Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs
323 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsA podcast committed to healing from codependency, narcissistic abuse, with a heavy emphasis on raising consciousness for the benefit of healing mind, body, and soul.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Rejecting a Narcissist: Part One
March 01, 2024 12:00 - 30 minutes - 56.4 MBIf you have ever broken up with or ended a toxic controlling relationship with a narcissist, you know first hand how crazymaking and nonsensical communication can be. Understanding the mindset of a narcissist can help you prepare for how NOT to take the bait when they seek to exploit your emotions and sense of reality. In this episode, Lisa A. Romano discusses what you can expect when you end a relationship with a narcissist. This is part one of this episode. Subscribe to Lisa's YouTube ...
Grandchildren of Alcoholics: What You Need to Know
February 26, 2024 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBGrandchildren of alcoholics don't always know their parents are adult children of alcoholics, nor do they appreciate what this means for them. Adult children of alcoholics have been raised feeling ignored, invisible, and in fear due to unpredictable homelife experiences. They generally do not know how to have fun, or how to let go. Feeling such a loss of personal power as children causes them to become rigid in their thinking, which leads to the need for control. Adult children of alcoholics...
How to Regulate Strong Negative Emotions: The Power of Validation
February 23, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes - 53.5 MBRegulating strong negative emotions is like having a superpower for your well-being. Managing those intense feelings—like anger, sadness, or anxiety—helps us navigate life's challenges more smoothly. It's like being the captain of your own emotional ship, steering through stormy waters with control. If we let those emotions run wild, they can take over and make everything feel more difficult. Learning to regulate them is like having a toolkit for emotional balance, allowing us to respond t...
Trauma Bonds: Breaking Free
February 19, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes - 12 MBTrauma bonds are one of the most challenging aspects of a toxic relationship. When in a trauma bond, our psychological self is under the impression that the person who is wounding us is the only person who can save us. This creates a double bind situation for ourselves, in which, our persecutor is also our savior. In this episode, learn about how trauma bonds interfere with rational thinking and how you can break free of such toxic beliefs so to set yourself free from the bondage of an unhea...
Narcissists Are Mean: Understanding Why
February 16, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBNarcissists tend to be incredibly mean, vindictive, and vengeful. Understanding why can help better navigate these difficult relationships with people with high-conflict personalities. Narcissists can be mean because, deep down, they struggle with an intense need for admiration and validation. Their behavior is often driven by fragile self-esteem, and they may lash out to protect their perceived superiority or deflect attention from their insecurities. The need for control and a lack of genu...
Self Love: The Importance of Loving the Self Despite Abuse
February 14, 2024 12:00 - 27 minutes - 52.5 MBAre you someone who takes care of everyone but yourself, and who feels the silent need to appear perfect and as if you have no needs? Did you grow up feeling invisible, unheard and as if you needed to suppress your emotions and true self for the sake of keeping the peace or for the sake of avoiding rejection, abandonment or some other form of punishment? If so, you may find it more difficult than most to love yourself. In this episode, Lisa A. Romano helps us understand why some adult childr...
Forgive Yourself For Past Mistakes
February 13, 2024 19:22 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBAre you struggling to let go of the past and to forgive yourself? In this episode, Lisa A. Romano reveals practical steps that will help you learn how to forgive yourself for being human, so you can let go and move forward in your life. Forgiving oneself is a profound act of self-compassion and personal liberation. It involves acknowledging and releasing the burden of past mistakes and understanding that imperfection is inherent to the human experience. By granting oneself forgiveness, one o...
5 Key Life Skills For Empaths and Codependents: Empath Fatigue and Soul Exhaustion
January 29, 2024 16:27 - 22 minutes - 18.3 MBJoin Lisa A. Romano in this podcast episode where she talks about essential life skills crucial for empaths and codependents, unraveling the complexities of empath fatigue and soul exhaustion. As Lisa delves into this insightful discussion, she addresses a question that she frequently encounters: the distinction between empaths and codependents, and the common misconception of whether all empaths are inherently codependent. For more help on breaking free of codependency, insecure attac...
Sibling Relationships and Toxic Family Dynamics
January 19, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes - 33.5 MBIn the intricate dance of sibling relationships, toxic family dynamics can cast a long shadow, leaving lasting impacts on our connections with our brothers and sisters. Scapegoating, where one sibling is unfairly targeted and blamed for familial issues, creates a toxic atmosphere of mistrust and resentment. Triangulation, often orchestrated by a narcissistic parent, involves pitting siblings against each other, fostering competition and divisiveness rather than unity. Narcissistic parenti...
Healing Narcissistic Abuse Through Mindfulness
January 15, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes - 31.2 MBHealing from narcissistic abuse through mindfulness involves reclaiming control of your consciousness, and preventing a toxic person from manipulating your emotions and thoughts. Narcissistic abuse inflicts doubt, brain fog, cognitive dissonance, and mental confusion. Elevating consciousness helps you navigate and avoid narcissistic mind games. Lisa A. Romano explains how mindfulness facilitates healing from narcissistic abuse, addressing the power of learning to master your awareness and el...
Reverse the Effects of Childhood Trauma
January 12, 2024 12:00 - 29 minutes - 55.9 MBWelcome to our podcast, where we explore the profound impact of childhood trauma and how to navigate its lasting effects. In this episode, we delve into an empowering strategy—Lisa A. Romano's 5 Part Kiss Strategy—designed to bring awareness and control to the negative states of our minds, ultimately fostering transformation and healing. Key Discussion Points: Understanding Childhood Trauma: We examine the deep-seated impact of childhood trauma on our mental and emotional landscapes, ackn...
Emotional Triggers and How to Regulate Emotions
January 08, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 25 MBJoin Lisa A. Romano in this transformative episode as she delves into the intricate world of emotional triggers and the profound impact they have on our lives. Emotions are the essence of our human experience, and understanding how to navigate them is crucial for our well-being. In this captivating podcast episode, Lisa, a life coach, unravels the mystery behind emotional triggers, offering valuable insights on how to process them effectively. Ever wondered how to handle those moments whe...
4 Steps Stop Negative Thinking Caused by Toxic Parenting
January 08, 2024 12:00 - 7 minutes - 6.35 MBIn this podcast episode, you will learn 4 steps to help you stop negative thinking caused by toxic parenting. If you were raised by a toxic, dysfunctional parent who saw the world through the lens of a victim, it is very possible you have absorbed those types of thought patterns. The good news is, you can overcome negative thinking by becoming aware of your thought patterns as opposed to remaining unaware of what your negative thoughts might be. Your history does not have to become your ...
Transform YOUR LIFE with Your Imagination: MANIFEST a Healthy Relationship THIS Way
January 05, 2024 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.16 MBAre you ready to harness the incredible power of your imagination and turn it into a tool for creating the reality you desire? Join Lisa A. Romano in this empowering podcast episode, where she delves deep into the art of transformation through the magic of imagination. In this episode, Lisa explores the profound connection between your thoughts, beliefs, and the reality you experience. As a life coach, Lisa is here to guide you on a path of self-discovery, helping you unlock the true po...
10 Mind Games Narcissists Play
January 01, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes - 21.6 MBJoin Lisa A. Romano as she unravels the enigmatic world of "Mind Games Narcissists Play," offering invaluable insights from the perspective of a compassionate life coach. In this illuminating discussion, Lisa delves deep into the complexities of narcissistic behavior, unveiling a truth that lies beneath the surface: "Narcissists are angry below the surface." 🌊 Drawing from her extensive expertise as a life coach, she navigates through the intricate landscape of the mind games played by nar...
50 Traits Of Narcissistic Personalities
December 29, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 15.9 MBJoin Lisa A. Romano on a transformative journey as she dives deep into the intricate web of narcissistic personalities! 🧠 In this podcast episode, Lisa, a seasoned life coach, fearlessly shares her wealth of experience to unveil the 50 distinctive traits that define narcissistic individuals. Drawing from her vast reservoir of knowledge, she dissects the behavioral patterns that characterize narcissistic personalities, shedding light on the intricacies that often go unnoticed. This isn't...
Conquering the Fear of Judgment: Mastering Emotional Resilience
December 22, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBMany people struggle to control their emotions and feel as if their emotions control them. In this episode, Lisa A. Romano, explains how to trace the root cause of emotional dysregulation back to growing up needing to deny your emotions for the sake of toxic, oppressive family rules. All beings are born asleep and live below the veil of consciousness until they have begun to experience a spiritual awakening, allowing their mind to expand beyond egoic constructs tied to the need to survive. ...
Self Confidence: How to Overcome Low Self Worth
December 18, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBDo you struggle with low self-confidence and low self-worth? If so, you are not alone. Low self worth is tied to subconscious beliefs and the emotions that appear when you lack esteem for the self. Feeling detached from the self can be tied to growing up feeling invisible and unheard. Self-esteem is a reflection of your individual self worth, which encompasses your beliefs and the emotional response to those beliefs. In order to experience happiness, self esteem is a determinant of adolescen...
Approval and Attention Seeking: Looking Outside of You To Feel Good Enough
December 15, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes - 39 MBAs children, our sense of worthiness hinges on the approval, attention, validation, and protection of others. When we do not receive the consistent, maternal warmth every child needs to develop the psychological sense that we are enough, we matter, and that we are good, and acceptable even when we make a mistake or do not always behave as our parents prefer, this mystical connection to the self is fractured. In this space, our survival brain and even the root chakra, operate from a place ...
Are You Living for Others and Ignoring Your Authentic Self?
December 11, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBAll humans are born asleep, and dream in duality, falsely believing the thoughts, emotions, perceptions, and opinions they hear their minds wrestling with are facts. Yet, they are the result of mental constructs and subjective in nature. In the West, we are not taught to question the quality or source of our thinking. Instead, we live below the veil of consciousness, and assume, without any critical analysis, that all we think is absolute. This is why humans have the ability to harm one anot...
Confronting the Fear of Intimacy: Understanding the Link to Feeling Unwanted
December 08, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MBThe ability to develop intimacy within relationships is directly tied to how well you were able to attach to those who raised you. The quality of the bond to those you love matters and is the blueprint for all future relationships, including the one you have with your inner self. All humans develop a false self, the one they believe is who they indeed are, until their consciousness expands and they being to question this inner voice and wonder from where it truly comes. How you feel about...
Adult Children of Trauma: Healing the Wounded Self
December 04, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBAre you the adult child of trauma, who has grown up confused, feeling not good enough, and full of confusion over why life has become so complicated? Was your mother or father an alcoholic, narcissist, emotionally immature, and were you forced to figure out life on your own due to emotional neglect? Those of us who find ourselves listening to self-help podcasts, seeking therapy, and are drawn to spiritually healing information are often adults who have grown up feeling unworthy due to unheal...
Childhood Abandonment Issues: Healing Feeling Like Everyone Will Abandon You/Life Coaching Tips
December 01, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBIn this podcast episode, learn about symptoms of abandonment issues and unhealed wounds of the inner child as the cause. Discover the effects of abandonment issues and how to cope with childhood abandonment issues as Lisa A. Romano, the Breakthrough Life Coach, interviews Holly, a member of The 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program, on her journey toward healing from the abandonment wounds of childhood. In this candid interview, Holly offers personal insights into how unresolved abandonm...
13 Weird Signs You Might Be Codependent; Here's What a Codependent Person
November 27, 2023 13:23 - 13 minutes - 9.35 MB13 Weird Signs You Might Be Codependent. In this episode, you will learn what a codependent person is like and how they feel and relate to the world. Have you ever found yourself in a relationship where you gave more than you received? Do you feel like you always put others' needs before yours? If those questions resonate with you, then listen to this episode! Lisa Romano will discuss the 13 characteristics of codependency and help you identify if you or someone you know might be stru...
Codependency Recovery with the Help of Brain Exercises
November 24, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 8.65 MBReady to revolutionize your healing journey? Dive into the world of brain exercises with the incredible Lisa Romano as she guides you towards breaking free from codependency! It's time to shift your focus inward and develop a profound empathy for yourself – a pivotal step on your path to healing. Discover how to nurture your own emotions, needs, and aspirations while embracing the transformative power of self-compassion. Join us in this captivating episode, where Lisa Romano shares her...
Codependent Love: DO you Love to be Loved in Return?
November 20, 2023 17:26 - 10 minutes - 8.79 MBRelationships can trigger unhealed wounds of the past, and if we are not careful and self-aware, we may love others in an unhealthy way. In this episode, you will learn from Lisa A. Romano, who will help explain why some of us love to be loved in return and why that is not the healthiest way to operate within relationships. Visit Lisa's website here to take her codependency quiz and to join her free newsletter: https://www.lisaaromano.com Codependency in relationships destroys love. Wh...
How I Transformed My Entire Life: The Power of Emotional Control
November 13, 2023 17:23 - 37 minutes - 70.4 MBIn this groundbreaking episode, we dive deep into the incredible journey of Lisa A. Romano as she shares her profound insights on healing codependency and understanding the intricate relationship between emotions and the subconscious mind. Lisa's transformative story will leave you inspired and empowered to take control of your life and create your reality. To learn more about Lisa's books and online courses, visit; https://www.lisaaromano.comm
Why Do You Keep Doing What You Don't Want to Do? Mastering Your Consciousness in the Nonphysical
November 10, 2023 13:00 - 8 minutes - 7.12 MBIn this episode, Lisa A. Romano delves into the profound journey of self-discovery and personal growth. Lisa delves into the essence of what it means to be human: the pursuit of integration. As human beings, we strive to bridge the gap between our past experiences and our current reality. We yearn to comprehend the intricacies of our thoughts, words, behaviors, and emotions - to decipher why we do what we do, say what we say, and act the way we act. Lisa A. Romano encourages us to embark on ...
Learning to Love Yourself Again After Narcissistic Abuse: Healing Childhood Trauma
November 06, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBWelcome to our empowering journey with a remarkable woman who, at 75 years young, embraces healing and self-love after enduring a lifetime of childhood trauma. In this podcast episode, you'll meet Ellen], a courageous soul who has embarked on a transformative path of recovery. Ellen is the adult daughter of a narcissistic mother who has felt emotionally arrested due to childhood trauma and codependency. Ellen often felt invisible, alone, and like she could never be her true self. When she fo...
Healing Emotional Triggers
November 03, 2023 11:15 - 28 minutes - 53.5 MBEmotional triggers take us back in time, to when we felt powerless and overwhelmed, and our brain and mind were unable to process all of the emotions that were taking place. The more dependent we are upon someone, the deeper the emotional wound. And like a quantum rubber stamp, our painful emotions root us to a place back in time. Often but not always, emotional triggers are tied to childhood experiences. Of course, they would be, considering how powerless and dependent children are upon ...
3 Expert Tips to Conquer Emotional Triggers and Thrive
October 30, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBIn this enlightening podcast episode, renowned author and life coach Lisa A. Romano shares invaluable insights and expert tips on conquering emotional triggers and achieving emotional mastery. Learn how to identify, understand, and effectively manage your emotional triggers to lead a happier, more fulfilling life. Expand your emotional awareness and take charge of your responses to life's challenges with Lisa's expert guidance. Discover practical techniques to navigate through emotional tu...
Narcissist's Mental Manipulation Tool: Overcoming Narcissistic Abuse
October 27, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBIn this podcast episode, you will learn about a narcissist's mental manipulation tool, chronic invalidation. Chronic invalidation leads to cognitive dissonance, emotional and psychological dependency, trauma bonds, and eventually physical symptoms caused by chronic stress. By identifying this manipulation tactic, you can guard yourself against the toxic consequences of dealing with someone with high narcissistic traits. If you are ready to begin your inner transformation journey, ho...
Childhood Emotional Neglect: Growing Up Feeling Invisible
October 23, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 32.1 MBDid you grow up feeling seen, heard, understood, and like you belonged to a loving family, or did you grow up feeling invisible? Childhood emotional neglect can lead to people-pleasing, agreeableness, repressed anger, and enmeshed relationship dynamics such as codependency. Feeling invisible can create a need to feel seen, which may lead into augmenting the self to fit in, regardless of the consequences. On the healing journey, where one is becoming aware and able to confront the wounds o...
Narcissists Hijack Your SuperPower
October 20, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 30.9 MBDid you know that narcissists hijack your superpower? Do you know what your superpower is? Your superpower is the power of your beliefs. What you believe dictates your entire life and every decision you make. When you are under the spell of a narcissist, your emotions, beliefs, and perception of reality are controlled through psychological manipulation. Tactics include gaslighting, triangulation, future faking, mirroring your empathy, and training you to fear negative outcomes, especially wh...
Childood Trauma Makes it Hard to Make Friends as an Adult
October 16, 2023 14:30 - 20 minutes - 37.2 MBAre you the adult child of a toxic, alcoholic, or narcissist? If so, you may find it hard to make meaningful friendships. If this is the case for you, that is not your fault. Survival strategies created during childhood to keep you safe, may be keeping you stuck and in fear as opposed to taking chances on making new friends. Childhood trauma, emotional neglect and narcissistic abuse, inhibit our ability to trust others and it also disrupts our ability to trust the self. Making friends is ...
Narcissistic Abuse: Gaslighting and Psychological Manipulation
October 13, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 22.5 MBNarcissistic abuse is a form of psychological manipulation that relies on dominance, power, and control, and is enforced most often through various forms of mental abuse. Gaslighting is a tool that narcissists rely on to cause their victims to consistently doubt the validity of their thoughts. Whether a narcissist is aware of their mind games is not as important as recognizing these forms of abuse. Once you recognize gaslighting, projection, and various forms of invalidation, you can far mor...
Codependency Recovery: What Every People Pleaser Needs to Know
October 09, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MBCodependency is a deeply ingrained pattern of behavior that can be challenging to confront and overcome. It stems from a dysfunctional relationship dynamic where one person enables and relies on another to meet their emotional and psychological needs. As a result, the codependent individual often loses touch with their identity, desires, and boundaries. Confronting codependency can be difficult for several reasons. Firstly, it often arises from childhood experiences and learned behaviors, ...
Inner Child Healing: How to Begin the Journey Within
October 06, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 8.12 MBThe inner child is that part of ourselves that holds the truth of our traumatic pasts. The inner child has been parented by those who may have been unaware they are unaware. When you are raised in a dysfunctional home, the ones in control do not admit that the home is toxic and often rely on denial to keep the sick family system going. The vulnerable narcissistic father, and angry codependent mother, who are stuck in a toxic relationship, can become blind to the damaging effects their immatu...
The Effects of a Narcissistic Mother and the Journey to Authentic Healing
October 02, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 114 MB⭐️ The Effects of a Narcissistic Mother and the Journey to Authentic ❤️🩹 In today's episode, you will hear from the daughter of a narcissistic mother, who has found her way back to the authentic self. A narcissistic mother has a significant impact on a child's life and without taking the time to heal, the patterns that develop in childhood as a way to survive, become a way of life. Growing up under the influence of a narcissistic mother can be emotionally and psychologically challenging. T...
What Are The Emotional Effects of Growing up With Alcoholic Parents
September 25, 2023 16:40 - 9 minutes - 18.1 MBWhether you are the adult child of an alcoholic, or emotionally immature or neglectful parents raised you, it is important to contemplate the effects of such a childhood. Do you worry more about what other people think about you than what you think about yourself? Were you raised to feel as if your emotions were insignificant? Was your home unpredictable, and did you feel like at any moment, your house could explode? In this episode, Lisa A. Romano, a world-renowned mental wellness expert,...
Inner Child Healing: Conquering the Fear of Abandonment 12 Week Transformation
September 22, 2023 15:37 - 1 hour - 132 MBThe inner child is that part of us we can easily lose touch with, who knows our truth and has witnessed and experienced every pain, known and unknown. For adult children of alcoholics or those raised in emotionally neglectful or abusive homes, the inner child is forced to go underground, minimize their emotions, make excuses for being abused, and often have no choice but to live in fear of abandonment. Lisa A. Romano is a world-renowned Life Coach specializing in mental wellness, codepend...
Do You Love to Be Loved? Break Free of Unhealthy Relationship Dynamics
September 19, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 20.3 MBLove can be complicated especially when unhealed wounds are at play outside of self awareness. It's easy to focus on the output or the return when it comes to love and keep your heart and eyes focused on what you are receiving or not receiving from another person. Whenever we focus on the outside, we lose our way and lose our alignment with the purity of the now moment. If I love you, and focus on what you are doing for me in return, then my intention is tainted because my attention on you c...
Inner Child Healing; Live Life Coaching with Lisa A. Romano
September 18, 2023 15:18 - 1 hour - 143 MBWe all have an inner child. However, not all of us are aware of our inner child, or the unhealed wounds we have carried around with us, since childhood. Many who are on the healing path feel a calling to heal the inner void. Those not on the healing path may not and may not be aware of an inner emptiness, or perhaps they truly are fulfilled human beings. For those of us who are aware of this gaping hole in our hearts, who have carried a sense of dread with us most of our lives, are those who...
Codependency Isn't Sexy: Conquering Unhealthy Relationship Behaviors
September 11, 2023 11:00 - 28 minutes - 53.6 MBCodependency in relationships isn't sexy and conquering issues related to being codependent are incredibly challenging. Codependency is often related to emotional trauma tied to childhood abandonment and neglect. Feeling invisible, uncared for and unseen arrests a child's emotional growth. Feeling abandoned, a child assumes it is their fault, which causes shame. Below the veil of consciousness, shame causes the ego to live in a defensive state, skirting around abandonment issues. Things l...
Feeling Not Good Enough--The Problems Childhood Trauma Create
September 08, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 34.1 MBWelcome to another insightful episode of Breakdown to Breakthrough with Lisa A. Romano, where we delve into topic the fascinating of "Feeling Not Good Enough." In this episode, we explore the profound impact of childhood trauma on our self-worth and how it can lead us to seek validation from external sources. Join us as we uncover the roots of this behavior and discuss empowering strategies to break free from this cycle and cultivate a healthier sense of self. Childhood trauma can have a l...
Ego Mind: It's Not the Real You
September 04, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 49.8 MBAre you stuck in the wounded ego, hearing your mind tell you you're not good enough? What if I told you, your ego mind is not the real you and that the real you is waiting for you to awaken to the illusion your ego has you falsely believing in? What if the critical voice in your head was a shadow of the past; an echo of those who raised you as a child? And what if, you could develop the mental skills to raise your awareness, and consciousness to the point that you could program your mind as ...
Conquer Loneliness: Expert Tips
September 01, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 19.9 MBLoneliness is common for adult children of alcoholics and those who have grown up in dysfunctional homes. As a healing adult child myself, I understand the deep-rooted struggles that individuals from toxic childhoods face, particularly when it comes to loneliness. Those who have grown up in toxic environments often struggle with forming healthy and meaningful relationships due to the lack of love, support, and emotional connection they experienced during their formative years. This can lead ...
Codependent Narcissist Tango: Unpacking the Attraction
August 28, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.27 MBCodependency recovery is not for the faint of heart. Codependents often find themselves attracted to individuals with high narcissistic traits due to a complex interplay of psychological factors. One key reason is that codependents tend to have a deep-seated need to care for and please others. They derive a sense of self-worth and validation from being needed and relied upon by others. Narcissists, on the other hand, have an insatiable need for attention, admiration, and validation. This cre...
Faking Happiness; 3 Reason Why You Do It
August 25, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 35.8 MBDo you fake happiness, or try to pretend you are more okay than you are? If so, you're not alone. Faking happiness is something many of us do without even noticing we are doing it. If you grew up feeling unworthy, and not good enough, you may have been brainwashed and psychologically conditioned to fake happiness. Adult children react to adult situations much like a child would, feeling subordinate to those we perceive as authorities in our lives. Healthy well adjusted adults can make mi...
Intelligent Ways to Outsmart a Narcissist
August 21, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 8.71 MBIn this podcast, Lisa Romano dives deep into how to outsmart a narcissist without them realizing what you are doing. By choosing not to engage with them and by letting go of your need to prove them wrong, you get to win and outsmart a narcissist. Learning to set boundaries with a narcissist is outsmarting them. Remember, narcissists win when you engage, so don't. Become the one a narcissist cannot attach to. Developing a willingness to not argue with a narcissist or to punish a narcissist...