Gaslighting Our Kids is Damaging
“If I validate my kid's feelings about their dad, then I'm bad mouthing him. If I tell my kids he's not that bad, and he really does love them, then I'm gaslighting them. My kids have picked up on the...
24 Sep 202322min
Guilt Manipulation: How a Covert Narcissist Uses Your Own Guilt Against You (Special Throwback Episode)
Guilt is such a unique thing. It can be wonderful and horrible all at the same time. Many of us are raised to feel guilty when we do something that we should not or when we hurt someone’s feelings. We...
21 Sep 202316min
Q&A Parenting with a Covert Narcissist
How do you feel in this relationship with a covert narcissist? Describe it. What are your feelings? Confused. Hurt. Angry. Overwhelmed. Like everything is my fault. Perplexed. Afraid. Ungrateful. Conf...
17 Sep 202321min
What Really is a Covert Narcissist? (Special Throwback Episode)
Many people are struggling to understand what a covert narcissist actually is. I recently heard a podcast that was trying to figure out what a covert narcissist really is. They clearly, like so many, ...
14 Sep 202317min
Self-Regulation Skills for Our Kids
When a person feels threatened, physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically, there will be a response inside them. This will happen. No matter what age. Even a young baby recognizes danger and ...
10 Sep 202320min
Brinkmanship: The Crazy-Making Skills of a Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
My covert narcissistic husband loved the word "brinkmanship." He bragged about how no one knows what that word means and how great he is at it. This should have set alarm bells off in my head!! But it...
8 Sep 202315min
What About the Kids?
You find yourself married to a covert narcissist. Researching like crazy. You are stunned at the treatment you have allowed and the behavior you have accepted. It’s not okay, and it is absolutely time...
3 Sep 202319min
Taking the Scariness out of the Idea of Divorce: Interview with Eleanor Marks
Today's episode is an interview with divorce coach Eleanor Marks. After living her own life with a covert narcissist and going through a divorce with two children, she now shares her own expertise wit...
31 Aug 202322min
