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High Conflict Relationships: Why Arguments Escalate So Quickly | Epi 142
Season 3 Episode 142
Why do some arguments escalate so quickly—and never seem to resolve? In Part 1 of this three-part series, we break down the hidden psychological dyna…
6 months, 1 week ago
How to Heal from a Destructive Narcissistic Relationship | Epi 141
Season 3 Episode 141
In this episode, we’re joined by Dan Neuharth, author of If You Had Controlling Parents and How to Heal From Destructive Narcissistic Parents. Togeth…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Healing from Covert Narcissistic Parenting: Guilt and Breaking the Invisible Loyalty | Epi 140
Season 3 Episode 140
In this episode, I share another clip from my conversation on Trusting After Trauma: Redefining Relationships After Parental Narcissistic Abuse, host…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Surviving Covert Narcistic Parenting: When the Parent Is There, But Not There | Epi 139
Season 3 Episode 139
In this episode, I share a clip from my conversation on Trusting After Trauma: Redefining Relationships After Parental Narcissistic Abuse, hosted by …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Borderline Personality and the Fear of Abandonment: What Most People Miss | Epi 138
Season 3
In this episode, we take a deeper look at a common misunderstanding about borderline personality organization: that the core struggle is simply a fea…
7 months ago
Why Do I Feel Safer Expecting Disappointment? | Consolidation Epi 137
Season 3 Episode 137
This is another consolidation episode based on clinical work with a patient who recognized that he organizes his relationships around anticipated dis…
7 months, 1 week ago
Why Does the Narcissist Feel Emotionally Unreachable- Shut Down? | Epi 136
Season 3 Episode 136
Have you ever been with someone who seems present, even engaged, yet remains strangely out of reach? Or have you noticed yourself pulling back into a…
7 months, 1 week ago
Why Do People Admit to Secrets but Keep Doing the Behavior? Consolidation Series | Epi 135
Season 3 Episode 135
In this episode — the third in our new Consolidation Series — I respond directly to a listener’s question about secrets and confession. What actually…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Anger Feels Dangerous After Growing Up with a Covert Narcissistic Parent | Epi 134
Season 3 Episode 134
In this episode, we turn to what often emerges when confusion finally begins to lift - anger at the covert narcissistic parent!
For many people who g…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Covert Narcissism Explained: Why Validation Feels Like Survival -Consolidation | Epi 133
Season 3 Episode 133
In this episode — the first in a new “Consolidation Series” — I begin responding directly to your questions and thoughtful observations.
If everyone w…
7 months, 3 weeks ago