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MOMENT | How to co-parent with a narcissist and the importance of valuing yourself with Malin Andersson

The Motherkind Podcast

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8837 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Welcome back to Moment. Moment is your place for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. In this week's MOMENT, mental health advocate and body positivity campaigner Malin Andersson tells us what it's like parenting with an abusive narcissistic partner. She also highlights the significance of doing what's right fro you. Continue the Conversation Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases: https://mailchi.mp/motherkind/motherkind-mailing-list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:51.3

How do people co-parent with a narcissist?

0:55.0

You can't do no contact, so you have to kind of do a grey rock method,

0:58.2

which is just being blunt, you know, not giving a reaction,

1:02.0

maybe going for a mediator or getting yourself a lawyer,

1:05.6

having firm boundaries in place.

1:07.0

I think boundaries are important as well and keeping it clear what is and what is not.

1:12.1

But it's always going to be hard when there's a child involved. But I think people need to put

1:15.6

their child first in all of it. What's the most, the safest thing for the child? What are they going

1:20.7

to benefit from and, you know, keeping the arguing, the toxicity away at arm's legs? And even if

1:26.6

you need someone to help assist you

1:28.5

with the drop-offs or the pick-ups, you know, using a friend or a family member, there's always

1:33.1

some ways around it, but it's probably a really hard thing to do. You mentioned that Freedom

1:37.5

Program, and I know a couple of people that have been through that, just tell us that because that

1:41.7

is one of those just really sort of hidden

1:44.9

seat where I didn't know about it. Tell us how someone might access that and what it is.

1:50.0

So I remember my ex is spat in my face threw a bottle in my head, right? And I was crying.

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