The Enabling Parent (S5 Ep.2)
Anyone listening to an abusive parent in action can easily interpret the other parent’s silence as safety. Because they don’t join in, they can appear to be “the good parent” — the one who feels more ...
3 Apr 36min
Sex & Intimacy - An Interview with Grace Alice OShea (S5 Ep.1)
When you grow up in a narcissistic family, you don’t get the space to become yourself. Your wants are dismissed, your needs are overlooked, and your boundaries are annihilated. So in healing, we’re no...
27 Mar 56min
How do I support my siblings, without losing myself? (S4 Ep.10)
When raised in a narcissistic system, sibling bonds can become both a lifeline and a source of deep emotional strain. In todays letter, we discuss the often unspoken dynamic of sibling abuse, trauma ...
20 Mar 1h
Golden Child vs Scapegoat (S4 Ep.9)
This week a listener describes what it was like to grow up largely invisible and also scapegoated, while their older sister held the role of the golden child. With a covertly narcissistic mother and ...
13 Mar 1h 3min
When is enough, enough? (S4 Ep.8)
Did I do the right thing? Am I being unreasonable? This week we hear from a listener who grew up with a controlling father who monitored finances, belittled her mother, mocked her intelligence, and ru...
6 Mar 54min
People-Pleasing as Survival (S4 Ep7)
In this episode, we’re exploring The Fawn response through the experience of a listener who grew up in a home shaped by addiction, conflict and emotional unpredictability. With siblings who needed sig...
27 Feb 57min
Am I Overreacting? Was It Really That Bad? (S4 Ep.6)
If you grew up with a parent who rewrote history, denied conversations that clearly happened and turned every attempt at repair into an explosion… this episode is for you. In this episode of Beyond Su...
20 Feb 58min
Does life get more peaceful when they die? (S4 Ep5)
A listener writes in with a question that many people carry quietly (and can often feel ashamed for even thinking) Does life get more peaceful when they die? This listener was adopted into a family wh...
13 Feb 52min
