Are you struggling to gain your independence? Are past traumas keeping you from evolving into the person you long to be? The truth is that human nature encourages us to seek out others. This has proven to be one of mankind's greatest triumphs, but when we start to rely on people to fix our problems for us, we start to fall into a codependent connection and stop mastering ourselves. Even if you have struggled for years to let go of something or someone you can start to move forward today. You can become a better you.

Defeating Narcissism explains in great detail what a narcissist is, and their behavior patterns. It also explains how to survive being with one through the use of tools and techniques that are not known by many people, including the way narcissists think and act.

Overcome jealousy, open up communication lines, and rebuild trust in your relationship with these workbooks that will show you how you can finally build the healthy relationship you’ve always dreamed of!

When it comes to narcissism, it can be quite easy to fall for the trap and the guilt trip without truly knowing what you are getting yourself into. But there is one thing you need to get straight: You deserve freedom. You deserve to be independent.

This comprehensive guide equips you with the ability to identify and evade narcissistic individuals while offering you the arsenal to combat their manipulative psychological tactics.

With research-based insights, you will be able to dig deep, take stock of your situation, how you can start breaking the chains that holds you back, and how you can make sure that you never find yourself in the same predicament again.

Unlock the path to healing, emotional balance, and lasting well-being in this transformative journey of self-discovery. Keep reading to learn more! In just 12 weeks, you’ll break out of your toxic cycles and build a healthy relationship with yourself and others. You will learn everything you need to overcome childhood trauma and PTSD with this focused behavior therapy workbook.

When you want to live your life and free yourself from a narcissist, it can be hard to know what to do. The problem is that your sense of self has been eroded because you’ve not had the chance to think for yourself and be who you are for as long as you can remember. When life sends you down this type of spiral, it can feel daunting when you so much as contemplate leaving and living life on your own terms. But the truth is that this is natural, everyone in your position feels this way, and it’s certainly nothing to be ashamed of.

Many people who have a relationship with a narcissist are reluctant to act because they fear the consequences. While this resistance is understandable, realize that you don’t have to live this way. By understanding the psychology of narcissists, the tactics they use, and what they respond to, you can build your confidence to act effectively. Having a host of proven techniques at your disposal makes the decision to act easier.

When you look around you, you see all these people happily in love and singing poems about the wonders of love. And then you are confused why you are not able to feel anything on those lines. All you feel is a pit in your stomach, a sense of fear and of always being on edge, but all you did was love, right? You did or are doing everything right, yet this “love” does not seem to be magical or does not seem to be healing you; rather, it appears to be destroying you by driving you crazy, and you notice that you have changed not for good.

Narcissistic personality disorder is surprisingly common, affecting up to six percent of the population. People with this disorder can seem charming and self-confident, but their excessive need for admiration from others masks deeper insecurity and self-loathing that drive them to manipulate and abuse the people who care about them.

Are you a people pleaser and always feel the need to help others? Do you continue to hang on to relationships that cause you anxiety, depression, and sadness, even though you know you should let go? Do you have trouble setting boundaries? This is an addiction. This is codependency. In The Codependency Recovery Workbook, you’ll find everything you need to know about codependency and building healthy relationships. This is the only comprehensive guide that will take you step by step on this journey to a life without codependency.

If you've ever wondered why you hold on to toxic relationships that aren’t good for you or why you make excuses for other’s bad behavior, then this guide will help you understand, recognize, and avoid the behavior altogether. At some point, what you’ve always done, won’t work and you know it. Now you’re ready to confront the issues that have plagued you and fed into your adult relationships. Recovering from codependency may feel like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be.

This is the guide to regenerating yourself after a toxic relationship and preparing for a new one. After a toxic relationship is over, it’s not really over. When a relationship with a narcissistic partner ends, it leaves "wounds" on the victim that prevent them from moving forward and finding true love.

Tired of unfulfilling relationships? Fed up of being the only one giving and doing, only to be mistreated? Would you like to break free of codependency and enjoy the abundance of love and romance you deserve? If yes, this book is for you. New tools are at hand.

Are you in an abusive or unhappy relationship? Do you try too hard to please your friends at the expense of your own needs and wants? Are you subservient to others and do you find yourself unable to become independent? Do you suffer from negative self-talk? These are all signs that your self-care regimen is deficient in some way. The Smart Girl's Guide to Self-Care tackles the common problems of effective self-care with practical suggestions for practices that will create a sustainable, lifelong self-care routine.

Dealing with Toxic People is a solution-oriented book that throws light on one of the most important issues in today's world. Listeners will be able to learn every possible technique to help get rid of toxic people in the best possible manner.

You can say no. You can stop people-pleasing and start setting boundaries. You can ask for what you need. You can love and be loved - without sacrifice - by breaking the codependency cycle. The Codependency Recovery Plan empowers you to have healthy, happy interdependent relationships. This actionable five-step program is designed to help you get in touch with yourself, assert boundaries, and communicate confidently. You’ll be free to nurture true intimacy.

Pathological mind games. Covert and overt put-downs. Triangulation. Gaslighting. Projection. These are the manipulative tactics survivors of malignant narcissists are unfortunately all too familiar with. As victims of silent crimes where the perpetrators are rarely held accountable, survivors of narcissistic abuse have lived in a war zone of epic proportions, enduring an abuse cycle of love-bombing and devaluation - psychological violence on steroids.

In this supportive and straightforward guide, Lundy Bancroft, the author of Why Does He Do That?, and communication specialist JAC Patrissi offer a way for women to practically take stock of their relationships and move forward, with or without their partners.

Freedom from unnecessary suffering is the goal of both Buddhism and modern psychotherapy, yet each approaches this intention from a very different perspective. "Buddhist practice helps us awaken to a well-being that is independent of our circumstances," explains Bruce Tift, "while Western psychotherapy helps us bring our disowned experience into awareness in order to live in a more skillful and satisfying way."

In Prodependence, Weiss presents a research-based social and psychological understanding of human interdependence, accepting and even celebrating human interdependency in ways that are healthy and life-affirming for each person.

It’s the flight before Christmas and Molly just got an unexpected gift: a free first-class upgrade on her plane trip home for the holidays. Bring on the complimentary cocktails! But after one too many, she spills all her secrets to the hot guy seated next to her—only to wake up mortified when her buzz has worn off. At least she never has to see Liam again ... or so she thinks. When Molly arrives at Christmas House, the festive rental home that she and her family are sharing with her sister’s fiancé and his wealthy family, she discovers that Liam is one of the new in-laws. Oops.

Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot. Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet. Then the brutal murder of a young woman—the latest in a string of deaths across the coast—confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.

When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.

It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself.

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.

When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

Living in a year around Christmas town has its drawbacks. The caroling, the decorations, the insanely cheery spirit, it never disappears. It's why I like to hibernate away in my cave - I mean housekeeping a healthy distance from the holly jolly spirits. And all was going according to plan until my nemesis, Storee Taylor, moved in next door to care for her Aunt Cindy. Without blinking, she turned my simple world into a real nightmare-before-Christmas, especially when she decided to enter the town Christmas Kringle contest - which she was determined to win.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.