Dear working-girl, you spend a good part of your time at work, surrounded by your wonderful colleagues and your boss. We bet you dream of working on yourself, enjoying your job and having a successful career? If those ambitions ring a bell, then you've come to the right place! Here you'll find our best tips and advice for career progression.
It's where we spend the majority of our time, so it's important that we feel good about it. Here we cover a multitude of subjects, from relationships with your boss, with your boss to ambitions, stress or burn-outs. Discover our advice and everything you need to blossom in your job and assert yourself.
'Never allow a person to tell you no, who doesnāt have the power to say yes.'
- Eleanor Roosevelt
For a long time, I didnāt know how to ask for help or simply accept it. āNo, donāt worry, Iāll be fineā, I used to say when people close to me offered me their support, even though I wasnāt doing well at all. In fact, it took me a long time to get psychological support, because I was convinced that I could cope on my own. Whatās behind this behavior? Why canāt you ask for help? With hindsight, Iāve understood what was behind it, and I think that talking about it might help! Here are some explanations.
There have been times in my life when Iāve felt useless, too much, out of place... Whether at work or even in general. I felt like I wasnāt contributing anything to anyone. Fortunately, I managed to combat this feeling, thanks in particular to therapy. I understood where it was coming from, and I managed to get rid of this negative emotion. Today, Iām sharing with you how to move on.
Walking away and definitively closing the door on your relationship with a narcissistic ex-partner is one of the most emotionally draining challenges you can face. After all, these manipulative bullies are never willing to just let bygones be bygones, and always want to have the final word after the break-down of a relationship š. Besides, when narcissists get dumped, their inner demon raises its ugly head and becomes determined to (metaphorically) destroy their ex-partner.
You probably know by now that narcissists only ever look for one thing and one thing only; and thatās control! Whether in their personal or professional life, folks with this personality disorder need to be in the driving seat and the one calling the shots, otherwise all hell breaks loose. Although their cunning and manipulative nature means they are often hard to escape, it is still possible to turn the tables on them and take the upper hand. Yet, youāll need a thick skin to do so because when they feel their power slipping away, they become even more dangerous and abusive; hereās how they react when that happens.
As with many things in life, narcissists also have unhealthy relationships with sex and treat it as nothing more than a self-gratifying activity. After all, manipulation, control, and emotional abuse are their so-called trusty weapons that they hide behind in most circumstances, so why wouldnāt they call on them in the bedroom too? The bottom line is people with this personality disorder are used to getting what they want and will only ever put themselves and their pleasure first, which doesnāt bode well for a healthy sex life. Discover the weird things narcissists do in the bedroom and what you should do if you are involved with one.
Now, narcissists are known for demonstrating a worrying lack of empathy along with deviously manipulative traits, oh, and before I forget to mention it, HUGE egos too. Yes, thatās right, they love spending hours looking in the mirror and being told how fabulous they are. To put it in other words, people with this personality disorder are firmly in love with themselves, to the point of being totally obsessed with their so-called perfection, but the question is, can they put their self-admiration aside enough to become preoccupied with someone else?
We are all unique individuals, and we, therefore, go about handling breakups and the other obstacles life throws our way, differently. Now, when it comes to breakups, there are those of us that almost become celibate and decide that they can't stand the idea of getting to know anyone ever again. Then, on the other hand, there are those that fill their phones with dating apps and jump from one one-night stand to the next. This second scenario may seem harmless, but once we dig a little deeper into the repercussions of it, we soon realize that sleeping with other people so freshly out of a relationship masks troubling sentiments of unhappiness and uneasiness.
Narcissists are experts in the field of duping and manipulating their victims, yes, thatās right they are true chameleons, which explains why many of them often go undetected. Their behavior is definitely dangerous and means we definitely need to figure out what makes them tick and, in this particular case, what they hate. Understanding what these entitled personalities dislike is one of the keys to best exposing them and freeing their victims from their grip. Now, we all get angry for one reason or another, but people with this personality disorder have different triggers related to the things they despise.
You're probably thinking that once a narcissist has upped sticks and fled, he'll never dare to show his face again, however, quite the opposite is true. The reality is that these folks are like bad smells, there's no getting rid of them quickly, therefore regardless of all the pain, hurt, and trauma they've put their victims through, they'll always make a comeback, just to prove that they are still in control šØ. In fact, no matter how much time has passed, these torturous monsters will always eventually rear their ugly heads, just to get in that one last vicious blow. Discover which 10 circumstances they'll decide to show up in their exes' lives.
We hear so much about these emotional abusers in every walk of life that we are sometimes so overloaded with information regarding them, meaning we often miss the red flags that, in hindsight, seem blatantly obvious. These vindictive manipulators often use smear campaigns as a way of getting back at their victims and villainizing them publicly. That's right, these evil campaigns are an effective method for them to change the narrative of the abuse, and to present themselves as victims, when in reality they are the perpetrators of the terror.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
- Oscar Wilde
