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Provides mental health counseling and marriage and family counseling

11/19/2025

Stop exhausting yourself trying to keep a narcissist happy.
Because here’s the truth: a narcissist cannot be satisfied—not by you, not by anyone.

Narcissists live with chronic discontentment.
They want what others have, believe they’re entitled to it, and only experience brief moments of shallow happiness before the cycle restarts.

So if you’ve been trying to “do more,” “be more,” or “try harder,” please hear this:

Their happiness is not your responsibility.
Their emotional state is not your job.
Their dissatisfaction is not your failure.

When you finally release yourself from the burden of managing their happiness, God will begin replacing your anxiety with clarity, your exhaustion with strength, and your chaos with peace.

Start today.
Tell yourself — and God —
“I will no longer take responsibility for a narcissist’s happiness.”

This is truth.
This is freedom.
This is the beginning of reclaiming your peace.

11/18/2025

Narcissists are hunters, always searching for their next source of superiority, emotional rescue, and power.

A narcissist hunts for 3 things:
1. Simone who makes them feel superior
2. Someone who will rescue them from their negative emotions or consequences.
3. Someone who gives them a small hits of power and control

You cannot stop a narcissist from hunting…
But you can stop them from preying on you.

When you learn how narcissists operate, what the look for, and how they choose their targets, you can finally break free from their cycles of manipulation, dominance, and emotional abuse.

11/17/2025

Here are 5 behaviors narcissists cannot tolerate:

1️⃣ Being told they might be wrong
2️⃣ Being exposed for their lies or manipulation
3️⃣ Being told no
4️⃣ Being ignored or having to wait for a response
5️⃣ Losing control over others

When a narcissist faces any of these, they often respond with rage, blame-shifting, or emotional punishment.
But remember, their fury is not your fault.

Their reactions come from a deep lack of emotional maturity and Godly character.

As Proverbs 29:11 reminds us:

“Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.”

Guard your heart with this truth.
You don’t have to absorb their anger, you just have to stay grounded in yours.

11/14/2025

You can’t put boundaries on a narcissist, but you can put them on yourself.

Boundaries aren’t about controlling another person’s behavior.
They’re about defining what you will and won’t tolerate.

Examples:
“I will not allow myself to be screamed at.”
“I will not stay in the presence of someone breaking things to intimidate me.”

When you shift boundaries from them to you, you take your power back.

You stop trying to fix what’s unfixable and start protecting your peace, sanity, and safety.

11/12/2025

When a narcissist keeps pushing after you’ve said no, they’re not seeking clarity — they’re seeking control.

Their goal? To wear you down until you surrender your God-given right to choose.

Your boundaries are sacred.
Your “no” means “no.”

Say it once.
Say it twice for clarity.
Then walk away — peacefully and firmly.

This is Titus 3:10 in action:

“Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.”

You don’t owe endless explanations or debates.
You owe yourself peace.

11/11/2025

Forgiving someone does not mean we continue accepting their mistreatment of us. We forgive them, release them into God’s hands to convict so we are free from that burden, and set boundaries with controlling and abusive behavior. It is not an “or” undertaking; it is an “and” undertaking. God set up the Law of Reaping and Sowing. Doing both allows Him to carry it out. “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Galatians 6:7).

11/10/2025

Remember these things may help.

One, someone else’s reactions are not your doing nor your responsibility to prevent. Narcissists over-react. There’s no stopping it. They are emotionally stunted and lack distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills. That’s reality.
And two, instead of focusing on how you can prevent the narcissist from reacting, focus on what you need to do to protect yourself from his or her toxicity. Learning to guard your heart as Proverbs 4:23 instructs is one of the most powerful steps you can take in stopping a narcissist from having control over you.

11/09/2025

When dealing with a narcissist, pray and ask God to give you the righteous fervor of King David in Psalm 101:7: “No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.” God gave righteous anger, fervor, and courage to King David, and He will give it to you too if you’re dealing with a toxic relationship with a narcissist in your life.

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11/07/2025

A narcissist’s version of love is not love, it’s control disguised as affection.

Their “love” is filtered through entitlement, selfishness, and a constant need to be admired and prioritized.

To a narcissist, you’re not a partner, you’re a source of gratification.

They take from you emotionally, spiritually, and even physically, until there’s nothing left to give.

And when you stop meeting their needs or no longer feed their ego, they discard you, coldly and without remorse.

This is not your fault.
You didn’t fail. You were manipulated by someone incapable of true love.

Real love is patient, kind, selfless, and safe, not controlling, entitled, or cruel.

If you’re healing from narcissistic abuse, remember: God’s love restores what their false love destroyed.

11/06/2025

Narcissists don’t care if they hurt you with their words. Accept this reality and work to detach from what he or she said.
God gave us Philippians 4:8 to aid in this process: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

Whatever the narcissist said to you, I assure you it was not noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy—it was wicked. Choosing to focus on things that pass through the Philippians 4:8 filter is working with God to stop wickedness in its tracks. What can you focus on that is noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy, instead of the narcissist’s words?

11/05/2025

First, you will never hear the words “I don’t know” come out of his or her mouth. Malignant narcissists would rather fabricate an answer than admit they do not know something.

Second, you consistently leave conversations with him or her feeling “5 I’d”: insecure, incompetent, inferior, irrelevant, and impotent in decision-making.

The problem is not you. The problem is the narcissist’s malignant, unwavering belief in his or her own superiority.

“Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions” (Proverbs 18:2).

11/04/2025

If you’ve ever wondered, “Why didn’t I just leave the narcissist?” please hear this:

You are not flawed. You are not weak. You were trauma bonded to a narcissist who systematically broke you down and made you doubt your worth.

Many of my precious clients endured years, even decades, of narcissistic abuse.

Some were physically hurt, others emotionally tortured, isolated from their children and family, or controlled through fear.

And still, they couldn’t walk away, because trauma bonding is a psychological and spiritual trap, not a choice.

If this is your story, know this:
You are not crazy. You are not beyond healing.
You are precious, and God can restore everything that was stolen from you.

Healing from narcissistic abuse begins when you stop blaming yourself and start seeing the truth about the narcissist’s manipulation.

You deserve peace, freedom, and love that doesn’t hurt.

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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