Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers
When you’re in a situation that needs to change, but you’re too afraid to take a stand or just hope it changes on its own, you may be waiting forever.
Unfortunately, waiting for changes can often involve exposing yourself to a toxic environment, causing long-term emotional damage.
If you want change, you might have to take a big, scary step to get it.
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When someone says something hurtful or offensive to you, what happens next? For most people, the answer is automatic: The words hit, emotions flare, and suddenly you’re defending yourself, attacking back, or completely losing your composure.
A reaction to hurtful words or behaviors can happen so fast that you don’t even realize you’ve fallen into a pattern; A pattern that the other person may actually be counting on.
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If you want a toxic person to change, it will probably never happen. However, there is something you can do to change the course of the relationship that may actually cause them to act differently.
Sometimes you have to make rules that guide toxic people to healthier behavior.
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Are you just too sensitive or is the other person really being a jerk? I read a follow-up email from an episode a few weeks back and answer a question about the difference between being triggered and someone’s bad behavior.
In segment two, I get serious and talk about child sexual abuse and what might happen when the family secret is found out.
Sometimes we’re stuck with someone that doesn’t have our best interest in mind. Not only that, they may even have a not-so-pleasant plan to make us miserable.
What do you do with the toxic person that doesn’t want to, or can’t change? Is there hope when you’re in what seems like a no-win situation?
I try to answer that question in today’s episode.
Important: If you believe that you may be doing emotionally abusive behavior and would like to change that about yourself, sign up for the life-changing Healed Being program over at healedbeing.com.
If you are in an emotionally abusive relationship, I created the podcast Love and Abuse to help you navigate through the difficulties.
