Podcast: Once You Realize You Can’t Get Through to a Narcissist
One of the finest qualities you can have is the desire to grow and learn. You know yourself well enough to understand that you can always improve, so that is…
Continue readingOne of the finest qualities you can have is the desire to grow and learn. You know yourself well enough to understand that you can always improve, so that is…
Continue readingAfter ongoing exposure to narcissists, you will begin to notice how they have many ways of presenting themselves publicly that contradict who they are privately. For instance, let’s suppose a…
Continue readingAs you learn to manage your responses to a narcissist, a starting assumption can be this: Narcissists are psychologically needy. More than normal wants, their neediness takes on a strong…
Continue readingIf you’re trying to manage life honestly, your entanglements with a narcissist can prove to be especially difficult. One of the defining features of narcissism is phoniness…the commitment to living…
Continue readingMost individuals spend their days tending to the many details required to make life run smoothly. We have chores to do, meals to prepare, kids to guide, jobs to perform,…
Continue readingIn an effort to convey how narcissists think in real time, Dr. Les Carter draws upon testimonials from members of Team Healthy who have received haughty comments from narcissists. Not…
Continue readingNarcissists are the consummate scoreboarders, obsessed with their comparative standing with others. With a built-in selfishness, entitlement, presumed enlightenment, and disregard for others’ feelings, they are on a quest for…
Continue readingt should come as a shock to no one that narcissists have a pervasive need to control people and circumstances, and in this episode Dr. Les Carter describes how it…
Continue readingAt the foundation of narcissism is pervasive insecurity. Now, most narcissists are too self-deluded to acknowledge their insecurity, nonetheless, there it is. Narcissists are known for being selfish, controlling, falsely…
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