narc Archives

Helping Your Children Deal with a Narcissistic Father

It is one thing to co-parent with a narcissistic ex. It is another thing to protect your children from his manipulations while trying your best to help them grow up with some semblance of a father. As women who have...

Shared parenting

How using the grey rock method for co-parenting saved me

Co-parenting is hard at the best of times. Include narcissism in the mix and it can equate to a whole new kind of chaos. For anyone who has ever gone through a divorce or separation when children involved, you know...

Relationships

Narcissistic personality disorder symptoms: The red flags

Trigger warning: This article deals with narcissistic personality disorder symptoms. Please ensure you are in a safe place to read this content and can access support if needed. Wondering how you landed here again? The same thing in a different...

Relationships

How to survive a breakup with a narcissist

Breakups suck. However, breaking up with a narcissist is uniquely difficult. Indeed, in my consulting room, I often come across people that look for therapy after their breakup with a narcissistic partner. Here, I explain why a breakup with a...

Shared parenting

Crucial tips for co parenting with a narcissistic ex

Crucial tips for co-parenting with a narcissistic ex … Most people have absolutely no clue what it’s like to co-parent with a narcissistic ex-husband. They are the lucky ones. It’s definitely not a task for the faint of heart, and...

Dating

Telltale signs you are dating a narcissist

We have always known that there are “those” guys. They are the “jerks”, they are “arrogant” or just “totally in love with themselves” but when did the labels get so complicated? Is it just because we have experts on television...

Healing

How to recover from a marriage to a narcissist

You’re exhausted, right? And every day feels like a battlefield? You spend most of the day inside your own head – predicting, analysing, planning, questioning yourself endlessly – working out how reduce the conflict that you know is inevitable. Surviving a...

The one thing narcissists do | Beanstalk Mums

Relationships

The thing narcissists do that you don’t notice till you go insane

Have you ever told someone that you needed comfort, but somehow during the conversation, you ended up supporting and reassuring the other person, and you walked away feeling even worse than before? There’s a reason why this happens, and it’s...

Podcast

Recover from a narcissistic relationship

How to recover from a narcissistic relationship. Every break-up is hard, but recovering from a relationship with a narcissist when kids are involved, is harder still. You will likely feel broken, crazy and emotionally drained. But you CAN regain your...