High Conflict Relationships: Why Arguments Escalate So Quickly | Epi 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 dynamics driving high-conflict relationships, and why w...
11 Apr 26min
How to Heal from a Destructive Narcissistic Relationship | Epi 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. Together, we explore what truly has to shift internally f...
8 Apr 25min
Healing from Covert Narcissistic Parenting: Guilt and Breaking the Invisible Loyalty | Epi 140
In this episode, I share another clip from my conversation on Trusting After Trauma: Redefining Relationships After Parental Narcissistic Abuse, hosted by Pi Venus Winslow. In this segment, we explore...
1 Apr 15min
Surviving Covert Narcistic Parenting: When the Parent Is There, But Not There | Epi 139
In this episode, I share a clip from my conversation on Trusting After Trauma: Redefining Relationships After Parental Narcissistic Abuse, hosted by Pi Venus Winslow. In this segment, we explore the c...
25 Mar 16min
Borderline Personality and the Fear of Abandonment: What Most People Miss | Epi 138
In this episode, we take a deeper look at a common misunderstanding about borderline personality organization: that the core struggle is simply a fear of abandonment. Drawing on the work of psychoanal...
18 Mar 19min
Why Do I Feel Safer Expecting Disappointment? | Consolidation Epi 137
This is another consolidation episode based on clinical work with a patient who recognized that he organizes his relationships around anticipated disappointment. When things are going well, he becomes...
14 Mar 24min
Why Does the Narcissist Feel Emotionally Unreachable- Shut Down? | Epi 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 private inner world when closeness starts to feel ...
11 Mar 20min
Why Do People Admit to Secrets but Keep Doing the Behavior? Consolidation Series | Epi 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 happens psychologically when someone admits to a h...
7 Mar 18min
