118. How to Grow After Leaving a Narcissist | Amy Morin LCSW
Release Date: 06/29/2025
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00:00 In this episode... 01:42 Time does NOT heal all things 02:56 What is your full potential in life? 03:32 What heals narcissistic abuse? 04:49 The danger of people pleasing 06:29 How to break negative relationship patterns 09:15 How to experiment in your life 11:43 What if you're in a relationship with a dark personality? 14:44 The threat of needing to "fix" yourself 17:22 How to know what you can control 19:14 How we give away our power 20:36 Not letting others regulate our emotions 23:24 Protecting your reputation through self-respect 25:57 Ongoing challenges to Amy's mental strength 27:55 Tools to retain your personal power 28:16 Language shows your power 29:05 Being a passive victim 30:01 Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and entitlement 30:40 The charm of a Narcissists 31:51 Narcissists attract victims through social media 32:17 Can we expose a Narcissist or Psychopath? 33:38 Envy 39:08 How to change an abusive relationship 40:57 How to see if you're in an abusive relationship 43:45 How to manage being isolated by an abuser 47:17 Betrayal 48:37 It does not take two to tango with a predator 49:46 Smear campaigns and more betrayal 51:28 Solitude 54:04 Grief without self-pity 57:11 Peter Pan (stuck in the past) 1:00:49 Impatience and healing 1:03:07 Being healed 1:04:58 Find Amy Morin online 1:05:21 Learning to trust after abuse 1:06:40 How to never go back to an abuser 1:08:29 Knowing that you'll be OK 1:09:43 SHARE this episode. Raise awareness about narcissistic abuse.
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