOT RELATIONSHIPS

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 15, 2023 03:13 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
It's all rosy, dreamy, and forever in the beginning...until it's not! You try and try to recapture interest, regain emotional intimacy, and re-examine every inch of your mental, physical, emotional self, and still the connection is intermittent. That's because narcissists--all Hijackals--create ...

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Have a NARCISSISTIC ADULT CHILD? 21 Things NOT to Do

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 08, 2023 03:03 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Having a Hijackal adult child is confusing, infuriating, disappointing, and frustrating among many other things. (And, it's worse when your child creates children!) What you DON'T do is as important as what you do. Listen to this episode to hear 21 things to think about right away. If you can re...

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Have a NARCISSISTIC ADULT CHILD? 21 Things NOT to Do

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 08, 2023 03:03 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Having a Hijackal adult child is confusing, infuriating, disappointing, and frustrating among many other things. (And, it's worse when your child creates children!) What you DON'T do is as important as what you do. Listen to this episode to hear 21 things to think about right away. If you can re...

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Narcissists ARE Revenge-Seekers

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 01, 2023 03:22 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
You may not think about it like that, AND, it's true. Narcissists ARE Revenge-Seekers. Whether the revenge is subtle or obvious, small or huge, it's still revenge. Once you see what I mean, you'll see it clearly in your relationship...and, I hope you won't un-see it! It's nasty. Revenge is the ...

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Narcissists ARE Revenge-Seekers

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - August 01, 2023 03:22 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
You may not think about it like that, AND, it's true. Narcissists ARE Revenge-Seekers. Whether the revenge is subtle or obvious, small or huge, it's still revenge. Once you see what I mean, you'll see it clearly in your relationship...and, I hope you won't un-see it! It's nasty. Revenge is the ...

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Stuck on a Partner's POTENTIAL Instead of Their REALITY?

Save Your Sanity - Help for Toxic Relationships - July 25, 2023 03:28 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
You can get terrible stuck--for a very long time--by buying into a partner's potential. You can see how it could be, so you hope it will be. There's the mistake. See the differences today so you can make healthier decisions right away. Open your mind to the idea that you keep buying into promis...