It's All Your Fault
Bill Eddy and Megan Hunter explore the five types of people who can ruin your life — people with high-conflict personalities — and how they weave themselves into our lives in romance, at work, next door, at school, places of worship, and just about everywhere, causing chaos, exhaustion, and dread for everyone else.
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Megan and Bill co-founded the High Conflict Institute in 2008. Between them, they've trained more than 500,000 professionals worldwide and written some of the most-referenced books in the field.
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Director of Innovation & Co-Founder San Diego, CABill pioneered the High Conflict Personality (HCP) Theory and is viewed globally as the leading expert on managing disputes involving people with high-conflict personalities. Author of 25+ books.
Megan Hunter, MBA
CEO & Co-Founder Scottsdale, AZMegan is HCI's CEO and a leading expert on high-conflict personalities — particularly in workplace, customer service, government, ombuds, and religious settings.
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Red Flags and False Claims: Lessons from the Laura Owens Case
High conflict behavior after a breakup can escalate into false claims and felony charges. The Laura Owens case shows the warning signs.Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD, and Megan Hunter, MBA, break down red flags…
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Setting Limits, Staying Connected: Two Listener Questions
High conflict behavior can follow you to school and into your own family. Two listeners ask how to quiet rumors from a parent who glares and whispers, and how to stay connected to nieces and nephews…
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When Conflict Makes You Sick: How Stress Harms the Body with Dr. Sharon Stills
High conflict relationships can make you sick. Dr. Sharon Stills, a naturopathic medical doctor, explains what chronic stress does to your body.Megan Hunter, MBA, co-founder of the High Conflict…
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Does a Mental Health Diagnosis Mean a Lighter Sentence?
Should a mental health diagnosis mean a lighter sentence for a serious crime? In high conflict cases, the answer depends on whether someone is out of touch with reality or has a personality disorder.…
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Stop Arguing About the Past: The SWYP Method
High conflict arguments follow a script: relitigate the past, assign blame, get nowhere.Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD, and Megan Hunter, MBA, introduce SWYP, a three-step method for turning that pattern into a…
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Two Ways to Handle One High Conflict Case with Dr. Anthony Mazzella
When someone in a high conflict relationship insists their partner is entirely uncaring, is that the whole truth — or a sign of something else going on underneath? This episode puts one hypothetical…
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