This is Hello Freedom and I'm your host Terry Cole.

For almost two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist and transformation coach, and on this show I will bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights and observations

from my time on the front lines of the fascinating worlds of entertainment,

empowerment, and mental health.

Now let's get going with today's episode. Do you feel powerless in your relationship? Do you feel like the other

person wins every argument and that ultimately you really do whatever it is that they want to do.

And even when it seems like they're being kind and loving and you might share something

with them.

Ultimately, does it always come back to haunt you?

My name is Terry Cole. I'm a licensed psychotherapist, a relationship and boundary expert,

and the founder of the Real Love Revolution and Boundary Boot Camp.

In today's episode we are going to be talking about the three foolproof strategies.

These are three boundary tools for you to shut down a narcissist and how to take your power back.

So before we get moving, let's just identify what is the definition of a narcissist.

If you go to the free dictionary, it says it's someone who needs excessive love and admiration,

and they have excessive love and admiration for themselves.

It really is a psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation.

Lack of empathy, which is really, really key, and those of you who are involved

with the narcissists know this, and unconscious deficits in their own self-esteem.

Now that's stuff that you won't see the unconscious deficits but it

definitely comes from a place of lack. There's also this this way that

narcissists are in the world where they're always seeking some kind of

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