When our kids suffer, parenting hurts. When our co-parent is toxic, parenting crushes our soul.
Do you worry about leaving your kids with the other parent? Do they hide when that parent walks in? Have you watched your child’s feelings get trampled and felt helpless to stop it?
I know that pain. I lived it. I was a human shield for my kids until I had nothing left.
You are not alone, and it is never too late to fight for your children.
This book gives you a plan and the tools to carry it out. You’ll learn how to guide your kids through emotional development, give them a safe place to feel, and help break a cycle of wounding that can poison a family for generations. Whether your co-parent shows covert narcissism, narcissistic, borderline, or antisocial traits, or another form of toxic behavior, your kids need an anchor. You can be that anchor.
As you get stronger, so do they. As they get stronger, so do you. We are stronger together.
This Is Not Okay is a compassionate and unflinching guide for anyone who has felt trapped in a relationship that looks loving on the outside but feels confusing, diminishing, and painful behind the scenes. As founder of the Covert Narcissism Group—and a survivor herself—Renee Swanson draws on her work with thousands of victims to expose the subtle patterns of covert narcissistic abuse (manipulative control, silent punishment, false remorse, public charm, and more) and shows victims how to escape its invisible grip.
If you have ever been told you are too sensitive or are making a big deal out of nothing, yet you know something isn’t right, you’re not alone. These pages offer validation, understanding, and permission to stop minimizing abuse that is not okay. Renee reveals the conditioning that traps victims and explains the reactive effects of years of hidden abuse. She also offers practical steps and grounding exercises for each stage of discovery.
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