Break the Cycle with DSD

This episode discusses the different ways you can use your experience to effect positive change. This can be something as detailed as a YouTube Channel or Podcast or even just being available when a friend is struggling with this experience in their own lives.

In this episode Duane discusses his own personal struggle with depression. His story starts with a difficult family life which prepared him for his toxic marriage to his ex wife. Throughout his life he always thought he would struggle with depression and anxiety. It wasn’t until he really started working on healing himself that things started to change.

Toxic narcissistic ex spouses tend use use children as pawns and put them in the middle of everything. This creates a double bind / no win scenario that makes our lives very complicated and difficult. In this podcast Duane talks about his personal experience with this and a story shared by one of the DSD Discord users. His hope is this podcast will give you some new ways to look at the situation a...

When you are in the midst of emotional and psychological abuse you will often feel trapped. There are many different reasons and excuses to stay in the relationship or situation. This episode goes into some of those reasons that may make you feel trapped. In the end you have to make the best decisions for you and within your own personal timeline.

Catastrophic Thinking can be a huge battle when you are healing from toxic emotional narcissistic abuse. This battle can be much more difficult when you are struggling with external forces such as heath, finances, legal issues and many other stressors. In this podcast Duane discusses some techniques he has used to help him battle catastrophic thinking.

Closure is difficult to find in a toxic narcissistic relationship. As soon as you are discard and there is no reason to continue to the manipulation it will happen in an instant. This makes finding closure impossible to get from your ex. In this episode we talk about the struggles of finding closures and some tips and techniques that might help you find it within yourself.

Stipulations, or agreements in family court, are very important. This is even more critical when you are in a toxic divorce, or suspected toxic divorce. You need to ensure you capture your critical points because you will be living with this agreement for years to come. In this episode we discuss some of the pitfalls of any agreements with a toxic ex.

In part 2 of our discussion with Leslee Powers we return to talk about the power of manifestation. This episode will give you a primer in manifestation and how to start to use it in your life. There are many things you can do in your life to start to effect positive change and when you combine all the pieces together really good things can happen!

In this episode Duane and Leslee Powers return together to talk about the struggles of letting go and beginning the process of moving on. This is a very complicated topic that many have difficulties with. Duane asks Leslee the way she helps her own clients go through this process. Later in the episode Duane and Leslee talk about manifestation and what it all means.

In this podcast I sit down with my good friend Mike Cassidy and discuss how important great support is when recovering from a traumatic experience. Mike was an outstanding support for me through my experience and he shares his thoughts and how one can be a better friend with someone in crisis.

This podcast addresses what I consider to be the unspoken truth about narcissistic abuse recovery. Oftentimes these topics are not address or acknowledged and I believe that can make recovery even harder. The fundamental truth of narcissistic abuse recovery is that it takes a really long time AND you will spend a lot of that time thinking and ruminated about the ex. But in this podcast I discuss t...

Healing from narcissistic abuse is a very complex process. The bond that you have with your abuser runs very deep and it can be very difficult to untangle your life from the trauma bond you have with them.

Rodney C Burris is an educator, national speaker, youth advocate, and entrepreneur. Mr. Burris holds a BA in Psychology from the Johns Hopkins University as well as a MS in Nonprofit Management. His talks have been perfect for schools, corporations, organizations, churches, and universities. Because of this, Rodney has traveled around the nation, helping groups improve their communication, while a...

Debbie Mirza is the author of Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist and is helping shed knowledge on a subject that is just now starting to get the attention it deserves. Debbie is a deeply spiritual person and felt she was drawn to write this book to help others struggling with covert narcissistic abuse. She is also a singer and a restorative coach.

Tracy Malone is the founder of the Narcissist Abuse Support website and the Tracy A Malone YouTube channel. She is a survivor of a lifetime of unknown narcissistic abuse from her family of origin as well as relationships and marriages in her adulthood. During her path of healing she developed the Narcissist Abuse Support website as a resource for survivors with over 1000 free listings available so...

Alex Falconi is the creator of the “Our Nevada Judges” website and “The Proper Person” YouTube channel. Alex started his journey as the result of a high conflict custody battle with his ex. His fight lasted nearly eight years but at the end of the case he won full custody and had his ex’s parental rights terminated. This resulted the creation of the website and youtube channel to help people going...

John Steinbeck the author of Brainwashing Children who runs a highly successful parental alienation support group on Facebook called the same is a strong advocate in helping alienated parents reunite with their children. His content provides proven methods to slowly repair the damage of the alienated child and restore the bonds that were once there.

Leslie Powers from Spiritual Empowered joins us to talk about her journey from narcissistic abuse survivor to life coach and social influencer. Leslie hosts a daily FaceBook live to help people start their day along with YouTube videos dedicated to healing the wounds of emotional abuse and enabling her viewers to build an empowered life!