38: Are You Dating Your Future Abuser? 3 Steps To Help You Tell

Healthy Mom After Divorce Podcast

Lots of gifts, fancy dates, all-day texting, long conversations about being about 'soul mates', talking about moving in together on date 3, the relationship going at Mach-speed... It can feel amazing to connect so quickly with someone you're dating.
And although these things may be signs you two of you are head-over-heels for one another and are meant to be, it's also possible they're early indicators of a narcissitic abuser or coercive controller.
But how do you know for sure?
On this 38th episode of the Healthy Mom After Divorce Podcast, I talk about the predictable patterns of behaviour by an abuser in the early stages of abuse, why they're so easy to miss and what you can do (and teach your kids to do) to protect yourself from ever being caught in the net.
Find the full transcript at healthymomafterdivorce.com/38.
The book I reference in the episode is The Gift of Fear- Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence by Gavin de Becker.

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