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How to Spot a Toxic Person Before It’s Too Late — Alyson and Tripp Lanier
Do you have someone in your life that, no matter what you do, it’s always your fault?
Do you often walk on eggshells, worried the next thing you say will set them off?
And at what point does “difficult” cross the line into a personality disorder?
Today, Alyson and I dive into one of the toughest, most confusing topics in relationships: personality disorders. Borderline, narcissistic, and other disorders can be hard to spot, until it’s too late. We’ll break down the red flags to watch for, the patterns that make these relationships so draining, and, most importantly, how to protect yourself when someone else’s behavior is dominating your life.
In this conversation:
- Identifying someone with a personality disorder
- Double-standard, hypocrisy
- High conflict individuals
- Love bombing and charming leading to cold, mean, critical
- It’s always your fault, refusing to take responsibility
Plus:
- Is it your job to read your partner’s mind?
- Can’t challenge them for fear of them blowing up or melting down
- Conflict and cutting people out of their lives
- Using fear, obligation, and guilt to get what they want
- Borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality disorders
Educate yourself and find help:
About Tripp Lanier
Tripp Lanier is a professional coach, author of This Book Will Make You Dangerous, and host of The New Man Podcast: Beyond the Macho Jerk and the New Age Wimp which — for over a decade — has been downloaded millions of times.
Since 2005, he has spent thousands of hours coaching people all around the world to get out of the rat race, become an authority in their field, and make a great living doing the work they were put on this earth to do. Over the years he’s designed several businesses to support a simple lifestyle focused on freedom, ease, meaning, and fun.
If you’d like to learn more about coaching with Tripp Lanier visit TrippLanier.com.
About Alyson Lanier
Alyson Lanier is a multifaceted expert at the intersection of psychological and spiritual healing. With a 30 year career in Psychotherapy that includes a BA, MA, and LPC in psychology, Alyson supplemented her education with extensive training and certifications in attachment work, Gestalt therapy, Transpersonal psychology, Shambhala Buddhism, internal family systems, and Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy. Her professional journey encompasses over 50,000 hours of therapeutic experience working with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents across clinical and private settings.
If you’d like to learn more about working with Alyson Lanier visit AlysonLanier.com
