Virtual Book Tour for Protecting Yourself from Emotional Predators, Sept 9-26, 2019
I’m taking my message about how to protect yourself from Emotional Predators on the virtual road. My virtual book tour starts Monday, Sept 9 and…
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For Emotional Predators, life is a strategy game to dominate and control, and you are either a player to be defeated or a game piece to be used. Before you know what’s happening, they’ll ruin your life without empathy or remorse – and traditional approaches will make things worse.
Protecting Yourself from Emotional Predators provides valuable guidance
for safe relationships, 5 essential steps for protecting yourself
and over 30 specific defensive tactics for:
- Distinguishing romance from intimacy
- Restoring your self-esteem
- Removing your emotional triggers
- Using gratitude and humor
- Playing their games better than they do – without becoming like them
- Responding strategically
- Regaining control in family court
- Screening professionals to be sure they can help
- Breaking an addiction to an Emotional Predator
- Re-balancing power in your favor
- Adjusting beliefs that keep you trapped
Serious Help for Dealing with Seriously Difficult People
Helpful Ideas and Book Excerpts
Adjust Your Core Interpersonal Stories
In the last post, I talked about the importance of knowing yourself and your blind spots that Emotional Predators target. Once you’ve identified your core…
Know Yourself and Your Self-victimizing Beliefs
Before you can accurately assess other people, you must know yourself and the blind spots you don’t realize you have. They’re called blind spots because…
Recognize Emotional Predator Traits and Behaviors
Although they hide it behind charming and deceptive facades, Emotional Predators always ruthlessly use others to get what they want. At their core what they…
Accurately Assess Others
Once we accept that some people – the Emotional Predators among us – are entirely different from us in core respects, we need to learn…
Be Realistic About Human Nature
As I explain in Part 1 of Protecting Yourself from Emotional Predators what we call human nature isn’t one set of identical traits in all…
A Lesson from a 6 year old about Emotional Predators
I recently heard about a 6 yr old who instinctively put into practice one of the core strategies for protecting yourself from Emotional Predators. Her…
Humor Immunizes You – and It’s Free!
In all things, and particularly in dealing with Emotional Predators, cultivating humor and gratitude is as important as anything else you do. When you’re grateful…
Don’t be Distracted by Different Labels and Diagnoses
Emotional Predators have been called many things: Character Disturbed, Personality Disordered, Narcissists, Sociopaths, Psychopaths, Borderlines, Hysterics, Narcissistic Sociopaths, Sociopathic Narcissists, Malignant Personalities, Malignant Narcissists, Toxic…
Current Popular Theories are Out of Date
“Many of our ideas have been formed, not to meet the circumstances of this century, but to cope with the circumstances of previous centuries. But…
The True Nature of the Problem
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” Matthew 7:15 What is an Emotional Predator? It’s a…
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Praise for Protecting Yourself from Emotional Predators
Many have written lately about the manipulative sorts who know how to manage impressions but heartlessly prey on your sensibilities to get the better of you. But Steven describes these emotional predators with uncommon clarity and accuracy, in an excellent writing style, and offers spot-on practical advice on how to best protect yourself to boot. A must read!
Dr. George Simon
Author of In Sheep’s Clothing and Character Disturbance: The Phenomenon of Our Age
I’ve read so many books identifying issues with NO solutions or strategies on what to do. You presented very practical and realistic strategies that are within grasp and will make a difference. I got answers, not more questions. You presented real life things to do. Thank you for writing this book and getting this important information out into the world.
Kimberly M
Artist, escapee from an abusive relationship