Parenting/Dating with Children and with a Narcissistic Partner

What happens when the person you have to co-parent with is also the person who constantly manipulates, controls, gaslights, or creates conflict? Or what if you are dating and cannot break from the trauma bond with the narcissist and you have children involved? In this raw and honest episode, we unpack the reality of parenting with a narcissist—from narcissistic co-parenting and emotional manipulation to smear campaigns, reactive abuse, parental alienation, and the impossible pressure of trying to protect your children while maintaining your own peace.You’ll learn how narcissistic behavior can impact children, why high-conflict co-parenting feels so exhausting, and how to stop getting pulled into the cycle of defending, explaining, and reacting.Because sometimes healing isn’t about getting the narcissist to understand.It’s about learning how to stop letting their chaos control your peace and becoming the safe, emotionally healthy parent your children need.