Negotiate Anything Gaslighting at Work: How to Spot Manipulation and Reclaim Your Power
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Sep 22, 2025 In this engaging discussion, psychotherapist Farah Harris shares her insights on gaslighting in the workplace. An expert in emotional intelligence, she recounts her struggles with a toxic hire and how she navigated the situation. Farah highlights subtle red flags of manipulation, emphasizes the importance of boundaries, and offers practical tools to reclaim your power. Discover how emotionally intelligent leaders can protect their well-being while building healthier professional relationships.
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Toxic Hire Turned Resignation Bomb
- Farah Harris hired a promising assistant who initially praised her but soon failed to follow direction and weaponized Farah's work against her.
- The assistant sent a seven-page resignation with screenshots and accused Farah, even invoking race, which deeply hurt Farah.
Using Community To Validate Reality
- Farah processed the betrayal by seeking objective feedback from her husband, friends, and a clinician to confirm the reality and protect her self-view.
- That outside perspective helped her see the resignation as a reflection of the hire's issues, not her own.
How Gaslighting Steals Your Reality
- Gaslighting rewrites moments to make you doubt your memory and sanity, which destabilizes your sense of reality.
- Farah warns that prior trauma or insecurity makes victims especially vulnerable to this damage.
