The Narcissist in Your Life Podcast

By Linda Martinez-Lewi, Ph.D., LMFT

What's The Narcissist in Your Life Podcast about?

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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The Narcissist in Your Life Podcast episodes:

04.16.2024
High Level Narcissist's Avarice - A Fever that Doesn't Break
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...
04.07.2024
Malevolent High Level Narcissist Re-Creates A Sparkling New Identity
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...
03.28.2024
High Level Narcissist: A Fortress of Defense Mechanisms
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...
11.27.2023
High Level Classic Narcissists Demean You and Your Feelings
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...
11.21.2023
Empaths Rescue Themselves from Marriage to High Level Narcissists
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...
11.14.2023
Freedom From Childhood Shame Projected by A Narcissistic Parent
Shame is a dreadful, intolerable feeling, a visceral reaction that goes deep inside of us. Often, children carry their shame into adulthood, especially if they are raised by narcissistic parents. When we feel ashamed we want to disappear and hide...
11.06.2023
Recovering from Chronic Exhaustion After the High Level Narcissist
"The narcissist is at all times a deceiver, never straight, clear or true. He/she has mastered the ability to delude himself and others. Like a socerer, he hatches intricate plots in secret..." (From: Freeing Yourself From the Narcissist in Your...
11.04.2023
Narcissists - Screamers, Passive Aggressives, Covert Operators
Each narcissist is unique in his or her inimitable way. We learn a great deal about a person by the way he/she communicates. With Narcissists there are several styles that stand out. The first is the Screamer. This man or...
10.30.2023
High Level Narcissists - Secretive, Shameless, Devious
High level narcissists are highly secretive. They often compentalize their private lives. They are never concerned about deceiving partners since they don't have a fully developed conscience. High levels are often obsessed with acquiring money. But narcissists don't share. Many...
10.26.2023
Appreciating and Integrating Your Shadow Self
The Shadow is that part of us that rises from the unconscious. It is mysterious and unique to each individual. Carl Jung describes it this way: "The Shadow personifies everything that the subject (person) refuses to acknowledge about himself." "Those...
10.21.2023
Take Back Your True Identity from Your Narcissistic Father
Narcissists cast dark shadows over our lives, especially when we are very young. Deep inside, instinctively, we know that we must survive. Many of us go along not only to get along but to stay vital psychologically. Some young children...
10.19.2023
Scapegoated Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
Narcissistic mothers are completely absorbed with themselves. Many of them have children to enhance their image of having a perfect family. The work of raising, nurturing and protecting one's child is expected and essential. The narcissistic mother often turns her...
10.06.2023
Greedy High Level Narcissists
Today we are surrounded by countless greedy narcissists in a society that has become exceedingly materialistic, coarse, Darwinian, soulless. The high level narcissist is all act: false, cunning, acquisitive. The greediest go after what you have – investments, properties, residences, businesses,...
09.28.2023
For Empaths - Practice Self Care and Self Kindness
For Empaths: Practice Self Care and Self Kindness DraftSep 25, 2023 Empaths are unique individuals who are often misunderstood. As babies and small children they learn that they are unlike other family...
09.16.2023
High level Narcissists – Playing Their False Self Roles
High level narcissists stand at center stage, commanding all the attention. He/she struts and preens before the audience. The high level is exultant before his/her adoring audience. These individuals expect nothing less than being perpetually adored. Many names...
09.06.2023
Narcissistic Mother Creates Her Masterpiece - A Golden Child Narcissistic Daughter
"In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal...
08.29.2023
High Level Narcissists Discard Their Spouses and Partners Without A Second Thought
High level narcissists are essentially solo acts. They are incapable of forming genuine relationships, especially with their spouses, partners and children. Narcissists are duplicitous. They have many secret agendas. They compartmentalize their lives skillfully and without conscience. After you have...
08.24.2023
The Practice of Self Kindness
You are in charge now unlike the days of childhood when you were under the control, expectations and pscyopathologies of your parents. Your partner, spouse, ex-spouse, siblings and other family members are not entitled to intimidate or control you. Be...
08.22.2023
Your Insights into the Covert Narcissist's True Nature
Covert narcissists fly under the radar. It can be very difficult to identify them before they have psychologically ambushed you. Polite, humble, soft spoken, respectful in manner, the covert narcissist conceals his/her true nature with great skill. They are at...
08.13.2023
About To Marry A Second Narcissist? Remember What You have Learned
Our hearts are drawn quickly and beat fiercely with someone who is irresistible. That often is a narcissistic man or woman. They have our "numbers", are often very attractive and compelling. They give us so much attention in the beginning....
08.08.2023
Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers - Restoring Your Authentic Self
Daughters of narcissistic mothers have a particularly difficult pathway to travel. From childhood they have had to contend with mothers who were cold, distracted, self-absorbed, coercive, dismissive, manipulative and psychologically destructive. Their children are at their mercy and whim. Their...
07.31.2023
Breaking the Psychological Fusion with the High Level Narcissistic Spouse
Psychological fusion represents the need to identify and merge with the high level narcissist. This occurs as a result of emotional and psychological deficits and causes a sense of being incomplete as an individual. Those who experience this fusion seek...
07.27.2023
Classic High Level Narcissists and Their Adoring Followers
Classic narcissists are bombastic and charismatic, running through their days in the fast lane---always moving to their next cascade of narcissistic supplies. If they are very successful they have more opportunities to be adored, praised and rewarded hnadsomely in this...
07.19.2023
Step Away from the Delusional World of the Grandiose Narcissist
Some grandiose narcissists are egomanical. Their bloated sense of self is without boundaries. They are delusional, believing that they are all powerful, omniscient, demi gods. They are obsessed with obtaining and maintaining the highest levels of raw power and control...
07.07.2023
Malevolent High Level Narcissist Re-creates A Sparkling New Identity
From the time he/she was very young, the budding narcissist was convinced that he was brilliant, talented, resourceful, socially gifted at magnetizing people to him/her. Often the golden child, these individuals are exceedingly self entitled, overflowing with hubris. They are...
06.30.2023
High Level Narcissist's Money Lust - A Fever that Doesn't Break
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 recovering and...
06.24.2023
Your Evolution As An Individual After the Narcissist
The narcissistic personality leads his/her life in psychological delusion. Wearing a series of false self masks, the narcissist convinces so many that he/she is authentic. There are many stories of the extraordinary duress and psychological and emotional pain that are...
06.18.2023
Rescue Yourself from the Toxic Shadow of the High Level Narcissist
"The shadow personifies everything that the subject (person) refuses to acknowledge about himself." CG Jung "Those who have no conscious acquaintance with their shadow project forgotten, forbidden and disowned parts of themselves on to others in destructive ways." Linda Martinez-Lewi,...
06.07.2023
Breaking the Pattern of Marrying Covert Narcissists
I have communicated with many individuals who tell me that they keep marrying, divorcing and then partnering with another covert narcissist. How could they have known that they would repeat this corrosive psychological pattern. They should not blame themselves. It...
05.30.2023
Is Your "Friend" A High Level Narcissist
Many individuals have narcissistic friends who are taking advantage of them and who cannot be trusted with confidences or personal information. High level narcissists, those who are socially smooth and highly successful in the world, are difficult to detect. They...
05.24.2023
The Despicable Duplicity of the High Level Narcissist
We are flawed human beings. We make small and big mistakes. It is difficult to admit that we are wrong. It takes dropping our egos and acknowledging that we were in error. If we hurt someone emotionally as a result...
05.20.2023
Deflecting the Narcissist's Poisonous Projections
The high level narcissist is a projection machine. Rather than internalizing, introspecting or encouraging insight, the high level narcissist is always in the process of externalization. He/she is either basking in his perfection or plotting the next move that will...
05.18.2023
Winning the Battle with Narcissistic Family Members
Some of our greatest challenges are narcissistic personalities within our families. The first move is to learn to recognize these individuals as narcissistic personality disorders who are not going to change. When you do the research, you learn to recognize...
05.12.2023
How to Be Psychologically Grounded in a Delusional World
At times the earth feels unsteady beneath our pscyhological feet. We experience uncertainties, even fears and trepidationss that haunt us in wakefulness and sleep. In moments of confuson and uncertainty it is particularly helpful to view ourselves with objectivity and...
04.26.2023
High Stakes Narcissistic Grifters
The high level narcissist has mastered a very smooth act: false, cunning, acquisitive and very greedy. Psychologically empty inside, he/she is always searching for more while he treats others without mercy or respect. The greediest are the have mores and...
04.13.2023
High Level Narcissists: Writing, Directing and Performing Their Perfect Scripts
The high level narcissist is a towering, talented, conquering hero, another Alexander the Great. Everyone seeks his/her counsel. Exalted to high positions of power, influence and prestige, everyone seeks their counsel. They are anointed, even considered holy. Convinced of his...
04.04.2023
Protect Yourself from Anxiety and Exhaustion Caused by High Level Narcissist
You can't fall asleep at night; you are anxious; your mind is racing, You listen to your thoughts and wonder when you will get respite. Morning comes and you face extreme fatigue. Exhaustion has a pain of its own, a...
03.29.2023
Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers - Restoring Your Strong Sense of Self
Narcissistic mothers are non-parents. They are incapable of emotional and psychological intimacy. They cannot attach and bond with their children appropriately. They use their children as puppets to mirror them perfectly. At some point you know that your mother cannot...
03.25.2023
High Level Narcissists - Masters of Elaborate Lies
High level narcissists have raised telling elaborate lies to a dark art form. They repeat their lies with emphasis and convincing delivery. The audience is immersed in his/her "story" and the way it is delivered. The narcissist's nonverbals are impeccable:...
03.21.2023
Empaths - Special Self Care Practice
Empaths are unique individuals who are often misunderstood. As babies and small children they learn that they are unlike other family members. Some children are accepted and respected but this attitude tends to be the exception. Empaths have a heightened...
03.11.2023
Don't Let A Covert Narcissist Partner Re-Traumatize You
The covert narcissist is "gifted" at re-victimizing his/her human targets. Whether you are partnered with or married to a covert narcissist you are riddled with fear and dread much of the time. You are stuck in the fight or flight...
03.04.2023
Deflecting the Narcissist's Poisonous Projections
The narcissist is a projection machine. Rather than internalizing, introspecting or encouraging insight, the narcissist is always in the process of externalization. He/she is either basking in his perfection or plotting the next move that will weaken, topple or destroy...
02.26.2023
High Level Narcissists - Power Obsessed, Ruthless
As the high level narcissist becomes more successful in the world, he/she activates greater and greater grandiosity, extreme self entitlement and ruthlessness. If he is at the top of his/her profession---finance, science, medicine, academia, entertainment, entrepreneurship, politics, media, etc, he...
02.22.2023
High Level Narcissists - Exploitive, Secretive, Without Conscience
The outer image, the persona of the high level narcissist is irresistible: beauty, handsomeness, magnetism, pseudo empathy, extreme self confidence, brightness. These are some of the qualities of high flying narcissists who are extraordinarily successful in our world today. The...
02.20.2023
High Level Narcissists Beyond the Flawless Image: Manipulations and Deceits
If you have been married to or partnered with a high level narcissist for decades or a short time, remember that your "relationship" with this person is expendable. High level narcissists are ruthlessly wanton and careless about the feelings of...
02.12.2023
Narcissistic Spiritual Gurus: Riveting, Seductive, Exploitive
There are a growing number of "spiritual teachers" who are narcissists. They are among the most magnetic and charismatic of individuals. We are in a time of many uncertainties, a kind of roller coaster ride. Many are seeking a sense...
02.03.2023
Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers Raise Themselves and Their Siblings
There is an extra psychological burden placed on daughters of narcissistic mothers. If they are not the chosen child they are expected to be at the instant service of mother---day and night. Some narcissistic mothers think nothing of awakening their...
01.27.2023
Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers - Practice Self Care and Self Love
Growing up as the daughter of a narcissistic mother you didn't learn about self care or self love. It was not part of your emotional or psychological vocabulary from the beginning. You remember the constant anxiety and terror you felt...
01.18.2023
High Level Narcissists - Their Bottomless Well of Psychological Emptiness
"In narcissistic personaities the experience of emptiness is most intense and almost constant..." (Otto Kernberg, M.D., clinical expert on the narcissistic personality). "The narcissist's experience of emotional emptiness is beyond sadness. It is a severe and intractable wounding,..., a pain...savage...
01.10.2023
The Rise of the High Level Predatory Narcissist
The high level predatory narcissist is often found at the upper echelons of power in private and public sectors. To most people they are unrecognizable in this role. These individuals are beyond clever and cunning. They are masters of image,...

What's The Narcissist in Your Life Podcast about?

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The Narcissist in Your Life Podcast episodes:

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

Malevolent High Level Narcissist Re-Creates A Sparkling New Identity

High Level Narcissist: A Fortress of Defense Mechanisms

High Level Classic Narcissists Demean You and Your Feelings

Empaths Rescue Themselves from Marriage to High Level Narcissists

Freedom From Childhood Shame Projected by A Narcissistic Parent

Recovering from Chronic Exhaustion After the High Level Narcissist

Narcissists - Screamers, Passive Aggressives, Covert Operators

High Level Narcissists - Secretive, Shameless, Devious

Appreciating and Integrating Your Shadow Self

Take Back Your True Identity from Your Narcissistic Father

Scapegoated Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Greedy High Level Narcissists

For Empaths - Practice Self Care and Self Kindness

High level Narcissists – Playing Their False Self Roles

Narcissistic Mother Creates Her Masterpiece - A Golden Child Narcissistic Daughter

High Level Narcissists Discard Their Spouses and Partners Without A Second Thought

The Practice of Self Kindness

Your Insights into the Covert Narcissist's True Nature

About To Marry A Second Narcissist? Remember What You have Learned

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers - Restoring Your Authentic Self

Breaking the Psychological Fusion with the High Level Narcissistic Spouse

Classic High Level Narcissists and Their Adoring Followers

Step Away from the Delusional World of the Grandiose Narcissist

Malevolent High Level Narcissist Re-creates A Sparkling New Identity

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

Your Evolution As An Individual After the Narcissist

Rescue Yourself from the Toxic Shadow of the High Level Narcissist

Breaking the Pattern of Marrying Covert Narcissists

Is Your "Friend" A High Level Narcissist

The Despicable Duplicity of the High Level Narcissist

Deflecting the Narcissist's Poisonous Projections

Winning the Battle with Narcissistic Family Members

How to Be Psychologically Grounded in a Delusional World

High Stakes Narcissistic Grifters

High Level Narcissists: Writing, Directing and Performing Their Perfect Scripts

Protect Yourself from Anxiety and Exhaustion Caused by High Level Narcissist

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers - Restoring Your Strong Sense of Self

High Level Narcissists - Masters of Elaborate Lies

Empaths - Special Self Care Practice

Don't Let A Covert Narcissist Partner Re-Traumatize You

Deflecting the Narcissist's Poisonous Projections

High Level Narcissists - Power Obsessed, Ruthless

High Level Narcissists - Exploitive, Secretive, Without Conscience

High Level Narcissists Beyond the Flawless Image: Manipulations and Deceits

Narcissistic Spiritual Gurus: Riveting, Seductive, Exploitive

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers Raise Themselves and Their Siblings

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers - Practice Self Care and Self Love

High Level Narcissists - Their Bottomless Well of Psychological Emptiness

The Rise of the High Level Predatory Narcissist