Author Archives: Jennifer Smith

Dating After Dating a “Narcissist”

Dating after dating a loser we call a “narcissist”?
How do we know when we’re ready?
That last mess wasn’t even a relationship.
It was an invasion, a robbery, a hijacking.

Dating after dating a sociopath – or that person you’re thinking is a “narcissist” – is a serious undertaking. How do we know when we’re ready? After living through the nightmare and coming out the other side after escaping…

When can we date again? Let’s find out, and here’s a hint: Dating again takes knowing what happened. If we think they only wanted “control”, we don’t know enough to date.

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Heal in Sharing and Dialogue

Dailogue support groups begin again Spring, 2025!!
Can you join in?

We’ll kick off the season with
in-person support groups
,
and Zoom groups!

Join the virtual Zoom support group below!

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Narcissistic Abuse Support Groups

An In-Person Support Group Begins Spring 2025!

Can’t make it in person?
There’s a virtual group too!

Click here for the Zoom Group information!

The In-Person Group will be in the Valley

We’ll meet in the environs of Studio City, Sherman Oaks and North Hollywood in a public location.

We’ll chat in a coffee shop, lunch joint, or yummy bakery.

To be notified and receive details for joining in use the form below.

Or email me, subject line: GROUP
jenifer@truelovescam.com

Attendance is weekly or drop in as you can!

  • Sessions will be up to two hours depending on how many people we are.
  • Locations of each meeting will be emailed the day before.
  • There’s a nominal fee each group session.
  • If you’re in town for vaca or business, you’re welcome to drop in!
  • You are able to use a pseudonym within the group for privacy.

Let me know you’re interested in attending the group!

Thank you!!

I’ll reply with details and how to proceed with joining in!

Have you listend to the podcast?

The latest episode: Narcissistic Abuse Unwound

One-On-One Guided Recovery Coaching

One on one session by phone are a great option for unwinding what went on, but even more so to take in a new and revealing perspective and understanding of what these hijackings are so that you can truly take your life back, restore, recover and render yourself user-proof forever.

Questions? Email me! Or leave a voice message.

A bit of Jennifer’s story
defrauded by
a globe-trotting international criminal,
and entertainment industry scammer.

Here’s to REAL True Love and Happiness!

Time to Thrive!

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so you don’t miss a newsletter!
jennifer@truelovescam.com
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As a certified coach, upholding industry standards I strive to inform, educate, invite thought and dialogue, to co-plan, co-strategize, advise, consult, refer, recommend, train, teach, guide and coach people in guided recovery and discovery specific to these crimes, and from hell and broken in the aftermath to whole again, and more. You decide what winning is.

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Valentine’s Day and Gaslighting

Valentine’s Day is on the way! There’s nothing we can do to hold it back, but hold on to your heart and your reason, because here comes that made-up BS holiday when we potentially could lose both. Before you get sentimental and break no contact, maybe read this bit here…

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After No Contact: What’s Next?

After no contact we might think things are going to be amazing! Things are amazing all right. But maybe not in the way we hope or expect or might have assumed. The truth is after bravely going no contact, all of us feel relief and…like poop. At first. And at the same time.

Right along with feeling better…we feel… worse? Or a different kind of “bad”. It’s different than before going no contact, but it isn’t magically all better. So what’s it like after no contact? Let’s talk about it.

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13 Red Flags: How To Sidestep a Narcissist

13 Red flags. Sidestep a narcissist,
avoid that sociopathic predator
lovebombing, gaslighting,
liar worming their way into our lives.

The “red flags” to recognize a toxic person, a narcissist, a con man, a sociopath are there. In an encounter with one of these creatures, our guts shout warnings at us, but in ways we haven’t heard before, and through a fog of lovey-dovey hypnosis. The “flags” just aren’t plainly visible or as recognizable as others and even we might think they would be. There are a few reasons for this. Let’s talk about those and then get to the red flags! 

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20 Signs Your Spouse is a Sociopath

Wondering if you’ve got a sociopath spouse?
Odd things going on, stories not matching up?
Walking on eggshells?
That’s how it was for all of us…

Sociopath spouse in the house? This is difficult to see and a hard realization to land on. What’s amazing is how common it is to wind up with a sociopath spouse. If you’re calling them a “narcissist” keep reading: there’s only one monster. What we call them matters less than knowing what that monster truly is and how to save ourselves.

This predicament of finding ourselves entangled with a sociopath spouse is not something that happens because there’s something wrong with you. It happens because these monsters exist. And absolutely everything is wrong with them.

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Why Do We Believe Lies?

Why do we believe the lies
the narcissist or sociopath tells?
Because we’re normal.
It’s normal to believe what people say.

Here’s the thing, it’s normal to believe other people. Believing others is hard-wired into our normal human hearts. We’re born this way. We trust and believe others as such a regular part of life, it’s something we barely notice.

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Narcissists in Divorce

Divorce is no one’s idea of a good time.
Divorce is hard, exhausting,
and in the case of a narcissist – a sociopath,
or psychopath in divorce, it’s treacherous.

Narcissists in a divorce take the proceedings one step forward, eight steps sideways, and five back. What the heck is happening? Why do they do the things they’re doing? I can tell you this, though you do suffer, their behavior is not just to make you suffer. They delight in your suffering, but their motivation is deeper.

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Dating a “Narcissist”: Feeling Crazy

Dating a “narcissist” feels like
an episode of American Horror Story.
The real horror is though – it’s real life.
Wondering if we’re losing our mind is a sure sign
we’re dating a “narcissist” – a pathological narcissistic user
.

Dating a “narcissist” can only lead to one place and it’s not good. Not good at all. During our time “with” them, there’s a surreal feeling of internal disturbance and uneasiness. I remember an unsettling and nagging uncertainty that I couldn’t shake – even in the early days when it was all so exciting.

Like you probably did, I perceived this excitement as “love” in the beginning. Then things went a bit more odd at the same time as our lives intertwined more deeply. Eventually, there were days I felt like I was losing my mind. Since you’re here reading this, I guess you too wondered at some point, am I crazy?

Why is this? What’s really happening? Everything you’re feeling is normal. Normal and not permanent. Let’s talk about it.

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