The Manipulation Expert: 4 Hidden Signs You’re Dealing With a Toxic Person

Jul 20, 2026 · 1h 4m · YouTube

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0:00Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast.
0:08Have you noticed that nowadays people just throw words around like, oh, this person's toxic, that person's a narcissist, this person's a psychopath, as if it's nothing.
0:18But these words do mean something very specific.
0:23And our expert today is going to take you and me into the world of dark personalities.
0:31Because what she calls poisonous people aren't just the subjects of true crime investigation or sitting in jails.
0:40They're in boardrooms.
0:41They're in public office.
0:42You might encounter them in your living room or at work.
0:46Dr.
0:47Leanne Tenbrink is here in our Boston studios.
0:50She runs the Truth and Trust Lab at the University of British Columbia, where she is a professor of forensic psychology.
0:57She's spent two decades studying manipulators, chronic liars, and dark personalities.
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