{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Alt|Life ","title":"\"Why do I keep attracting toxic friends?\" - Clinical psychologist and energy healer on self-love and toxic friendships ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3605,"description":"Why do you keep ending up in friendships that drain you? In this conversation, clinical psychologist, hypnotherapist and bestselling author Eilat Aviram breaks down the difference between a friend who is having a bad day and a friend who is actually toxic for your nervous system.Eilat introduces her concept of self-loving decision-making and walks Sadaf through the exact body cues that signal an unsafe relationship, the chilling study that shows how predators pick their victims, the bear vs snake types of narcissist, and the one boundary test that quietly reveals whether someone in your life can be trusted.If you have ever moved cities and struggled to find your people, if you have ever been called “sensitive” for naming something that hurt, or if you suspect you might be the toxic friend, this episode gives you both the language and the scripts.What you will learn•      Why a toxic friendship is one you keep walking away from feeling smaller, consistently•      The 'pamphlet' people hand you when you first meet — and why we ignore it•      What a real clinical narcissist looks like, and the bear vs snake test•      A study showing how psychopaths identify empaths in under a minute (and what protected the ones who weren't picked)•      How over-giving can turn a perfectly good friendship into a poisonous one•      The single sneaky test that reveals whether someone in your life is actually safe•      The exact words to use when you've been hurt but didn't have the words in the moment•      Why 'if I loved myself, what would I choose to do now?' is the most useful question you can carry in your pocketMemorable quotes•      “Is it toxic, or is it a tonic?”•      “People come with a pamphlet. We read it, then we completely ignore it.”•      “Watch how someone treats children, waiters, dogs — anyone they think is less than them.”•      “You are 100% responsible for your 50% of the relationship.”•      “You can make good relationships toxic if you keep giving.”•     ...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FaPtkw6dKEYAe52oVhmLSvNicrzMbZo9LYBC999Z274/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNjdj/NDEyZWIxNjVjY2I1/NmY3NWQxMDVjNTVl/Yjc0NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}