The Big Signs You're In Toxic Relationships & How To Set Boundaries w/ Nedra Glover Tawwab EP 1400

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Feb 27, 2023

Nedra Glover Tawwab, a New York Times best-selling author and licensed therapist, dives into the nuances of toxic relationships. She outlines key signs of emotional and verbal abuse and emphasizes the critical importance of setting boundaries for personal well-being. Tawwab also discusses the barriers in male friendships, exploring emotional vulnerability. With practical advice on navigating family dysfunction and managing sensitive conversations, she empowers listeners to cultivate healthier connections through self-awareness and authenticity.

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INSIGHT

Why We Stay in Toxic Relationships

Staying in unhealthy relationships isn't always about unhealed trauma; sometimes it's about hope.
People may stay because they believe in the other person's potential.

INSIGHT

Recognizing Gaslighting

Gaslighting involves consistent incongruence between realities, not just occasional disagreements.
Gaslighters try to manipulate you into doubting your own experiences.

ADVICE

Deep Questions for Early Relationships

Ask deep questions early in relationships to understand values, past relationships, and family dynamics.
Don't just focus on surface-level compatibility.

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Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW, is a New York Times best-selling author, licensed therapist, and sought-after relationship expert. She has practiced relationship therapy for 15 years and is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Kaleidoscope Counseling. Every day she helps people create healthy relationships by teaching them how to implement boundaries. Her philosophy is that a lack of boundaries and assertiveness underlie most relationship issues, and her gift is helping people create healthy relationships with themselves and others.

Nedra earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. She has additional certifications in working with families and couples and in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, plus advanced training for counseling adults who've experienced childhood emotional neglect.

Nedra has appeared as an expert on Red Table Talk, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning America, and CBS Morning Show to name a few. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vice and has appeared on numerous podcasts, including Good Life Project, Sofia with an F, and Therapy For Black Girls. She runs a popular Instagram account where she shares practices, tools, and reflections for mental health and hosts weekly Q&As.

In today’s episode you will learn,

How to detect toxic behaviors in your relationships.
How to set and communicate effective boundaries in our relationships.
How to know when we are experiencing gaslighting in our relationships.
The keys to setting healthy standards in our family relationships.
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