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Break the Cycle with DSD My Story With Depression

Dad Surviving Divorce
Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD My Story With Depression
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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

Break the Cycle with DSD Kids Used as Pawns

Dad Surviving Divorce
Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD Kids Used as Pawns
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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

Break the Cycle with DSD Feeling Trapped and Excuses

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Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD Feeling Trapped and Excuses
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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

Break the Cycle with DSD Battling Catastrophic Thinking

Dad Surviving Divorce
Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD Battling Catastrophic Thinking
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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.

Break the Cycle with DSD Finding Closure

Dad Surviving Divorce
Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD Finding Closure
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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

Break the Cycle with DSD The pitfalls of family court stipulations

Dad Surviving Divorce
Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD The pitfalls of family court stipulations
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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

Break the Cycle with DSD Manifestation – Special Guest Leslee Powers – Part 2

Dad Surviving Divorce
Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD Manifestation - Special Guest Leslee Powers - Part 2
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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

Break the Cycle with DSD Learning to let go – Special Guest Leslee Powers

Dad Surviving Divorce
Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD Learning to let go - Special Guest Leslee Powers
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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

Break the Cycle with DSD Mike Cassidy – Why Friends Are Important

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Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD Mike Cassidy - Why Friends Are Important
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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

Break the Cycle with DSD The Unspoken Truth about Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Dad Surviving Divorce
Dad Surviving Divorce
Break the Cycle with DSD The Unspoken Truth about Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
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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