Two of them are the nicest seeming women I've ever met.

They seem so nice, and they present themselves as your friend.

And you let them in, and then they become controlling, and then they can become vicious when you pull away.

And they seem nice to everyone.

And so it plays such games with your mind mind I think it's possible to be fooled by

demeanor if you're being controlled by someone if someone is eating away at your joy and your

peace if you just see the effects their name comes up on your phone and there's just this alarm in your spirit.

Yeah.

Listen to that, even though they're speaking in a nice way.

You're listening to God hears her, a podcast for women where we explore the stunning truth that God

hears you, he sees you, and he loves you because you are his. Find out how these realities

free you today on God Hears Her. Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Erin Eddie. And I'm

Elisa Morgan. And on this episode, we were revisiting a conversation we had with Gary Thomas in season two about toxic people. So let's start with a simple question. Who comes to your mind when I use the term toxic people? Is it a co-worker, somebody at church, perhaps a family member, or maybe it's a

whole group of people who feed off each other with negativity and gossip? While we look back at our

conversation with Gary Thomas, we'll be focusing on what makes someone toxic, the difference

between a toxic person and someone who's broken and needs

extra love and how to know when to walk away from a toxic person. Before we begin, here's some

information on Gary. Gary Thomas is the best-selling author of over 20 books, including the topic of today's show,

When to Walk Away, Finding Freedom from Toxic People. And just a note on the conversation.

We had an opportunity to speak with Gary while Elisa was out of town, so she joined us via Skype.

And you may be able to hear that in the audio.

That's right. But I'm so glad we were able to capture this conversation regardless of where I was. So without further ado, here's Gary Thomas speaking about toxic people.

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