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May 5
3 min

Narcissists and Alcohol

Over the many years of running Your Divorce Coach, I have had a number of people tell me they are not sure if their partner has...

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Jan 20
4 min

Who attracts a Narcissist? and Why?

5 Top Reasons why you may be attracting Narcissists. Narcissists and the types of people that they attract is a well known phenomenon. To...

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Jan 5
3 min

Is Narcissism all that bad?

Ah yes this word "Narcissism", it's everywhere isn't it? And certainly for me as an expert at divorcing/separating from narcissists, it's...

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Dec 3, 2020
3 min

The Narcissist and Christmas

I'm not even sure where to start ! Communicating with the Narcissist about Christmas and the Children Dealing with a Narcissist on...

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Nov 22, 2020
4 min

How the court system handles the Narcissist?

The label of Narcissism has gathered pace in the last few years and more and more awareness is brought about helping us to understand...

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Oct 26, 2020
2 min

What does the Narcissist think of themselves?

This question gets asked alot. Essentially, we do lots of reading, research and endless googling to try and understand what a narcissist...

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Sep 21, 2020
2 min

Why do I need a Divorce Coach anyway?

Ah yes, I mean come on, I know you may have asked yourself this very question and to be fair I totally understand you. I mean on top of...

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Aug 31, 2020
3 min

How the Narcissist uses Sex to control

Narcissists are dangerous. Control, projection, gaslighting and manipulation are just a few of the techniques used to devalue and...

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Aug 16, 2020
3 min

The Narc and Financial Abuse

Oh it's so often about the money...and the vast majority of Narcs love money. Money is a Mechanism for Control Ultimately, money no...

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Jul 30, 2020
3 min

Are you Codependent?

5 signs that you are or have been in a codependent relationship. When I have written or spoken about the dysfunctional relationship that...

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Jul 30, 2020
2 min

How to spot a Covert Narc...

When I've spoken about identifying a Narc previously, I explained that with Grandiose and Malignant Narcs, there are some pretty big red...

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Jul 30, 2020
3 min

When the Narc discards you...

In the third part of my three part series on the different phases a Narcissist uses when he/she finds new supply, I am going to discuss...

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Jul 30, 2020
4 min

When the Narc starts to devalue you..

In my previous blog, I spoke about the Love Bombing stage and how a Narc uses this technique to attract his/her prey and draw them in....

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Jul 30, 2020
3 min

The Truth about the Narc's Lovebombing stage

Oh to be adored... the lavish attention, the wonderful affection, the stuff that you see in all the movies and it's happening to me. When...

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Jul 30, 2020
3 min

The Narcissist Language Translator

As many of us will know, if we have to deal with a Narc in our lives, they have their own special way of using language in order to...

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Jul 30, 2020
3 min

The Narcissist and the Codependent Dance

Dance you say? What on earth are you talking about ? Yes, if you find yourself in a relationship or have just come out of an abusive...

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May 21, 2020
4 min

Coping as a single parent during COVID-19

I keep saying it and I won't stop now, but we are living in unprecedented times, in fact we are living out history, history in the making....

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May 21, 2020
3 min

Divorcing an angry Ex

I've said it before and I'll say it again. You never really know who you married until you divorce them. Anger in divorce is difficult to...

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May 21, 2020
4 min

Should I stay or should I go? The questions we need to ask ourselves

Believe it or not, many have coined the month of January as "Divorce Month", the month in which a rather large percentage of men or women...

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May 21, 2020
3 min

Who gets our mutual friends in the Divorce?

Mutual friends and what happens to them during Divorce

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