Empath and Narcissist: How to Defend Yourself and Heal From Narcissistic Abuse, Toxic Codependency, and Manipulation to Become The Master of Your Own ... A Survival Guide for Highly Sensitive People. Paperback – February 16, 2022

This book looks at what an empath is and what their gifts are. There is also a lot on how to protect your gift from those looking to either drain you or abuse your gift. THere is also a lot of info on how to develop and grow your gift. There is a lot of good info here that I think any empath should read. The other part of the book looks at narcissists and how to abuse those around them. the author looks at the manipulative techniques used and how they wear you down over time. The author then looks at how to either fix this issue in your relationship or how to become strong enough to leave and move on. THe focus of this book is on empowering the self. There is also a lot of space devoted to protecting yourself. I enjoyed reading this book and I learned a lot.

I didn't understand the level of trauma my ex-boyfriend has put me through and understanding it reading it and reading the discription of what an narcissist is it truly answered a lot of questions and provided me with clarity. I really wish that I would have read this sooner could have potentially saved me some of the heartache and trauma but of course you live and learn. I'm on the road to recovery from this trauma and working on getting my control and freedom back, definitely recommend this book 100%

I bought this book after separating from my husband and cutting connections with my father. I opened it again after being deceived by a friend that moved in with me that ended up disrupting my mental health more than my husband or family members.Overall, this book benefit me by validating and helping to understand my personal experience with narcissists throughout my life. I wanted to primarily understand why I was attracting them and how to catch them sooner in their deception and abuse.I usually prefer more advanced nonfiction when it comes to psychology but in this case the simplicity was better for the depleted state of my mind to accept.However, there are a lot grammatical errors and simple mistakes that were overlooked. Normally I would shelf a nonfiction book with that many errors but the majority of the descriptions made it worth the read. The author could benefit in being more meticulous with editing because it significantly lowers the authority of the guidance.Something that really did bother me is the pronoun usage in describing narcissists vs empaths. She used he/him/himself for narcissists and she/her/herself for empaths. I find that to be a bizarre choice to intentionally gender the personality types. As a empath, I value equality and intention when speaking so as not to offend or rule out groups of people. In my case, my most recent narcissistic abuser was female. If the author spent a bit more time editing with care and neutralized the pronouns used in each description, I think her efforts and knowledge would have been more valuable.

I really liked this book. It helped me understand a lot about myself and why I put up with so much more than I should. I never knew the true reason but now I understand myself a bit better. This book has made me re-examine parts of my life and dissect my crowd and people that I surround myself with. Small changes have been made and I see big changes in how I feel and how I see myself. Very enlightening!

Overall this is a really great book. It has a lot of great information and puts things into a great perspective especially if you’ve dealt with a narcissist or a person with narcissistic traits. My only dislike is the author used “he” to describe a narcissist. Yes I know that the percentage of narcissists that exists are males by a long shot but there are narcissist females that exists as well. I thought that it would have been a good idea not to include every male as a narcissist. I wouldn’t have had a problem if this was the author person story she was telling. But I thought it was a little unfair since it was general feed back and knowledge. Otherwise such an amazing book

And you are an empath......I HIGHLY recommend this book... I just started reading it and I already feel like there might be some light and major changes I can actually do to end the toxic and ongoing exhausting daughter/empath and father/narcissist battle I've been in my entire life. I feel like between my trauma therapy and this book my mental health just might be spared. Thank you to this Author I will be purchasing your other book as well! Bravo!

I originally intended this as a gift, but after reading the first 10 pages, I found more than 20 grammatical errors, misspellings or incorrect word usages I can’t give it. Either it was never proofread by an editor prior to printing, or an automated computer changed the original author’s English version? Unfortunately, the grammatical errors are so distracting and disappointing, I can not recommend it until it’s edited.

New Age: but some good information. Especially good when analyzing a difficult relationship, even if it leads only to elimination of some options.I was not distracted by grammatical errors.Either the author fixed them, or I am immune to them having taught adolescents the wonders of the English language for several decades.