{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ac99d250c3456504c56d1b8/5f724ef2dbbb7d46e7e9e648?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Oops! Are You Enabling A Narcissist? Steps to Stopping ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ac99d250c3456504c56d1b8/1601353162373-5288e011187eee2d1a38fc2b5c9f8ff4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Because you are good, kind, compassionate, or pleasing person, you may not realize the ways in which you are enabling a narcissist to continue behaving badly. You know that you cannot stop their behavior, but you can take positive steps to stop enabling their behavior, and take your own power back. Listen in for the how-tos!&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In any ways are you too often rationalizing, justifying, or making excuses for the <strong>controlling and manipulative behaviors</strong> of a #Hijackal, a #narcissist? Recognizing that is an excellent starting point!</p><p><br></p><p>According to the Oxford dictionary, <strong>an enabler</strong> is a<em> \"person who makes something possible, who encourages or enables negative or self-destructive behavior in another.\" </em>In all honesty, do you do that? Is it just <strong>easier than fighting with them</strong>, or being perceived as finding fault. I understand that, for sure.</p><p><br></p><p>Are you ready to take the first steps to <strong>stop enabling</strong> a relentlessly difficult person who simply wants to win, and tread on you? I hope so. You'll find encouragement in this episode.</p><p><br></p><p>Big hugs!</p><p>Rhoberta</p><p><br></p><p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF TODAY'S EPISODE:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>What it is to be an enabler</strong></li><li><strong>Why you might be an enabler</strong></li><li><strong>The problems with rationalizing, justifying, and making excuses for poor behavior</strong></li><li><strong>Why enabling hurts everyone</strong></li><li><strong>Ways in which you might be enabling that you may not think of in that way</strong></li><li><strong>9 steps to stopping, to withdrawing from enabling </strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Want clarity, insights, strategies, and support from me, Dr. Rhoberta Shaler?&nbsp;We can talk:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://forrelationshiphelp.com/join\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Introductory session for new clients, $97</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH ME: I invite you to like my pages and follow for further help with recognizing toxic relationships, realizing their impact, realigning your life, and recovering your self-confidence and ability to love and trust again.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>FOLLOW DR. 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Join now.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.forrelationshiphelp.com/community\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Shaler's Emerging Empowe</a><a href=\"http://relationshiphelpcircles.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">red Community.</a>&nbsp;</p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>#enabling #beinganenabler #stopenablingbadbehavior #enablinganarcissist #enablingaHijackal #setboundaries #selfreflection #</p><p>#savemysanity #saveyoursanity #relationshipadvice #tipsforrelationships #Hijackals #toxicpeople #mentalhealthmatters #MHNRNetwork #RhobertaShaler #narcissists #borderlines #antisocial #difficultpeople #emotionalabuse #verbalabuse #stoptoleratingabuse #toxicrelationships #manipulation #walkingoneggshells #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #abuse #narcissisticabuse #boundaries #personalitydisorder #difficultpeople #antisocialbehavior #lackingempathy #journorequest #prrequest&nbsp;</p><p><strong></strong></p>","author_name":"Dr. Rhoberta Shaler"}