Break the Cycle with DSD

In this show DSD throughout the show hits on the unique ability we have to make something positive out of something so destructive

Jana Herde is a specialists who focuses on re-establishing and rebuilding father-daughter relationships. She leveraged her experience to assist fathers in understanding what their daughters are going through when their relationships have been badly damaged from high conflict divorce or even from fathers who just want to strengthen them

In today’s episode we hear about some victories with a couple of listeners to the show!

Paul Colaianni the host of The Overwhelmed Brain and Love & Abuse Podcasts joins Duane to discuss the words and behaviors manipulative people use when you want to break up with them. Paul is the author of the book, “The Overwhelmed Brain Personal Growth for Critical Thinkers” and developed The M.E.A.N Workbook an assessment & healing guide for difficult relationships.

Duane shares a story of something that happened yesterday and how he views perspective and luck!

In this episode Duane discussions his struggles with making destructive decisions and ways you can help yourself to ultimately take care of yourself.

Kris Godinez, Licensed Professional Counseling based out of Arizona returns to the show to talk about how to handle the emotional stress of the holidays. This is especially difficult when you are dealing with a high conflict divorce and custody issues.

In this episode Duane discusses the struggle people have letting go of their ex and their willingness to go back for more pain.

Alex Falconi from The Proper Person and Our Nevada Judges joins the show to discuss his series outlining his court victory against a toxic narcissistic ex and the lessons learned from that experience

In this show Duane discusses the importance of trusting your intuition when dealing with ANYONE.

In today’s episode Duane takes a serious caller who has signed a bad stipulated agreement that limits his time and places extra stipulations on his behaviors as compared to the ex.

Duane discusses an example of how remaining calm and looking for solutions can hep any situation.

Debby, DSD’s long term girlfriend, joins the show to talk about how it was in a relationship with a toxic ex spouse.

In this show Duane discusses how it ultimately does not matter what anyone else thinks but yourself.

In this episode Duane discusses an example of how the ex has tired to provoke him into a negative reaction. You have to remember these people will continue the same tired tactics over and over again.

In this episode Duane discusses the various ways a narcissistic person is able to convince people to believe their stories and how sometimes they ultimately lose in court

In this episode Duane discusses way you can use your knowledge of narcissistic behavioral patterns to your advantage. Two callers share their stories on how they were able to “win” in court.

In today’s episode Dr. Amy JL Baker, PhD joins the show to talk about ways to deal with parental alienation and when you have to try and co-parent with a toxic ex. Dr. Baker has a PhD in developmental psychology, is the author and/or co-author of 8 books and over 120 articles. She is also a nationally recognized expert in parental alienation.

In this episode Duane discusses how oftentimes the pain and trauma that we endure through this situations are leading us, or guiding us, to a better situation.

In this episode Duane discusses the difficulties of realizing they are not who we thought and that we now are the latest in a long time of “abusers”. We also discuss some success stories of exposing the true nature of a toxic ex.

This episode is more causal and we discuss things from absent parents, resiliency in children and concerns of alienation

In this episode Duane discusses the recurring fear that the alienation will not be broken and everyone will believe the narcissist’s lies

Melissa Isaak from the Isaak Law firm based in Montgomery Alabama discusses family law and the extra efforts men have to go through to survive

Figuring our your life after narcissistic abuse is tough and in this episode Duane goes down the rabbit hole and talks about ways to get out

In this episode we discuss the trap of being stuck in fear and running scenarios in our heads over and over again