How can one identify manipulative and controlling behavior in others? Is it a skill that can be learned or does it require practice?

Healing and boundaries will make you impenetrable to deceptive people. They won’t like you and you’ll be repelled by them.

It’s not about tips, tricks and recognizing red flags. You wave the red flags from unhealed parts within yourself. A predator sees those areas in you and uses them against you. All abuse is tailored to the prey; to their on personal weaknesses.