Cynthia Bailey-Rug

This podcast discusses the difference between the engulfing and ignoring types of narcissistic mothers.

This podcast encourages the listener not to allow anyone to silence them from discussing their traumatic experiences.  It is healing and helps raise awareness to discuss narcissistic abuse, and no one should try to silence a victim from sharing their story!

This podcast discusses some of the common dysfunctional behaviors people who were raised by narcissistic parents exhibit.

This podcast discusses one of the many dysfunctional ways narcissists cope - reinventing the past into something more palatable to them.

This podcast discusses one of the many dysfunctional coping skills narcissists use, retroactive justification.

This podcast addresses how narcissists abuse their victims by using petty, nitpicking criticisms and constantly changing what their goals are.

This podcast discusses the incredibly difficult topic of when a parent treats their child as if the child is the parent or a partner.  This phenomenon is known by several names -  emotional incest, covert incest, parentification and parentalization.

This podcast covers the topic of enmeshment in dysfunctional families.

This podcast helps the listener gives the listener things to think about if they're considering going no contact with a narcissist.

This podcast discusses ways of dealing with people who don't understand mental illness, and can be very difficult about it.

This podcast addresses a topic common to those who survived narcissistic abuse.  People pleasing is often a consequence of narcissistic abuse.  Compassion fatigue is a consequence of people pleasing.  It's when you get burned out on helping other people while not taking good enough care of yourself.

This podcast discusses why comparing your struggles to those of other peoples' is a bad idea.

This podcast discusses some of the most common tactics narcissists use to get attention and how to deal with that behavior effectively.

This podcast addresses some particularly childish behaviors done by narcissists and how to cope with them.

This podcast addresses busyness as an unhealthy way to cope with past trauma.

This podcast helps to encourage those in the awful role of family scapegoat how to escape that position.

This podcast discusses the phenomenon of how the body remembers everything it has experienced, and how this relates to surviving abuse.

This podcast addresses what is it like for the child of the narcissistic parent when their parent wants the child to be the parent rather than the parent being the parent.

This podcast addresses one possible reason narcissists and their flying monkeys behave as they do.

This podcast discusses passive/aggressive behavior as an abuse tactic commonly used by narcissists

This podcast is about something called a non apology, which is a common abusive tactic narcissists use.

This podcast discusses the toxicity of narcissistic friends.

This podcast discusses a little discussed phenomenon known as Irritable Gratitude Syndrome.

This podcast discusses the very real dangers of being harassed and stalked.

This podcast discusses the guilt adult children of narcissistic parents often feel after that parent has died.