The Dark Tetrad refers to a set of four personality traits linked to exploitative and harmful behaviours. It builds on the Dark Triad, which includes Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy, by adding a fourth trait: sadism. These traits are linked to cruel, manipulative, self-centered, and antisocial behaviours. This podcast is the fourth pa…

Sarika Singh is an award winning communications coach and seasoned public speaker with almost three decades helping individuals, groups and teams understand and improve their self confidence, their communication skills, whether written or verbal. She is also an online content creator and host of the ‘Communicate 101: Speaking and Writing Skills” Po…

Mark Vicente is an award winning film maker and author. He is a former member, and one of the whistle blowers that exposed the criminal activities going on in the nexium cult. His story is chronicled in the HBO series, ‘The Vow’. He is host of the ‘WTF is on my mind?’ podcast and YouTube channel where he discusses, among other things, narcissism, c…

Sara Davison, best known as ‘The Divorce Coach’ is a multi award-winning Coach, twice best selling author and podcast host of 'Heartbreak to Happiness'. She joins me today to talk about what to expect when separating or divorcing a narcissistic person, post separation abuse, and some ideas to help navigate your way through. For more details about S…

The Five Factor Model describes personality using five broad dimensions: Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. These traits are considered to capture the essential elements of human personality. Professor Ed Dutton, aka The Jolly Heretic, is an Evolutionary Psychology Researcher. In this podcast we…

Psychopaths can be charming and charismatic, often making a strong initial impression. They use their charm to manipulate others and control their partners. They may lie frequently and convincingly, using deception to create a facade that hides their true nature. Common characteristics include being callous and having a disregard for the safety of …

Alex Khan has a YouTube channel where, among other things, he discusses motivation, manifestation and self improvement. he invited me onto his channel to discuss the common traits and motivations behind narcissism. This is our conversation. Alex's channel can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@Alex_Khan…

John-Paul Davies is a therapist based in the UK. He is the author of "Finding a Balanced Connection" and has a YouTube channel where he discussed mental health related issues and has conversations with other therapists. He invited me onto his channel where we discussed the nature of narcissism in the context of personal, romantic and professional r…

Dr Darren Haber is a psychotherapist based in California and author of " Addiction, Accommodation and Vulnerability in Psychoanalysis: Circles without Centres" In this podcast we discuss the nature of addiction and the path to recovery. For more information visit: https://therapistinlosangeles.com/ Darren's Substack can be found at: https://substac…

Machiavellianism is characterised by being manipulative, duplicitous and having a willingness to deceive and exploit others for personal gain. The word comes from Italian philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote the 'The Prince' in the 1500s, which encourages “the end justifies the means” behaviour. Someone who is machiavellian is cunning, sneaky…

Bryan Ingram is a social media influencer and award winning mental health advocate. He has Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder, which he describes as the 'scapegoated disorder'. I initially spoke with Bryan in October 2022 about living with Quiet BPD and his work as a mental health advocate. We have had a catch up chat where he discusses life sin…

Although sadistic personality in no longer part of the DSM there has been recent renewed interest in research, particularly as a component of the Dark Tetrad, which also contains traits of psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism. This podcast looks at the sadistic side of the Dark Tetrad and gives examples of how it manifests when co-morbid wi…

If you've spent anytime on social media at some point you've interacted with a Troll. These are people who can be rude, disrespectful and sometimes even threatening. But who are they? What motivates someone to be antagonistic towards complete strangers? In this podcast I discuss different kinds of trolls from the pest, to those who are desperate fo…

Dr Ruth Ann Harpur is a clinical psychologist with experience and expertise in relationships, and different personality types. We had a chat about the dynamics that take place in unhealthy, toxic, abusive relationships, some of the obstacles to recovery, the impact of abuse and some ideas to help navigate a better future. Visit Ruth's YouTube chann…