Managing Difficult People - Series 3

Do you feel controlled or manipulated?

In our third series, Managing Difficult People, we take an in-depth look at relationships that often bring conflict, confusion, and pain to our lives. These difficult people may engage in narcissistic behavior, harbor a hardened heart, or even seek to harm us through control and manipulation. We’d like to offer wise principles for managing difficult people, while seeking to be honest about our own hearts and our need for humility and self-awareness.

The Roots of Narcissism: Listen or Managing the Weeds of Narcissism: Listen

Managing the Roots & Weeds of Narcissism: Read

These two episodes feature special guest Pastor Erwin Lutzer as he talks with Lynn about the origins of narcissism from a psychological and biblical perspective, providing crucial information if you find yourself entangled with a difficult person in your life. They also discuss how to protect yourself from narcissistic abuse through practicing discernment, danger assessment, healing from dissonance, and becoming a whole person.

The Roots of Difficult In-Laws: Listen

How well do you get along with your in-laws? Friction or tension with in-law relationships is very common, but hard to navigate. Shay, Lynn, and John have a lively conversation about what it actually means to leave your parents physically, emotionally, financially and psychologically, and identify the problems that occur when this fails to happen.

Managing the Weeds of Difficult In-laws: Listen

Do you have a toxic in-law situation on your hands? Many families experience stress, broken relationships, and years of hurt feelings or misunderstandings. Shay, Lynn, and John talk about real life scenarios that address your in-law concerns and offer practical steps to help you separate from your parents in healthy ways, while still honoring them.

The Roots of an Unrepentant Heart: Listen

Are you dealing with an unrepentant person? How would you know if you are? John, Shay, and Austin will help you identify the signs of an unrepentant person and explain why a hardened heart is so difficult to deal with. When you finish this episode, you’ll be better equipped to see the signs of an unrepentant person in your life, as well as be on the lookout for signs of unrepentance in your own heart.

Managing the Weeds of an Unrepentant Heart: Listen

Managing unrepentant people is REALLY hard. It might be one of the most difficult things you’ll have to do. And yet, it can be done by seeing this person with 3D biblical vision, not 2D worldly vision. John, Lynn, and Austin explain this distinction and then provide concrete steps to take in managing an unrepentant person. True repentance takes time, is extremely rare, but is actually possible to achieve.

Relationship Red Flags: Listen

The best way to protect yourself from a destructive relationship is to avoid entering it in the first place. But red flags in a relationship may not be obvious to you once you’re emotionally invested in someone, so it may require other people helping you to see what you can’t see on your own. Angie Phillips lost her daughter, Hallie, to an unhealthy relationship that ultimately took Hallie’s life. She joins Lynn to discuss common relationship warning signs: how to spot them and what to do about them.