Personal Empowerment Basics June 30, 2017Aggression, Covert-Aggression, Empowerment, Manipulation, Manipulators, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationshipsaggressors, empowerment tools, manipulators, personal empowerment, relational abuse, terms of engagementDr. Simon Whether they’re overt or covert about it, manipulative aggressors will always try to dictate. Therefore, to empower yourself you must re-define engagement terms and do so quickly. Taking these two actions are your principal empowerment tools.