Hey there, I'm Shaline Johnson and you have tuned into the Shaline show.

Today I am going to give you a completely fresh perspective on dealing with toxic people

and what we can do to give them less power in our lives.

Welcome to the Shaline show. Shaline is a New York Times best-selling author,

celebrity fitness trainer, and obsessed with helping you live your dream life.

The term toxic people is very common. We hear it all the time. In fact, you probably decided to

read your own life of quote, toxic people. At a minimum, there are people who in your brain,

in the privacy of your own head, you've labeled them as toxic, or maybe you've received a phone

call or a warning from someone you really trust. Be careful of so-and-so. They are toxic.

But what does that word really mean? Like, when you and your mind, even if you haven't

told anyone that, if you and your mind have labeled somebody as toxic, what are we saying about them?

And really, what does it say about us? And most importantly, what can we do about it?

The Shaline show is all about helping us live a better life, right? So, I gave this some thought

myself recently and thinking about how it doesn't really make me feel good when I even think of

somebody as being toxic. So, first, before we go into the tips, I want to clarify the word toxic,

and I want to state publicly that I'm going to do my best to stop using that word. And here's why.

When I look up the term toxic or toxic people, I mean, there's a lot of descriptions on the internet,

everyone has their own opinion. But in general, most people agree that a toxic person,

a somebody that we think of who sucks a life out of us is harmful. There's somebody who tends to

bring us down. They can injure us or lower our energy level. Sometimes toxic people are people

who purposely try to corrupt or manipulate our thoughts. They are people who try to impede. They're

people who try to make it all about them or make you feel bad. They're generally speaking people

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