How do you maintain your self-esteem when people have negative perceptions of you and, even worse, spread gossip and make other people see you negatively, too?

In this episode, we cover strategies for dealing with negative perceptions, smear campaigns, family conflicts, and the importance of setting healthy boundaries so you can stay true to and feel good about yourself amidst it all.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

• How to cope when others judge you negatively or convince others that you're bad/selfish/crazy, etc.
• That people might misunderstand you because of their own insecurities and psychological state.
• How unconsciously (unintentionally) reacting to conflict and disagreements with a victim mindset keeps you stuck in the "Drama Triangle", and how to respond more effectively to stop drama in its tracks.
• About the complexities of narcissism and that you can have empathy for narcissists, emotionally immature, and toxic people while also protecting yourself with boundaries.
• The difference between constructive feedback and disempowering judgment.
• How to give yourself grace and remember that being imperfect is part of being human.

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SOURCES:

Website of Psychiatrist and Creator of the "Drama Triangle" Framework, Stephen Karpman, MD

"'We Can Bury Anyone': Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine" by the New York Times

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

"Escaping the Drama Triangle" by University of South Carolina Human Resources

"Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for Defamation" by The New York Times