247. How To Be Awesome At Dealing With Adult Bullies

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We spend a ton of time on this podcast talking about ignoring negativity, and avoiding toxic people. </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">But what about when you’re in a situation where someone targets you repeatedly. Maybe they are intimidating or controlling, unruly or condescending or shaming.  We’re talking about adult bullying.   Something that 30% of adults say that they have experienced.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Lindsay is sharing the story about why she's recently done a deep dive into this and how one of her best friends was being bullied for so long and finally enough was enough and it was time for us, her friends, to stand up to her bully too. </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We are likely to deal with some sort of adult bullying in our lives so we need strong strategies for how to deal with it. </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">This is an uplifting talk about standing up to people who try to push you around or shame you or are constantly condescending. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">When to ignore them, when to confront them and ways to take control of the situation.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Nobody deserves to be bullied and even though we know it is usually a THEM problem not an US problem, we still have to deal with it.  That’s what we’re hashing out today. </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Lindsay explains that she is not an expert of course - but her job is to bring up topics she thinks are important to pause life and focus on. </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">This deep dive started because of one of Lindsay’s good friends being bullied by an adult - for a long time.  It came to a point where enough is enough. </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Here are some of the things that Lindsay talks abo