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Emotional Blackmail by Susan Forward with Donna Frazier — WisdomDeck honest review
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Emotional Blackmail

by Susan Forward with Donna Frazier

The FOG of fear, obligation and guilt, how blackmailers use it, and how to respond without caving. Clear and applicable to family, partners and work.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Fear, obligation, guilt.
  2. Name the tactic.
  3. Respond, do not react.

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Identify one FOG pattern in your life.

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Out of the FOG.

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