What up ladies? I'm Lisa Bileu and yes, you are listening to Women of Impact.

Now let's talk about how narcissists don't destroy you all at once.

Right, they do it slowly.

That's the fricking trap.

They do it with these little movements through confusion, blame shifting, and eventually making you feel like you're the freaking problem.

And let's be honest, the scariest part is most of us don't actually realize what's happening until we're already too deep into it. We're trying to be reasonable. We're trying to be fair. We're trying to keep the peace with someone who's playing a completely different game. And we feel like we're failing. Our emotions, our confidence are just freaking plummeting. Because when you're dealing with a narcissist, you're not having a disagreement.

You're in the middle of a freaking power struggle. And if we don't actually understand that,

then we end up exhausted, doubting ourselves and apologising things that we didn't actually even do.

And that's why I brought on James Sexton. Oh my God, guys, he even gives examples of exactly how

they're going to manipulate you before you even realize it.

Now, James Sexton is the number one divorce attorney in the freaking country, and for over 25 years, he's been face to face with narcissists at their absolute freaking worst.

Through custody battles, high conflict divorces, courtroom showdowns, he has seen it all.

So he knows exactly how they manipulate you, how they control the narrative and what actually happens when you stop freaking feeding their ego.

Guys, today is insanely good because he breaks down why reason and compromise fell with high conflict personalities every single time and he tells you how seeing that actually changes every decision that you end up making so you don't get stuck in the freaking web of manipulation that comes from them we also talk about the freaking subtle ways that actually given in escalates the bad behavior this one is so important because once you recognize it, you

will stop feeding the very thing that's actually draining you. And then we go over how manipulation

works by shifting the blame and the way that you see things. Guys, this is freaking seedy and

insanely crafty, I have to be honest, of how they actually end up doing it. Now, if you learn this, you can actually stay grounded when the narrative starts moving in the direction that you're like, hang on a minute. That isn't what happened. Now, why does this matter? This matters because whether this is a partner, an ex, a co-parent, a boss or a family member, this dynamic will change how you see yourself and how you see how you can show up in that

relationship. So my homies, this episode is about clarity, it's about protection and taking your

freaking power back without becoming someone that you're not. So let's dive in right now with the

insanely captivating James Sexton right here on Women of Impact. As a number one divorce attorney, you've seen it all, manipulation, deception, infidelity,

lies, narcissism, and every type of toxicity.

So for anyone watching right now, how on earth can we manage and handle a narcissist when

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