The Narcissistic Mother: Understanding the Invisible Wounds She Left Behind

Episode Title: The Narcissistic Mother: Understanding the Invisible Wounds She Left Behind In this episode of The Path to Peace Therapy Podcast, Stephanie Buckley explores how growing up with a narcissistic mother can quietly shape the way you parent, react, set boundaries, and relate to your own children today. Stephanie breaks down the difference between overt and covert narcissistic mothering, including emotional debt, guilt, control, victimhood, image management, and the child's role as the achiever, fixer, good child, scapegoat, invisible child, or emotional caretaker. This episode also explores how these patterns live in the nervous system through hypervigilance, people-pleasing, perfectionism, emotional fusion, and difficulty tolerating a child's separateness. Stephanie explains how parents can begin breaking the cycle through awareness, repair, differentiation, compassion, boundaries, and regulated leadership. You'll learn: What narcissistic mothering can look like How emotional debt and guilt shape children Why children adapt through family roles How old wounds can show up in parenting How repair and differentiation help break the cycle Listen to The Path to Peace Therapy Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more at ThePathToPeaceTherapy.com and follow Stephanie on Instagram at @ThePathToPeaceTherapy.