Overcoming the Financial TSUNAMI of Narcissistic Abuse

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Channel: Mark Smith Family Tree Life Coaching · 2016 · People & Blogs

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Mark Smith shares how he is 'Overcoming the Financial TSUNAMI of Narcissistic Abuse' through recovery, integrity, hope and work work.

Mark E. Smith, MSW is the Founder and Director of Family Tree Life Coaching. He previously worked as a highly respected therapist and author in the Indianapolis area for 32+ years. He now practices as a Life and Relationship Coach. He offers coaching for individuals, couples, families, family businesses, executive leaders, pastors, and therapists. He has world class coaching expertise in Affair Recovery, Relationship Issues, Narcissistic Abuse Syndrome, Sexual Addiction, Abuse, Trauma, Complex PTSD, Anxiety, Mid-Life Issues, Shame and Abandonment Issues. If you need a safe, courageous, cutting, marriage-jolting healer, he is your guy. You can contact Mark Smith at [email protected] and 317-507-8866.

• Disclaimer – please don’t judge, a first world problem 

• Where I was in August 2007  

1. no debt
2. house, pool
3. rushing to divorce so I could be with Kristi
4. spending addiction
5. $122,000.00 in credit card debt - Novadebt
6. Took 7 years to dig out of that hole “Through integrity and hard work your credits are piling up
7. Did this with a vampire on my neck 

• April 2015 to December 2015

1. Arrogance/spending addiction
2. Paid all the bills except for my health insurance
3. The one time I trusted her to pay the utilities
4. The time that I asked her to take care of her car repair
5. $60,000.00 in therapy/treatment – loan from Jarrett
6. Could not work for 2+ months
7. Came back to only 3 clients
8. Ruined reputation
9. 3 more Associates left, 4 had left the previous August
10. Loans from Andy and Jerry kept Family Tree running
11. Poor Jeff
12. $122,000.00 in debt- Novadebt
13. $10,000.00 behind in office rent
14. Had to sell my new car
15. Usually get turned down for credit cards

• December 2015 To Present

1. Have added 2 great therapists – Karen & Peg
2. Rinda Hall’s development
3. Jerry Wise is full time!!!!
4. 50 Symptoms of Narcissistic Abuse Syndrome
5. 2 Million YouTube Views
6. Unlimited wonderful clients
7. Doing the best therapy of my life
8. Office rent paid off
9. A great $20.00 co-pay therapist
10. Still in about $90,000 in debt
11. Acquired another vampire sucking me dry financially for 7 months
12. Thriving
13. In a relationship with a woman who is financially self sufficient and so giving
14. Book sales
15. The future looks bright!!!

You Weren’t Victimized.  You CAN Dig Your Way Out Of the Hole

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