Host Matthew Robertson shares an audio essay exploring something that many of us would say we are looking for in our romantic partnerships… a love that feels like home. Safe, accepting, and unconditionally loving.

But unfortunately, our sense of what feels like “home” can also be influenced by lessons from childhood that associate “home” with dynamics that aren’t actually healthy for us, despite how “familiar” they might feel.

To find a truly healthy love, we are going to have to unlearn some of those lessons that keep us choosing toxic relationships that feel familiar for all the wrong reasons.

That’s what we’ll explore in this short audio essay.

You can also find a video version on my YouTube channel and a text version on my Substack page, both of which are under the name A Path To Call Your Own.

And If you are looking for support on your journey of healing from childhood wounds & discovering healthy love and relationships, I'd love to talk with you about how life coaching can help you on your path. You can learn more about my 1-on-1 coaching offerings at my website: apathtocallyourown.com

Host Matthew Robertson shares an audio essay exploring narcissistic behavior and the realities of experiencing narcissistic abuse.

You can also find a video version on my YouTube channel and a text version on my Substack page, both of which are under the name A Path To Call Your Own.

And if you have experienced narcissistic abuse and are looking for guidance on your healing journey, I’d love to talk with you about how I can support you on your recovery & healing process. You can learn more about my 1-on-1 coaching offerings at my website, apathtocallyourown.com

"When a highly narcissistic individual walks into a room of other people, their narcissistic skills go to work to construct an image, a mask, of the false self they imagine themselves to be: perfected and free from the toxic shame that resides within. With subtle psychological manipulation, they will strive to influence, coerce, and lovebomb you into seeing them as they wish to be seen… or else suffer the consequences. The key mission of their narcissistic behavior is to establish themselves as the most central, important person in the room, the sun around which the rest of us are expected to circle faithfully in its orbit.. or face their narcissistic rage."

Host Matthew Robertson welcomes guest Ashley Hutt (speaker, coach, & hypnotherapist) for a discussion on the twin themes of re-parenting the inner child and parenting a child in the world.

We begin the conversation with how Ashley first came to inner child work through her training in Rapid Transformational Therapy and how connecting to her inner child helped with her life-long struggle with migraines.

Then we discuss how inner child work shows up in her work with clients: how we can connect to our inner self at different ages & stages of childhood and learn to become the safe, loving adult our inner child needed all those years ago.

Finally, we connect inner child work with the raising of a living child in the modern world. As a mother, Ashley talks about her inner work informs how she shows up for her daughter and how she makes choices as a parent.

If you are a parent, are thinking about becoming a parent, or are interested in becoming that safe, loving "inner parent" to your own inner child - this is a conversation you will definitely appreciate.