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4 Steps to Better Mental Health: The Art of Letting Go
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - May 03, 2024 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsMental health and wellness include feeling confident in your decision making abilities, and the ability to overcome life's challenges. It also includes the ability to make clear and conscious decisions regarding what relationships work in your life and which ones are a source of emotional, menta...
Narcissists Will Never Agree With You, So Stop Trying to Get Through to Them
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 29, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsNarcissistic people are not always easy to spot, especially if you struggle with codependency, have been raised in a dysfunctional home, and by those who emotionally neglected you or routinely minimized your emotions. When you are neurologically and subconsciously programmed to look outside of y...
Gaslighting: Why Narcissists Do It and What You Need to Know
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 26, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsGaslighting is essential to understand. When dealing with a narcissist or toxic person, it is essential to understand this destructive form of communication. When dealing with a narcissist, you will eventually discover that their agenda is to confuse their victim so that the victim does not have...
5 Trauma Personalities That Are Caused by Childhood Trauma
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 22, 2024 20:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsChildhood trauma helps give rise to specific personality traits. Are you codependent, a helper, fixer, perfectionistic, anxious or controlling person, and wonder how your childhood may have helped shape how you live in the world? If so, this episode is for you. Listen in as renowned Life Coach a...
Managing Negative Emotion: Emotional Regulation Tips
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 19, 2024 15:46 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIn this episode, learn how to better manage strong negative emotion with Lisa A. Romano's explanation of the necessity of developing a new cognitive pathway. If you struggle with emotional regulation, it is helpful to understand why before trying to manage strong negative emotions. Feeling inval...
5 Specific Ways Narcissistic Parents Abuse Their Children
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 15, 2024 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIn this episode, learn about 5 specific forms of abuse caused by narcissistic parents and some of the mental health challenges adult children of narcissistic parents have to face as a result. Narcissistic parents exploit the emotions, needs, emotions, and inner reality of their children throu...
5 Ways Narcissistic Mothers Ruin Your Career
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 12, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsNarcissistic mothers have long-lasting impacts on their adult daughters' mental health, including how they view themselves. If you had a narcissistic mother, you may find that you struggle more than those who were not raised by those with such high conflict personalities. In this episode, offer...
Signs a Narcissists Wants Back in Your LIfe
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 08, 2024 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIn this episode, you will learn about the signs a narcissist is trying to get back into your life. Recognizing the signs of a narcissist attempting to re-enter your life is paramount on your journey of healing and self-discovery. Hoovering, dear one, is the insidious tactic these individuals emp...
5 Key Phrases to Disarm a Narcissist: To Help You Keep Your Cool
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 05, 2024 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsGaslighting is a term used to describe the mental, emotional, and psychological abuse that a narcissist relies on to cause their targets to distrust their perception of reality. In this episode, learn about this destabilizing mind game that a narcissist uses creating unhealthy and toxic relation...
Love Avoidant or Covert Narcissist in Disguise?
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - April 01, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsLoving a love-avoidant person can be frustrating, but so can be wondering if you are dealing with a covert narcissist in disguise. In this episode, relationship coach and codependency narcissistic abuse expert Lisa A. Romano, the Breakthrough Life Coach, unveils how to tell the difference betwee...
Codependency Ruins Relationships: How to Stop Being Codependent
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - March 29, 2024 11:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsSubconscious fears destroy relationships. Unhealed, unacknowledged, and unprocessed faulty childhood beliefs are malignant in that even though you may not be actively healing them, they eat at your ability to feel secure and safe in relationships regardless. Codependency is the byproduct of feel...
How To Tell If a Narcissist is Lying: Telltale Signs
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - March 25, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIn this episode, learn how to tell if a narcissist is lying by watching for these telltale signs! Liars are not always easy to spot due to their chameleon-like behavior; however, if you take the time to step back and gain objectivity, you will notice pervasive patterns that indicate the person y...
Loving Emotionally Unavailable Men
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - March 18, 2024 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsWomen who love men they can't have are those who attract and are attracted to emotionally unavailable men. Emotionally unavailable men, spouses and boyfriends often mirror the relationships women have had with the male role models in their lives. In some cases, women who have suffered emotional ...
Narcissists Get Worse NOT Better: Here's Why
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - March 15, 2024 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIn this episode, learn about why a narcissist gets worse and not better as they age. Whether you are referring to a narcissistic spouse, parent, sibling or friend, narcissists are those who rely on their looks, sexuality, and strength to control and maintain power over others. As narcissists age...
Things Gaslighters Say: 10 Gaslighting Phrases Used To Confuse and Control You
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - March 11, 2024 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIn this episode, you will learn about the things gaslighters say to create confusion in you. In this podcast episode, learn about 10 gaslighting phrases used to confuse and control you. A gaslighter is someone who needs to keep you off balance. Gaslighting is used to deflect your focus. Gaslight...
Mental Health Issues Caused by Narcissistic Mother
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - March 08, 2024 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsAs the child of a narcissistic mother, your subconscious mind has been impressed with concepts, beliefs, and ideas that although helped you survive as a child, may work against your spiritual, mental, and emotional unfolding today. Being raised by a narcissistic mother poses significant risks to...
Rejecting a Narcissist: Part Two
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - March 04, 2024 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsRejecting a narcissist is not like ending a relationship with someone who is emotionally mature, or emotionally regulated. Rejecting a narcissist is akin to sticking your arm into the mouth of a hungry lion. Narcissists require power and control over others, and so when a source of narcissistic ...
Rejecting a Narcissist: Part One
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - March 01, 2024 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIf 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 emotio...
Grandchildren of Alcoholics: What You Need to Know
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - February 26, 2024 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsGrandchildren 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 kn...
How to Regulate Strong Negative Emotions: The Power of Validation
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - February 23, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsRegulating 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 cont...
Trauma Bonds: Breaking Free
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - February 19, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsTrauma 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 ...
Narcissists Are Mean: Understanding Why
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - February 16, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsNarcissists 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. T...
Self Love: The Importance of Loving the Self Despite Abuse
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - February 14, 2024 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsAre 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 avoid...
Forgive Yourself For Past Mistakes
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - February 13, 2024 19:22 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsAre 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 ...
5 Key Life Skills For Empaths and Codependents: Empath Fatigue and Soul Exhaustion
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - January 29, 2024 16:27 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsJoin 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 encount...
Sibling Relationships and Toxic Family Dynamics
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - January 19, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIn 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...
Healing Narcissistic Abuse Through Mindfulness
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - January 15, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsHealing 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 hel...
Reverse the Effects of Childhood Trauma
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - January 12, 2024 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsWelcome 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, ultim...
Emotional Triggers and How to Regulate Emotions
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - January 08, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsJoin 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 captivat...
4 Steps Stop Negative Thinking Caused by Toxic Parenting
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs - January 08, 2024 12:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 657 ratingsIn 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...
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