CC: The Truth About Narcissism and High-Conflict People (and How to Protect Yourself)
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Christine Hassler
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever wonder what really defines narcissism and high-conflict behavior — and how you can protect yourself when faced with it? In this episode, I sit down with Rebecca Zung to break it down in a way that's clear, empowering, and practical.
Rebecca's journey is remarkable: once a college dropout and single mom, she went on to become one of the nation's most powerful attorneys and a bestselling author. She's now dedicated to helping people recognize toxic dynamics and learn how to negotiate with confidence. Her latest book, SLAY the Bully: How to Negotiate with a Narcissist and Win, offers proven strategies that have reached millions through her podcast, YouTube channel, and writing.
Together, we explore the key traits of narcissism, what makes someone high-conflict, and most importantly, what you can do to reclaim your power in the face of manipulation. Whether you're navigating a difficult relationship, workplace conflict, or just want to better understand human behavior, this conversation will give you tools to feel stronger, clearer, and more free
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody and welcome to Coach's Corner. |
| 0:04.7 | So today I have a conversation about high conflict personalities and narcissists, covert |
| 0:11.2 | narcissists and people with narcissistic tendencies. |
| 0:14.4 | And this is becoming more and more of a conversation. |
| 0:18.4 | I think those kind of high conflict personalities and personality disorders have been around for a long time. |
| 0:24.7 | We're becoming more aware of them. |
| 0:27.0 | And if you listen to this show, I'm going to guess |
| 0:29.4 | you've had a relationship with someone like that. |
| 0:32.9 | Perhaps you've been someone like that. |
| 0:35.5 | But most likely you've been the child of someone or the partner |
| 0:39.4 | of someone, the spouse of someone, in business with someone with high conflict, personality |
| 0:45.4 | or personality disorder. In this episode, we're specifically talking about narcissism. |
| 0:50.5 | And it is a tough one, especially for those of us that are empaths are highly sensitive. |
| 0:57.9 | And it seems like there's such an attraction between an empath and a narcissist. |
| 1:02.7 | And oftentimes we get into the illusion or delusion that it's our fault. |
| 1:08.1 | We're doing something wrong and we need to fix them. And then we also get |
| 1:12.2 | attached to trying to help them see our side of things. And with these kind of personality |
| 1:18.9 | types, it just never really happens. So you'll notice with my guest, Rebecca Zung, who I'll |
| 1:24.7 | tell you more about in a moment, she gives some scripts and some things to say |
| 1:28.4 | that you might be like, oh my gosh, that feels so jarring and not true. |
| 1:35.1 | And I say that to her and listen to what she says. |
| 1:40.2 | And so anytime we're dealing with high conflict personality type personality disorder, |
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