Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Dial. If you have

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If you're here, it's because at least one toxic person is in your life that you want to get rid of.

And let's be honest, there's at least one person that's probably at your family events that you would never choose to spend time with if they weren't actually related to you.

You know, they might criticize you or guilt trip you or gaslight you.

And then in the end, somehow you still feel like the person who feels bad at the end of it.

And they don't feel bad about it all.

And you've probably spent years thinking,

what's wrong with me? Like, why do they always get to me? How can I improve myself? But what if I

told you that their toxic behavior actually has nothing to do with you and everything to do with

their own traumas, their own insecurities, and their own need for control.

And they are projecting their problems and the way that they feel about themselves onto you.

So it has nothing to do with you.

And today I'm going to show you how to flip the perspective so you never get triggered by them again.

So you're going to learn how to respond in a way that shuts down all of their drama.

And then once you shut down all of their drama, they're going to feel the need to move on to somebody else.

So then you will get more peace in your life.

And especially this time of year because because the holidays should be fun.

And they can be fun. But it can be really stressful for people who have toxic family dynamics.

And for people that you love the most, they usually trigger you the most. And so it's important

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