41: Narcissism With Lindsey Ellison - Part 2

In this episode, Matt, Steve, and Jessica will share the second part of their conversation with Lindsey Ellison, a speaker, writer, and relationship expert whose main expertise comes from her experiences and studies dealing with narcissists. Lindsey specializes in narcissistic abuse, and is the author of the bestselling book, “MAGIC Words: How to Get What You Want from a Narcissist.” 

She comes on to share her inspiring story from growing up with a narcissist father, being married to a covert narcissist, being divorced and single at 35, dating a psychopathic narcissist, and grappling with an identity crisis, to discovering what narcissism is, and starting to help people understand it. 

She will also discuss her step-by-step formula for creating a communication plan and script of empowering magic words that can help neutralize the power struggle that one has when they are co-parenting with a narcissist, and detail exactly what to do, how to do it, and why it works. If you listened to part one then you definitely won’t wanna this one. And if you haven’t listened to part one then you should go back and have listen before you jump onto this one. Either way, you’ll wanna stay tuned. 

Highlights of the discussion: 

• Being clueless about unconditional love and how narcissistic parents affect their children (00:53)
• Creating drama in her life so that she could get attention from her dad (06:14)
• The only way a narcissist can make things work in a codependent relationship (08:50)
• A classic narcissist move to identify one even when they seem to be a great guy (13:46)
• Teaching teenagers the consequences of narcissism to nip it in the bud (18:10)
• How narcissists get their supply from their own kids (20:01)
• The importance of teaching our children boundaries and to be okay with the consequences of the boundaries (24:01)
• It’s alway either outsmarting them or neutralizing the power struggle (25:44)
• A dysfunctional relationship is when someone doesn't respect your boundaries (30:40)

Additional Resources:

• Magic Words By Lindsey Ellison
• Unbreakable You: Breakup Without Being Broken Podcast
• www.LindseyEllison.com/
• Lindsey on Instagram
• www.Linktr.ee/TheBoldLogic

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