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Co-Parenting with a Narcissist: Effective Strategies to Raise Resilient Children After Divorcing a Toxic Partner
**NEW EDITION** Revised and updated in May 2023Being in a relationship with a narcissist can be traumatizing. After all, you have to see them almost every day. In some cases, you can choose to cut ties with the person, but in other cases, you might not have that freedom.
In many other cases, people don’t want to give up on the narcissist because they feel guilty that they might be abandoning the person in a time of need. Unbeknownst to them, the narcissist might be aware of their intentions and might be manipulating them. It is a complicated situation to be part of and not easy to deal with. This is why it helps if you have more knowledge about what it is like to be in a relationship with a narcissist. Try and have your body tuned.
What’s your body saying about the present situation? Look for a way to have yourself taken care of and have your anxiety relieved before it gets a toll on your health. Your body is communicating that there is something wrong with you. Try and tell it that as you are going forward, you will be listening more.
This book
Marriage and the Narcissist
Divorcing a Narcissist
Child Development and Adapting To Parental Separation
Guidelines for Answering Children's Questions about Divorce
Parental Alienation
Narcissistic Manipulative Tactics
Tips for Co-Parenting with a Narcissist
Helping Your Children Through a Divorce
Parenting Schedule and Importance of Routines
Healing From Emotional Abuse
How to Give the Best Guidance to Your Child
Loving Again
…And Much More!
When you are with a narcissist, you might feel uncomfortable about their manipulative methods or feel like you would like to talk to them about it. As time passes by, you get used to the situation. Living with a narcissist becomes the new norm. Pretty soon, you can’t imagine life without the narcissistic person. Being emotionally drained around narcissists’ means they take advantage of you. You cannot catch a break at all. You are constantly on edge. This situation is not just emotionally harmful to you, but physically as well. It is difficult to break out of the spell you fall under. After all, narcissists are good at manipulating the surrounding people.
This is why it is important to equip yourself with knowledge. The more knowledge you have, the more you are able to pierce the veil of manipulation, lies, and deceit that the narcissist creates to keep you and get yourself to be able to trust again. It might be tough during your recovery because you been hurt, disappointed, or crushed before. You will come across people that are good and you will realize that you can trust again. Your heart might even be opened to fall in love again.
Keep in mind you have to love yourself first before you can open to love. It's in full circle. For you to recover fully, you have to give yourself the place to grieve, to discover, to heal, to rebuild and to also love again.
In many other cases, people don’t want to give up on the narcissist because they feel guilty that they might be abandoning the person in a time of need. Unbeknownst to them, the narcissist might be aware of their intentions and might be manipulating them. It is a complicated situation to be part of and not easy to deal with. This is why it helps if you have more knowledge about what it is like to be in a relationship with a narcissist. Try and have your body tuned.
What’s your body saying about the present situation? Look for a way to have yourself taken care of and have your anxiety relieved before it gets a toll on your health. Your body is communicating that there is something wrong with you. Try and tell it that as you are going forward, you will be listening more.
This book
Marriage and the Narcissist
Divorcing a Narcissist
Child Development and Adapting To Parental Separation
Guidelines for Answering Children's Questions about Divorce
Parental Alienation
Narcissistic Manipulative Tactics
Tips for Co-Parenting with a Narcissist
Helping Your Children Through a Divorce
Parenting Schedule and Importance of Routines
Healing From Emotional Abuse
How to Give the Best Guidance to Your Child
Loving Again
…And Much More!
When you are with a narcissist, you might feel uncomfortable about their manipulative methods or feel like you would like to talk to them about it. As time passes by, you get used to the situation. Living with a narcissist becomes the new norm. Pretty soon, you can’t imagine life without the narcissistic person. Being emotionally drained around narcissists’ means they take advantage of you. You cannot catch a break at all. You are constantly on edge. This situation is not just emotionally harmful to you, but physically as well. It is difficult to break out of the spell you fall under. After all, narcissists are good at manipulating the surrounding people.
This is why it is important to equip yourself with knowledge. The more knowledge you have, the more you are able to pierce the veil of manipulation, lies, and deceit that the narcissist creates to keep you and get yourself to be able to trust again. It might be tough during your recovery because you been hurt, disappointed, or crushed before. You will come across people that are good and you will realize that you can trust again. Your heart might even be opened to fall in love again.
Keep in mind you have to love yourself first before you can open to love. It's in full circle. For you to recover fully, you have to give yourself the place to grieve, to discover, to heal, to rebuild and to also love again.
133 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 12, 2020
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February 19, 2021
A Must-Read!
I think I highlighted almost every part of this book. Educating yourself is paramount when dealing with a narcissistic personality in a co-parenting situation. Great book!
I think I highlighted almost every part of this book. Educating yourself is paramount when dealing with a narcissistic personality in a co-parenting situation. Great book!
July 26, 2020
Very informative
This book would have been helpful years ago when my husband was having to deal with his narcissistic ex and trying to co-parent with her. Our case resulted in alienation, but had we had some of these great ways to handle the situation it possibly could have been different for us. I like that this focuses on not just the 2 people divorcing and co-parenting, but gives equal attention to the children. The children often suffer the most in a divorce, and this book has ideas on how to help them cope based on age brackets. I thought that was especially helpful. A toddler needs different things than a preteen to cope. Anyone in the process of divorcing or coparenting, I cannot recommend this book enough. I took off one star for grammar and sentence structure that reads oddly in some parts.
This book would have been helpful years ago when my husband was having to deal with his narcissistic ex and trying to co-parent with her. Our case resulted in alienation, but had we had some of these great ways to handle the situation it possibly could have been different for us. I like that this focuses on not just the 2 people divorcing and co-parenting, but gives equal attention to the children. The children often suffer the most in a divorce, and this book has ideas on how to help them cope based on age brackets. I thought that was especially helpful. A toddler needs different things than a preteen to cope. Anyone in the process of divorcing or coparenting, I cannot recommend this book enough. I took off one star for grammar and sentence structure that reads oddly in some parts.
October 13, 2020
Helpful for divorced parents
So many of my friends are divorced with children. I read this to have suggestions when they are busy complaining about their situations. Extremely helpful providing me with the right vocabulary and making sure I am on the same page as a professional.
Make the child a priority. Self care. Put the phone/ social media down. Stop speaking negatively in front of your children. And the waiting to introduce a new partner into your child lives.
Recommending if you are divorced with children and need a refresher on how to handle situations and recognize that maybe your kids are struggling too.
So many of my friends are divorced with children. I read this to have suggestions when they are busy complaining about their situations. Extremely helpful providing me with the right vocabulary and making sure I am on the same page as a professional.
Make the child a priority. Self care. Put the phone/ social media down. Stop speaking negatively in front of your children. And the waiting to introduce a new partner into your child lives.
Recommending if you are divorced with children and need a refresher on how to handle situations and recognize that maybe your kids are struggling too.
August 2, 2020
Informative read
This book is well written and easy to understand. It takes step by step thru your relationship with a narcissist. From identifying their traits to leaving them and the effects it may have on the kids. It also helps to get the kids thru also. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to leave a narcissist and live a normal life.
This book is well written and easy to understand. It takes step by step thru your relationship with a narcissist. From identifying their traits to leaving them and the effects it may have on the kids. It also helps to get the kids thru also. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to leave a narcissist and live a normal life.
July 24, 2020
Helpful
Good tips for dealing with a narcissist during a divorce, and especially helping children through the tough time. Tips include discipline and importance of schedules for the kids.
Good tips for dealing with a narcissist during a divorce, and especially helping children through the tough time. Tips include discipline and importance of schedules for the kids.
July 26, 2020
Wish I had found it sooner
I needed this book 20 years ago. My children are in college now but this book Really hit home and even though my children are much older I can still use a lot of the tips from this book I just wish that I had found it sooner.
I needed this book 20 years ago. My children are in college now but this book Really hit home and even though my children are much older I can still use a lot of the tips from this book I just wish that I had found it sooner.
August 17, 2020
Helpful
This book is full of information that will help
Guide you thru the different stages of co-parenting with a Narcissist.
This book is full of information that will help
Guide you thru the different stages of co-parenting with a Narcissist.
April 26, 2022
Some good tips on where to focus your energies, what to do, what not to do, and encouraging thoughts on how to move foreward.
January 7, 2024
I loved this book
I found this book very helpful in my current divorce. It gave me understanding of why my ex is doing what she is doing!!!!
I found this book very helpful in my current divorce. It gave me understanding of why my ex is doing what she is doing!!!!
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