Controllers are adept at mixing the good with the bad. Double-Mindedness is presented as multi-tasking and congruity. In this video I touch on the way they really are and expose the way to distinguish their differences. Recognizing those differences can help you resist being caught up in the deception [...]

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Norm shares his excitement as his new book “It’s All About Power and Control” goes to publication.

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Are your friendships based in equality or does one partner have more power and control then the other? Have a look at this video as Norm demonstrates the power differential between two women friends and how the weaker one can break free of the hooks that the manipulative friend has in her.

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There is a tactic used by psychological abusive people that involves restricting the activities or actions of somebody else. Restricting activities actually attempts to control the boundaries that the spouse operates within.

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This tactic falls under the category of withholding since it is about withholding intelligence from a situation. When a psychologically abusive person withholds intelligence, they actually try to act like they really don’t know anything about the subject at hand.

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