sociopathy

I’m excited to share today’s conversation with you as my guest, Kerrie Droban-Zhivago, offers profound insights into the minds of sociopaths, psychopaths, and narcissists. For those of you undergoing high-conflict divorces, understanding these characteristics is crucial. As you know, these personalities can significantly impact the emotional and psychological well-being of their partners, often leading to highly contentious divorce proceedings. 

By educating oneself on the traits and tactics of these individuals, you will be able to better navigate the complexities of your circumstances. This knowledge empowers you to make informed decisions, establish boundaries, and pursue a path to healing and recovery.  Kerrie’s insights provide a roadmap for identifying these personality types and implementing strategies to protect oneself from their debilitating effects.

Today’s guest, Kerrie Droban-Zhivago, is an award-winning, critically acclaimed true crime author, accomplished criminal and matrimonial attorney and television journalist. She is an expert on criminal pathology, narcissistic personality disorder, and sociopathy and has a fascinating story of how she developed her expertise.

More ways to connect with Kerrie:

• Website: https://www.kerriedroban.com/
• Podcast Coming Soon: https://www.kerriedroban.com/podcast/

Journey Beyond Divorce Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Book a Free Rapid Relief Call: http://rapidreliefcall.com  
• Reclaim Your Mind: Evict Your Spouse from Your Mental Space: https://www.jbddivorcesupport.com/reclaimyourmind
• Divorce 101: The Roadmap Your Need  to Prepare for Your High Conflict Divorce: https://www.jbddivorcesupport.com/divorce101

Lived experience and the true understanding of what happens to the bullied brain, by Dr Jennifer Fraser author of 'The Bullied Brain' and Jonathan Wilson former senior lead at the Metropolitan Police, bullied out of his career.

Jennifer Fraser is an author, award-winning educator, and consultant. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature and her books have always focused on how we have the capacity to transform ourselves. We can go from being readers to writers of culture. We can reject society's demands that we suppress our emotions and instead come alive with them. We can question the bullying dynamic we've been raised in and ask wouldn't empathy and compassion be healthier? Her fourth book, The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health, introduces brain research into our wellness journey. It shares the empowering and inspiring neuroscience and neurobiology that informs the evidence-based practices we can all do in order to have happier, healthier, more high-performing brains. 

Website: https://bulliedbrain.com/
Link to Book: https://bulliedbrain.com/the-bullied-brain

Psychology Today "Bullied Brain" series: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-bullied-brain

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bulliedbrain/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bulliedbrain

I acknowledge, with gratitude and respect,  that I live and work on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen speaking peoples

https://www.bulliedbrain.com/

(250) 896-3325

https://www.amazon.com/Bullied-Brain-Scars-Restore-Health/dp/1633887782

Jonathan has over 28 years’ experience working for the Metropolitan Police (United Kingdom) with much of that time in senior leadership roles.  
Jonathan’s police leadership required him to work with diverse communities, businesses, local authorities, across a number of government departments including the Home Office and Mayor of London’s office and internationally. 
He has considerable experience in prevention strategies, legislative changes, working with vulnerable groups, and partnership work.
Jonathan retired from the Police Service in 2020 after a traumatic experience of workplace bullying,  a period of his life that impacted on him considerably. He now dedicates much of his time to education and challenging workplace bullying behaviors which he says is entirely preventable and creating positive workplace culture.
Jonathan now talks widely across social media and to businesses in person about psychosocial safety at work.
He says, “Psychosocial safety is a leadership issue, and how you interact with people impacts their whole lives. It is therefore the most pressing issue of the contemporary workplace to master. Teaching your leaders interpersonal communications skills that empower not diminish. At the heart of bullying is always complex human dynamics and often unethical behaviours, corruption, discrimination, and harassment will emerge as the reason. Look deeper.”
Jonathan lives in Cornwall and has also established a  business running holiday cottages which allows him to pursue the many outdoor activities he enjoys both on and off the water.#pledgetoendbullying#stophurtatwork

Security Circle ⭕️ is an IFPOD production for IFPO the International Foundation of Protection Officers

In this episode of "Truth and Shadow," host BT and guest William Ramsey discuss the complex relationship between psychology, spirituality, and the occult. They examine how different perspectives on human behavior can lead to varied methods of study, emphasizing the importance of considering theological and philosophical viewpoints. The conversation delves into the influence of supernatural entities on the minds of sociopaths and psychopaths, with a particular focus on the case of John Lawson, also known as Pazuzu. Additionally, they explore the historical and cultural impact of occultism, referencing figures like Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons, and the Order of Nine Angles, as well as the occult's connections to events like the Black Dahlia murder and the emergence of UFO sightings. The episode also considers the presence of occultism in the music industry and its potential ties to covert government activities.

William Ramsey website
Contact : williamramseyinvestigates@protonmail.com
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In this episode of the Truth and Shadow podcast, host BT delves into the second temple period of Judaism and its profound influence on the Christian world. He explores various sects, mystical texts, and esoteric practices from this era, emphasizing their impact on modern occultism and spiritual enlightenment. BT discusses the concept of the two powers in heaven, the influence of Greek philosophy, and the evolution of Jewish theology. He also highlights the role of hermeticism, a philosophical and religious movement that adopted practices from second temple literature, in shaping Western esotericism and modern magical systems.

In this episode of the Truth and Shadow podcast, host BT shares his personal philosophical journey. He explores the teachings of Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle, and their influence on his thinking. He discusses his study of second temple Judaism and its fusion of Jewish and Greek philosophy. BT also delves into his background in Christian philosophy and theology, highlighting the integration of Christian beliefs with Greco-Roman philosophy by early Christians. He introduces Thomas Aquinas, who combined Christian theology with Aristotle's ideas, and ends with his exploration of Hermeticism, a blend of Egyptian, Greek, and Jewish thought.

website: Truthandshadow.org

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Dr. Bandy Lee to the podcast. She is a medical doctor, a forensic psychiatrist, and a world expert on violence who taught at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School for 17 years prior to transferring recently to Columbia and Harvard.
     Dr. Lee became well-known to the public by leading a group of mental health professional colleagues in breaking the silence about the immediate past U.S. president’s dangerous psychology and publishing the New York Times bestseller, “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President” (Macmillan, 2017 and 2019).   The volume proceeded from an ethics conference she organized at Yale School of Medicine, which led to her consulting with over 50 members of the U.S. Congress.
     Currently, Dr. Bandy Lee is president of the World Mental Health Coalition, the largest professional organization to address the problem of dangerous leadership and its contribution to a ‘psychological pandemic.’
     During medical school, she obtained an additional divinity degree to expand her understanding of the human condition. Trained at Yale and Harvard Universities, she was chief resident at Massachusetts General Hospital and a research fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health.  At Yale Law School, she taught clinical courses covering the mental health aspects of asylum law, criminal justice, and veteran legal services.  Her clinical practice consists of psychiatric services at maximum-security prisons and in state hospitals, in addition to working as an expert witness for civil and criminal courts.  At Yale College, she was a popular professor who taught the Global Health Studies course, “Violence: Causes and Cures.” Most recently, she accepted the invitation to co-found an institute on violence prevention at Union Theological Seminary with multiple world experts in the field.
    Authoring what is considered the most comprehensive textbook on the subject to date, “Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Causes, Consequences, and Cures” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019) and she has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, 17 edited scholarly books and journal special issues, and over 300 op-eds in outlets such as the Guardian, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Independent, and Politico. 
     The World Mental Health Coalition is an educational organization that assembles mental health experts to collaborate with other disciplines for the betterment of public mental health and public safety.  It attempts to step in where the psychiatric establishment failed in societal leadership, or profited (as did the American Psychiatric Association) by protecting powerful political figures over the public. 
    Dr. Bandy Lee is searching for Family Court stories and is currently editing, "The Dangerous Case Of The Family Court." She is taking submissions for the book as well.

To Reach Dr. Lee: bandylee.com

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What is Anti-social Personality Disorder? Well it's complicated but basically its a deluge of symptoms that really boil down to this: Someone who is morally bankrupt. Today we will guide you through the two monikers that make up Anti-Social Personality Disorder- Sociopathy and Psychopathy. We cover the stories of Amelia Dyer and Joe Exotic. 

Dr James Fallon is a neuroscientist and psychopathy researcher. In this episode, he delves into politics and how psychopathy can dominate this particular sphere ... if pushed far enough.

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Megan and Michelle get worldly and dive into destructive cults, religion, lovebombing, indoctrination, drinking the Kool-Aid, MLMs, deprogramming, and booking the presidential suite. (**Trigger warning: cults, brainwashing, murder, suicide**)

Research:

• How Cults Work
• 10 Infamous Cults
• The Cult of Trump
• What To Know About the Psychology of Cults

Things to Watch:

• Ricky Gervais debates religion with Stephen Colbert
• Cults, Explained (Netflix)

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• reFOCUS
• Support Group Locations
• Post-Cult Trauma
• Cult Information Service

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Is it always so wrong to have a sense of pride for you own achievements? Or to feel confident in your skills and abilities? How about selfies? Does posting a selfie instantly make you a Narcissist? And are Narcissists all people who got participation awards and were told they were amazing too many times when they didn’t deserve it? 

The history of narcissism in the field of psychology may surprise you when you learn how the definition has shifted over the past 100 years. What is also surprising is that narcissism can, in fact, be healthy. 

In this episode, Ameé speaks with best-selling author Dr. Craig Malkin about his work in the field of narcissism and his efforts to shift how narcissism is viewed and defined. His 2015 book, Rethinking Narcissism, was the first book on the topic that Ameé bought as she was coming to terms with her understanding of her own self-awareness and belief she was a “magnet” for narcissists. 

Dr. Craig Malkin is Lecturer in Psychology for Harvard Medical School and licensed psychologist with over two decades of experience in helping couples, individuals, and families. His research on the role of relationships in psychological growth has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and PsychologyToday.com has called his blog Romance Redux “an essential read.” He is also a frequent contributor to Huffington Post.

Dr. Malkin’s advice and insights on a wide range of topics within his areas of expertise have been featured in major national and international on-line and print media magazines and newspapers, including Match.com’s Happen Magazine, Marie Claire, and Women’s Health, as well as popular TV and radio news shows.

This episode will cover:

• The history of narcissism and the tools to identify it
• What Healthy Narcissism is and is not
• The 3 Stop Signs for when a relationship needs to be ended 
• How to tell if assertiveness, pride and confidence is healthy or not

Resources

Click Here to Buy the Book Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad - and Surprising Good - About Feeling Special 

http://www.drcraigmalkin.com/

Click Here to Take the Narcissism Test

Dr. Craig Malkin’s YouTube Channel

Dr. Craig on Twitter

Dr. Craig on Facebook 

https://www.ameequiriconi.com/

In this episode, we will explore how abusers use gaslighting to cancel the reality of their victims. 

You’ll finally understand how similar this pattern is when it happens in interpersonal relationships, family and society.

You’ll also find out how to recognize covert forms of gaslighting through doublespeak. 

You’ll get the opportunity to learn how this erasure of reality applies to the recent novel coronavirus pandemic.

www.InnerIntegration.com
The Journey: A Roadmap for Self-healing After Narcissistic Abuse

In this episode, we will explore the topic of narcissistic abuse in society during the last decade and where that might lead in the next one.

You’ll finally understand more about how the patterns of narcissistic abuse shows up in the world through real life examples.

You’ll also find out how you can participate in creating solutions.

You’ll get the opportunity to do an exercise to help you wrap up the last decade and initiate a new one.

Upgrading Limiting Beliefs

Change Your Story, Change Your Life

El Derecho de Vivir en Paz (The Right to Live in Peace)

www.InnerIntegration.com
The Journey: A Roadmap for Self-healing After Narcissistic Abuse

In this episode, we will explore the topic of the narcissism pandemic in our world today.

You’ll finally understand why it seems like they all read the same book no matter which country, race, gender and socio-economic class they come from.

You’ll get the opportunity to learn how this narcissism pandemic is spreading across the world.

You’ll find out how the institutions of psychology and psychiatry are outdated and unable to fully grasp the nature of narcissists in real life.

www.InnerIntegration.com
The Journey: A Roadmap for Self-healing After Narcissistic Abuse

In this episode, we will explore the topic of having compassion with boundaries.

You’ll finally understand why compassion becomes toxic when it doesn’t have limits.

You’ll get the opportunity to learn how to set boundaries around your compassion.

You’ll find out how you can intentionally overcome the guilt, shame and self-doubt that you’ll likely feel when you set limits on your compassion.

Ending Self-Sabotage

Self-Care Mastery Course

www.InnerIntegration.com
The Journey: A Roadmap for Self-healing After Narcissistic Abuse

Sometimes, in this world of ours, we encounter madness and monsters. And if we have grown up in environments where our sense of safety and survival has curried us to be ready for danger, well, we end up looking for it – whether we want to or not.

It doesn't mean that we walk around life like we are Lara Croft – armed and ready to take down the bad guys. No, it’s more we are like the girl in the horror movie that everyone is yelling at “No! Don’t run back into the house stupid! What are you doing?!” 

Because who’s waiting for us in the house?  That’s right. The ax-wielding psychopath. 

I know that’s extreme and I’m just trying to be lighthearted but the truth is scary than horror-movie fiction. 

There are psychopaths among us in our every day lives. And sometimes, for some of people, they are so close to us its frightening once we know who they really are. 

But what is a psychopath? Are they only crazed murderers? Violent criminals? Are they always only the obvious abhorrent members of our society? 

Or is the answer even more frightening than that? 

So in this episode Ameé speaks with William Hirstein. Bill is both a philosopher and a scientist, having published numerous scientific articles, including works on consciousness and sociopathy. He is the author of several books, including Brain Fiction: Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation (MIT, 2005), and Mindmelding: Consciousness, Neuroscience, and the Mind’s Privacy (Oxford, 2012) and the latest one: Responsible Brains: Neuroscience, Law, and Human Culpability (The MIT Press) 

In this episode, you will hear:  

• What does this concept of psychopathy and sociopathy come from? How did it enter our culture and the field of psychology?
• And how is it determined if someone is one?
• Does this evaluation have to be performed by a trained professional? What are the legal implications?
• What are the core sets of features then of someone with psychopathy? 
• Why is it important to be able to have label on someone? Does it just help satisfy our curiosity or are there implications from it? 
• Is a psychopath ever able to take responsibility ever for their actions? 

Resources:

http://www.williamhirstein.com/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mindmelding/201301/what-is-psychopath-0

Responsible Brains: Neuroscience, Law, and Human Culpability (The MIT Press) 

Mindmelding: Consciousness, Neuroscience, and the Mind's Privacy

Brain Fiction: Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation (Philosophical Psychopathology) 

In this episode, we will explore the topic of narcissistic abuse in society and the family through the 2019 Joker movie.

You’ll find out how people could unconsciously allow resentment, bitterness and the injustices of the world to turn them into the monster who hurt them.

You’ll get the opportunity to learn more about covert abuse in the family, even when the abusers are also victims.

You’ll finally understand why self-responsibility is so important for healing both individual and collective trauma.

www.InnerIntegration.com
The Journey: A Roadmap for Self-healing After Narcissistic Abuse

In this episode we’ll explore the #1 public health crisis around the world from the societal, familial and interpersonal level.

You’ll find out about the characteristics and differences between psychopathy and sociopathy from Dr. Todd Grande, a licensed psychotherapist as he clears up some common misconceptions as well.

You’ll learn about the controversy between nature and nature as Dr. Grande tells us about some recent research on the genetic component of psychopathy.

Stay tuned until the end to get some tips for recognizing predators like this.

Links mentioned in the episode:
Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since the 1970s
First Sun-Dimming Experiment Will Test A Way To Cool Earth
USA Drops 26,000 Bombs Abroad In 2016
Empty Homes Outnumber the Homeless 6 to 1
These 6 Corporations Control 90% of the Media in America
International Tribunal for Natural Justice Hearing on Child Sex Trade

www.InnerIntegration.com
The Journey: A Roadmap for Self-healing After Narcissistic Abuse

This Holiday episode of Otaku the Town was at least recorded in December! This week we discuss episdoes 7-9 of Naruto while possibly sitting around a roaring fire and definitely sipping mimoas. Topics include pre-industrial sleep habits, rabbit husbandry, eyeball magic, old english common law, and children who have been trained to kill.