2026-07-20
1 小时 3 分钟Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast.
Have 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.
But these words do mean something very specific.
And our expert today is gonna take you and me into the world of dark personalities.
Because what she calls poisonous people aren't just the subjects of true crime investigation or sitting in jails.
They're in boardrooms.
They're in public office.
You might encounter them in your living room or at work.
Dr. Leanne Tenbrink is here in our Boston studios.
She runs the Truth and Trust Lab at the University of British Columbia, where she is a professor of forensic psychology.
She spent two decades studying manipulators, chronic liars, and dark personalities.
Because there will always be people who don't want peace.
They want control, chaos.
They want you confused.
And you know what?
They don't care when you're upset.
This episode is not about labeling people as toxic.
It's about something very specific and important, how to spot dark personality traits in other people.
And when you do see these toxic traits, exactly what you should do.