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Toxic Environments Can Lead To Healthy Outcomes Jennifer K. Hill and Brandon Maslan discuss what makes a toxic environment and offer tips for coping with them. They discuss various types of toxic personalities and how shifting one’s stance or perspective can shift the perceived toxicity. Hill emphasizes that creating healthy boundaries is the key to enduring a toxic environment or individual. Maslan explains that the more you build yourself up the less likely you are to be broken down by those who might seek to cause harm. Ultimately, it is important to know that even environments that may feel detrimental to our egos can still serve a purpose of confidence building, the key is to leave before they can do any permanent damage. To quote Nelson Mandella, “You are the captain of your fate."