Quoting from my book: Recovering and Healing After the Narcissist: "We re born in complete dependence and vulnerability. Within us are the developmental seeds for individuation--a word that describes the growing edge of a strong solid person who will flourish, expand and deepen as he responds to the imprint that is solely his." "Separate and individuate from your narcissistic partner or spouse and narcissistic family."  Practice self care: beautiful music that puts you in the parasympathetic mode. Diaphragmatic breathing activates the parasympathetic, the calming, restorative, transformative part of the body/mind systems.     

In Seasons of Chaos, Trust Your Individuated Self

The Narcissist in Your Life Podcast is hosted by Linda Martinez-Lewi, Ph.D., LMFT, specializing in the Narcissistic Personality--Overt and Covert Narcissists.  She offers in-depth knowledge about the origins and dynamics of the narcissistic personality and strategies and practices for those who have been psychologically and emotionally abused by toxic narcissistic personalities through her global podcasts and her books: Recovering and Healing After the Narcissist and Freeing Yourself From the Narcissist in Your Life.

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Running a fever is a sign that we are fighting an infection. Your temperature rises; you are very hot. Your sweat glands activate and you cool down. Your fever has broken and you are in the process of healing.  The high level narcissist's avarice has no boundaries, no controlling force.  The lust for money and power in the high level narcisist is a fever, a sickness, a perverse uncontained pursuit.  Avarice is the singular preoccupation for many high level narcissists.  It isn't knowledge, wisdom, insight or inner peace they are seeking. It is knowing that they have achieved their greatest goal---wealth and material largesse. In this obsessive pursuit the high level narcissist doesn't stop victimizing others, disrupting their lives, leaving them without monetary means, causing etreme duress, anxiety and worry.  Studying and researching the high level narcissist provides you with the insight to recognize and successfully deal with these money vultures.  Study their character traits and patterns of behavior and thinking. Learn to dis-entangle yourself from the avarice fevered high level narcissist. Practice self care each day, Exercise your intuitive gifts. Honor your wisdom and fine character. Click below for links to my books on Amazon  Freeing Yourself From the Narcissist in Your Life https://tinyurl.com/4jvjjrvj Recovering and Healing After the Narcissist https://tinyurl.com/343536ah Click below to go to Mental Health Radio News Network https://tinyurl.com/44arsdft  

High Level Narcissist's Avarice - A Fever that Doesn't Break

From the time he/she was very young, the budding narcissist was convinced that he was brilliant, talented, master of social graces, resourceful, socially gifted at magnetizing people to him/her. Often the golden child, these individuals are exceedingly self entitled, overflowing with hubris.  They are convinced that they are perfect---superior to others in every respect. They don't develop a conscience and blame their dirty deeds on siblings, friends, family members, acquaintances, rivals, enemies.  High levels are "climbers", determined to reach the highest summits of monetary and professional largesse, to ingratiate themselves to the most moneyed power brokers and social movers and shakers.  They get their lietenants to do the dirty work. They come out of their misadventures without blemish or murmur. They cheat, steal, lie threaten, collude, betray, scheme---and never get caught. Many fear that lying will bring down holy thunder and lightening. Not the high level narcissist.They take pleasure in mendacity---this is a familiar game to them.  Learn to recognize these vipers quickly.  Take your own pathway, that of the just, discerning, empathic. Your intellect is keen; your character is fine, your creative talents are many. You shine forth and chart your own course. The winds are at your back now. You see and feel the beauty and majesty of the blue waters of healing, restoration, transformation and creativity.   Click below for links to my books on Amazon  Freeing Yourself From the Narcissist in Your Life https://tinyurl.com/4jvjjrvj Recovering and Healing After the Narcissist https://tinyurl.com/343536ah Click below to go to Mental Health Radio News Network https://tinyurl.com/44arsdft      

Malevolent High Level Narcissist Re-Creates A Sparkling New Identity

Grandiose, filled with hubris, extreme self adulation, the high level narcissist creates a series of personas that feed his/her delusons of ultimate power and perfection Propeled by a lack of conscience, the high level narcissist sails past those who stand in his/her way to achieve master and control. The high level has perfected the creation of a series of false seleves that showcase his/her perfection and omnipotence. The high level possesses a dark venal shadow that ejects psychological venom on all those at hand. This narcissist is a masterful fabricator of lies. He/she is persuasive and self rightous with their lies. High level narcissists are thieves of your creative concepts, books, inventions. Their intentioin is to take your original material for themselves, monetize it and even discard you. You are a truth seeker and have discovered the true nature of the high level narcissist. Listen to the wisdom of your intuition combined with your study of this personality disorder.  Put your attention on self care and self regard. Move forward with your many creative gifts and fine character as you rediscover your true, authentic, original self.  My  books Freeing Yourself From the Narcissist in Your Life and Healing and Recovering After the Narcissist are available on Amazon.  Click the link below for the Mental Health News Radion Network, a Global Network of Shows by Podcasters on every facet of Mental Health:  www.mhnrnetwork.com  

High Level Narcissist: A Fortress of Defense Mechanisms

Classic narcissists, larger than life, bombastic, charismatic to some, sail through their days in the fast lane---always moving to their next cascade of narcissistic supply. If they are very successful they have more opportunities to be adored, praised and rewarded handsomely in this current world of rampant pathological narcissism.  Those at the top of their games don't do the hardest work. They have adoring followers, psychologically dependent individuals, hangers on, at their beck and call. If you have narcissists in your family, you are too keenly aware of how they demean you and/or ignore you or bith. If you are having a difficult time, they completely ignore what you are saying or they wonder what is the matter with you that you have caused such trouble for yourself.  Narcissists are peripatetic---They always have their engines running. They go from one project to the next, one trip to the next, one aquisition to the next, one full makeover to the next, one partner to the next, etc.  They get a kick out of running circles around you. They don't care about you one whit. They jauntily move along to constantly brag about themselves.  On some occasions the narcissist wonders out loud about what is wrong with you that you can't overcome your problems. After all, they did! At a point of awakening you recognize that you are an adult in the process of healing and restoration from the classic high level narcissist.  You are entitled to practice self care each day. Rest, sleep, self love, Nature in all of its beauty, the gift of music. Do the work of healing every day. You deserve deep inner peace and the fulfillment of your many unique creative gifts. Click the link below for my books on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/46befxue Click the link below for the Mental Health News Radion Network, a Global Network of Shows by Podcasters on every facet of Mental Health: www.mhnrnetwork.com

High Level Classic Narcissists Demean You and Your Feelings

Empaths are highly perceptive, exquisitely sensitive individuals. They are finely attuned to their external and internal environments. They feel deeply and are often misunderstood by spouses, family members and the world at large. Empaths who are married or partnered with high level narcissists have a particularly difficult time. Many of you grew up as children of narcissistic parents. Demands and reprimands were daily occurrences. Narcissistic mothers and fathers gave you the message that you didn't and couldn't measure up to their expectations. You felt irredeemably flawed. For making great efforts to obtain any attention, warmth, attachment, acceptance didn't work. You were looked upon with scorn even disgust.  Married to a high level narcissist you are at the mercy of their recriminations, criticisms, projections.  There is a time of awakening when you can no longer tolerate being controlled by the high level narcissist. You can now move forward with self care: sleep and rest, movement and exercise, nourishing food, good hydration, Nature, developing your spiritual practice as you understand it, rediscovering your unique creativity, the fulfillment of your authentic, creative, true self. Click the link below for my books on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/46befxue Click the link below for the Mental Health News Radio Network, a global network of Shows by Podcasters encompassing every facet of Mental Health: www.mhnrnetwork.com      

In Seasons of Chaos, Trust Your Individuated Self

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