Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships

Strategies to Recognize Abusive Patterns, Empower Yourself, Overcome Manipulation, Set Boundaries, Find Happiness & Inner Strength

De: Maxine Heart

Narrado por: Heather Dzielinski

Heartbroken? Wracked by guilt and self-doubt? Are you yearning to break the chains of a toxic relationship but feel paralyzed by fear? You’re not alone.

Rediscover your worth and break the stronghold of toxic relationships. This powerful guide, Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships, arms you with the tools for victory, even if every cell in your body screams that you can't survive without him or her.

Through expert insights and empowering strategies, this book helps you reclaim your life, peace, and happiness.

Here are just a few of the transformative pearls you’ll discover:

• Differentiating between normal disagreements and toxic behaviors.
• Recognizing behaviors is a crucial first step towards addressing toxicity in your relationship.
• first four red flags that may signal that you are facing a toxic relationship:
• 8 traits and behaviors that may indicate that you are dealing with a narcissist.
• 3 dark personality types
• 4 most prevalent effects of being in a toxic relationship.
• Signs to spot the workplace behavior you should avoid at all costs:
• 11 examples and metaphors to get a more profound sense of what toxicity looks like in real life:
• What are the characteristics of a financially toxic dynamic, & how to work towards financial independence?
• 25-narcissistic tendencies
• Deciding to Leave: Recognizing It's Time to Move On
• What you need in your safety plan
• Affects you could experience during & after breakup.

Reg flags aren’t always about the other person. When you start lying to yourself about who they are so that you don’t have to face losing them, that’s the red flag to pay attention to.

Don’t look back with regret, look forward with hope.

It's time to put yourself first and embark on the journey toward a happier and healthier life.

There is a way out.

©2024 J. R. Black Publishing (P)2025 J. R. Black Publishing

Learn how to live and be resilient after abuse and toxicity

This book teaches you how to reprogram your life after living a life of abuse and toxicity, and build a life that reflects your true worth. Not only does this book give you ways to redefine your boundaries and enjoy life around you again, it gives you real life examples of others who have walked the same paths you can feel empowered that you can find happiness again, too!

Tough topic, great advice. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

This book touches on such a tough topic that it's really hard to know whether or not this will be helpful in your own situation. But, I thought this book was so well done with such great insites and suggestions. Love the reading of this and everything was so thoughtful. If you're going through a rough, toxic relationship, I would highly recommend this book. This could help you as much as it has helped me.

Clear, Eye-Opening, and Deeply Validating

This audiobook hit me harder than I expected—it helped me see just how much I’d normalized certain red flags in past relationships. I appreciated how it broke things down without ever sounding preachy, especially the parts on financial toxicity and self-gaslighting. The metaphors made the behaviors click in a way that stuck. It’s the kind of guide that doesn’t just give you info—it actually makes you feel stronger for seeing the truth.

Freedom From Toxic Love

I know the pain of questioning your worth and doubting if you'll ever feel whole again. This is a compassionate, no nonsense guide that helps you see red flags clearly and reclaim your self worth. It's got empowering insights and cool strategies and shows you that breaking free can be the gateway to peace, healing and the life you've been waiting for.

It's your life

I often hear and see it on the news or around me. It was hard to understand when I saw that a husband or wife could be physically or mentally abused and violent towards the other person and still not get out through divorce. Why can't they leave when they're going through that? Is that why this book talks about toxic relationships? This book is well-organized, presenting complex reasons, the characteristics of the situation, the fear of what to do after a breakup, and the tips, methods, and advice needed for navigating any toxic relationship. I am confident that this book will be of great help to all those who want to take their first steps toward a new, pleased life and find true love. It's your life.

Helpful and Empowering

Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships has been incredibly helpful in navigating a challenging family relationship that I’m not in a position to fully step away from. I was seeking guidance on how to manage a situation where I feel powerless to express myself and am constantly walking on eggshells. While I can’t walk away, this book has equipped me with tools to communicate more effectively, and helping me avoid feeling manipulated or resentful. I recommend this book to anyone struggling with toxic relationships or difficult people who we're unable to fully escape.

Every Chapter Hit Home—A Must-Listen

As someone who’s been in a toxic relationship, this audiobook hit me hard—in the best way possible. Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships felt like it was written for me. So many things the author said gave me chills because they were exactly what I went through but didn’t have the words to describe at the time.
This audiobook doesn’t just talk at you—it talks to you. It reminds you of your worth, helps you recognize the signs you may have been ignoring, and gives you the tools to actually start healing. I genuinely believe that if more victims had the strength—or even just the right words—to understand what’s happening to them, they’d be so much better off. And this audiobook can help them get there.
It’s empowering, validating, and raw in all the right ways. I can't wait for the next audiobook to come out—this is exactly the kind of support and guidance I wish I had sooner.

Helped Me Finally Break the Cycle

Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships by Maxine Heart gave me the clarity and strength I didn’t know I needed. I was stuck in a pattern of second-guessing myself, and this book helped me recognize the manipulation, set firm boundaries, and start putting myself first.

It felt like someone truly understood what I was going through. If you’re in a toxic relationship or healing from one, this book is a powerful guide toward freedom and peace. It helped me reclaim my voice and my life.

Great Resource!

Maxine Heart guides you gently but firmly to spot toxic patterns, protect your heart, and reclaim your peace. Practical advice meets heartfelt encouragement, helping readers navigate manipulation, set boundaries, and rediscover joy. Empowering, raw, and deeply relatable.

You will appreciate having this book!

I wish this kind of information had been available 40 years ago. Back then, abuse was considered a “domestic problem”, and the police didn’t want to get involved. Even family doctors were reluctant. When I showed up at my doctor’s office with a separated shoulder and told him I had fallen, I knew he knew I was lying…my husband was right there, but he said nothing. Maxine gives you all the tools you need to successfully navigate your way out of a toxic relationship and into a healthy life. And she does it in a way that doesn’t make you feel the fool for being where you are or how you got there! Get this book for yourself or as an olive branch for a friend in trouble.