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Waking Up to Narcissism — 149 episodes
"Okay, You Win" Means They're Just Getting Started: A Narcissistic Letter, Decoded
Death By 1,000 Cuts Pt. 11: Termites, Not Earthquakes, Destroy the Foundation
They Know What They're Doing—They Just Don't Think It's Wrong (My Big Reveal)
They Didn't "Technically" Lie - How a Kernel of Truth is Weaponized
You're Not Bad. You're Carrying the Problem: Shame, Triggers, and Healing
Your Memory Has Been Turned Against You: Lying, Gaslighting, and Confabulation (Oh My!)
Validation, Co-regulation, and Emotional Immaturity (with a Hint of Spirituality) w/Angela De Hoyos, ALC
Flying Monkeys, Switzerland Friends & Narcissists, Oh My! Understanding Secondary Betrayal
Narcissistic Off Switch: When Naming It Makes It Worse
The Family Butterfly Effect: How Your Uncle Ray Changed Everything—And How You Can Change It Back
Narcissistic Collapse: Why Their Breakdown Is Actually Your Breakthrough
Death by 1,000 Cuts X: The Ten Emotional Commandments (You’re Most Likely Still Breaking)
"I Never Said That!" - When Your Memory Becomes the Enemy
Stop Trying to Explain Yourself to the Narcissist: Why Explanations Make Things Worse
On the Other Side of the Couch: What I Learned Losing My Mom
Would You Rather Be Liked—or True to Yourself? The High Cost of Integrity in Marriage, Parenting, Faith, and Work
Blinded by Belief: How Your Brain Defends Its Favorite Story - Even When It's Wrong!
The Emotional Immaturity Epidemic with Steph and Craig: Why Adults Are Stuck in Childhood Patterns
Genuine Curiosity: Not All Questions Are Equal – Are You Trying to Understand, Defend, Manipulate, or Control?
Death by 1,000 Cuts: Still Standing After All 9 Lives (and Then Some)
Childhood Survival Skills That Sabotage Your Adult Relationships - Part 2: The Path to Emotional Maturity - The Climb Out
Tell Me About Your Mother": Untangling Childhood's Hidden Traps with "The Good Daughter Syndrome" Author Katherine Fabrizio
Childhood Survival Skills That Sabotage Your Adult Relationships: The Path to Emotional Maturity
Learning to Life Without Training Wheels: Exploring Faith, Identity, and Emotional Maturity
Pushed to the Breaking Point: Understanding 'Reactive Abuse' vs. ‘Reactive Response’ in Narcissistic Relationships
Healing by a Thousand Stitches - Growth Through Narcissistic or Emotionally Immature Relationships
The Evolutionary Superpower of Highly Sensitive People: How HSP Differs from Autism (and Does it Matter?)
Trisha Jamison, Host of the Q&A Files Podcast on Overcoming Emotional Immaturity for Better Relationships
Finding Courage Through Chaos: Ashlynn's Path from Betrayal to Empowerment
Twas the Season of Emotional Strain: Merry Narcissistic Christmas and Happy Emotionally Immature New Year!
BONUS Virtual Couch - The Balancing Act: Self-Esteem vs. Self-Compassion
UPDATED Death By a Thousand Cuts Ocho (8) - Healing, Growing, and Thriving Through Emotional Wounds
Your Pain, Their Power: How Narcissists Feed on Relationships
What Do You Stand For? From People-Pleasing to Self-Discovery: A Journey of Character and Integrity
Navigating Societal Expectations, Faith Crisis and Personal Growth - the Allegory “Off the Beaten Path”
When Advice Goes Wrong: The Impact of Inaccurate Guidance in Narcissistic Relationship
Understanding the "Attack Surface" in Narcissistic /Emotionally Immature Relationships (When Vulnerability Goes Bad!)
How Much Gaslighting Does a Gaslighter Gaslight if a Gaslighter Doesn’t Know They Gaslight? - Part 2
Pathological Kindness: When Caring, Trying, and Empathizing Too Much Can Be Bad For Your Health
Emotional Survival Tips: Responding to Crisis in Narcissistic Relationships
Gaslighting's Greatest Hits: The Top Lies You Believed About Yourself
Do Healthy Relationships Even Exist? A Journey Through Narcissism, Nice Guy Syndrome, Emotional Immaturity, and…MAGIC!
Explaining the “False Self,” aka Why Good People Get Trapped In Bad Relationships
Healing Childhood Neglect: The Roots of People Pleasing and Narcissism
DARVO, Differentiation and Detangling Difficult Dynamics
When Life Just “Lifes” All Over You: A Tale of Resilience and Growth Through Narcissistic Relationships
Death By a Thousand Cuts VII - The Rise of the Emotionally Mature!
Part 2 - From Grandiose to Vulnerable With a Touch of Emotional Immaturity - Exploring Attachment Styles
Transforming or Transgressing? The Thin Line Between Emotional Growth and Weaponization
From Grandiose to Vulnerable With a Touch of Emotional Immaturity - Exploring Attachment Styles Pt1 of 2
Embracing Popcorn Moments: Finding Strength in Non-Reaction
Unmasking Family Roles in a Narcissistic/Emotionally Immature Household
Why Do I Keep Losing My Crap, My Mind, and My Memory? Understanding Amygdala Hijack in Relationships
Death by a Thousand Cuts - Episode 6: The Camouflaged Wounds - Seeing the Unseen
The Power of Epigenetics: “Creating the Vitality You Crave” w/Lori Finlay
When 'Your Reality' Becomes a Weapon: Unpacking One of the Narcissist's Favorite Phrases
The Confabulation Conundrum: When Reality Gets Distorted
BONUS - Alone...But Not Really - Embracing Solitude from The Mind, The Mirror and Me Podcast w/Mackie Overbay
Never Settle: Embracing Respect and Navigating Relationships with Emotionally Immature Partners
Acceptance vs. Forgiveness: Which Harmonizes with Your Healing? Navigating Narcissism and Emotional Immaturity
So a Narcissist, Emotionally Immature Person, and Nice Guy Walk Into a Bar - How to Know What You Don’t Know
Echoes of Enmeshment: Differentiation in a World of Narcissism and Emotional Immaturity
Gaslight, Golden Child, and Growth: Understanding Narcissism vs Emotional Immaturity
Boundaries and Bucket Lists: Reclaiming Emotional Power
The Power of Temporary Connections: Understanding Bridge Partners
Death By a Thousand Cuts 5 - The Musical
I Want to “Lean In” Into Healing, Growth, Discomfort…But Somebody Needs To Convince My Body!
Unseen Chains: Navigating the Subtleties of Coercive Control
Control or Love: Breaking Free from Emotional Manipulation in Relationships
Understanding Emotionally Immature and Narcissistic Individuals in Therapy: Insights for Individuals and Therapists
Surviving the RIDE: Breaking the Cycle of Intermittent Reinforcement in Narcissistic Relationships
Healing the Scars: Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse and Reclaiming Self-Worth
Autism or Narcissism? Unpacking Neurodivergent Relationships with Jodi Carlton, MEd
Sanity over Spouse: Crafting Calm Amidst Chaos
Managing the Mind Boggle: Navigating through Nice Guys, Narcissists, and the Emotionally Immature - Plus, Is Change Real or Temporary?
I Don’t Even Know What That Means? Unmasking the Silent Symphony of the Ultimate Gaslighting Guffaw!
Exploring the 5 Types of Narcissism pt 2 of 2 BONUS Murder on the Couch Preview
They Really Do Suck the Life Out of You - The "Antagonistic" Attachment of the Narcissist
Exploring the 5 Types of Narcissism pt 1 of 2
Exploring Anxiety, Uncertainty, and "Narcissistic Victim Syndrome" w/Bonus Haiku
Navigating the Negative Effects of the Narcissistic (or Emotionally Immature) Parent
Feeling Stuck? Recognizing the Negative Effects of Regret and Rumination
Thou Shalt Use Whichevereth Type of Toothpaste Thou Wantest - Breaking the Commandments of Narcissism (Finally!)
Dana Killion, Author of “Where The Shadows Dance” on Finding Strength When You Feel You Have None
Let ME Explain Narcissism and Emotional Immaturity to Your Friends, So You Don’t Have To!
Why People Stay in Unhealthy Relationships - You Do Deserve to Be Happy!
When the Student Becomes the Teacher - One Mother Opens Up to Her Adult Children
A Cornucopia of Narcissism! Switzerland Friends, Confabulated Memory, Sitting w/Discomfort, Family Roles and More!
Narcissism Knows No Gender - When a Man Loves a Narcissistic or Emotionally Immature Woman
Death By a Thousand Cuts IV (Part 4)
Don't Give the Narcissist the "Gift" of Your Anger - Button Pushing, Family Drama and More "Aha" Moments
Is Kindness in Your Genes? The Narcissist/Nice Person Origin Story
Ashlee Boyson on Surviving Betrayal, Narcissism and…Murder
Susie Pettit on Navigating a Narcissistic Relationship - From Rock Bottom to Midlife Warrior
Making Sense of Nonsense - 5 Keys to Interacting with the Narcissist/Emotionally Immature
Shouldn't Somebody Tell Her? How to Handle Narcissistic In-Laws w/Kristin Hill, LMHC
Congratulations to Gaslighting! Apparently, You're Word of the Year!
From Gaslighting to Greatness…You ARE Enough, Wonderful and Amazing!
Why Confronting the Narcissist is Exactly What They Want!
Waving the White Flag Against Violent Communication
"Are You A Narcissist?" Tony Interviewed on Michaela Renee Johnson's "Be You Find Happy" Podcast
Sarah Doucette Author of "Stronger Than That: A Domestic Violence Survivor Uncovers the Truth About Her Abuser"
Death by a Thousand Cuts - The Trilogy (Part 3)
Co-Parenting Q&A, Narcissistic Silent Treatment and Narc on Narc Crime!
Why Do I Get Angry/Sad/Frustrated So Fast? Understanding the "Amygdala Hijack!"
A Letter Says it All - One Woman's Experience Waking Up to Narcissism
Working the Wellness Model, Raising Your Emotional Baseline and Self Care w/Nate Christensen APCC
Exploring the Expanded Narcissistic Cycle of Abuse aka "Why You Can't Leave the Narcissist in Your Life," from Kristen Milstead
"Waking Up" Saves Lives! Plus "Maddening and Bizarre Things Narcissists Do" from the Narcissist Family Files
Bigfoot, Nellie, and the Nice Narcissist - Myths or Reality? Exploring "White Knight" Narcissism
Q&A 1 Exploring Self-Worth, Trust in New Relationships, Levels of Intimacy and "Is My Picker Broken?"
So Now You Know About Narcissism, Who Can You Tell? Should You Tell? w/Bonus Triangulation
Ross Rosenberg, Author of The Human Magnet Syndrome - From Self-Love Deficit to Self-Love Abundance
Parenting, Co-Parenting and the Role of Validation with a Narcissist
Emotionally Liberated or Defeatedly Discarded? Difficulties in Moving on from a Narcissist
Does the Narcissist REALLY Believe What They're Saying? Understanding the Role of Confabulation in Gaslighting
Coercion, Carrots and Sticks - All Get the Donkey to Move But at What Cost?
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Cure for the Pathological Loneliness of the Narcissistic Discard - Moving from Self-Love Deficit to Abundance
Isolating, Monitoring and Manipulation, Oh My! Coercive Control In the Narcissistic Relationship
Wait, Was That Story About Me? The Consistency of Narcissism
How the Narcissist Slowly Destroys Ones Sense of Self - Death by a Thousand Cuts Pt. 2
Parenting, Co-Parenting and Parallel Parenting with a Narcissist
The Neuroscience of Narcissism with Nate Christensen, APCC
The Emotional Toll of a Narcissistic Relationship - One Woman's Story
Can Therapy with a Narcissist Help, or Does it Make Things Worse?
New Insights on the Narcissistic Trauma Bond - The Need for Survival
How To Gray Rock Through a Narcissistic Smear Campaign...with Extra Butter
How to Prevent Your Kids From Becoming Narcissists
Exploring Narcissistic Relationships with Suzanne Falter, Writer, Speaker and Podcast Host
The Narcissist and the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
Emotional Maturity vs. Narcissism, OK I'm Awake, Now How Do I Communicate?
BONUS Why Am I the Last Person to Know What to Do With My Life?
Navigating a No-Contact Rule with a Narcissist
How Do You Share Your Narcissistic Awareness with Others...or Can You? Plus Welcome to Holland!
Narcissists and the Holidays - Gifts, Gaslighting and the Grinch
The Importance of Self-Care In Narcissistic Relationships: Raising Your Emotional Baseline
Narcissistic Family Systems - Introducing The Scapegoat
Hold On To Your Hippocampus - The Impact of Narcissistic Abuse on the Brain
Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Understanding the Black or White, All or Nothing Thinking of the Narcissist
Setting Boundaries w/the Narcissist
Am I the Narcissist? Exploring Narcissistic Traits and Tendencies
Death By a Thousand Cuts - Is it Safe to Explain Your Situation to Others?
Escaping the Narcissistic Trauma Bond
Good People Trying to Make Sense of Nonsense (Gaslighting)
Narcissistic Awareness Grief and the Narcissistic Apology
Nature, Nurture or C, All of the Above? The Narcissist Origin Story
Survival Tips For Engaging w/the Narcissist
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