Practical Growth: A Self-Recovery Podcast
Viral writer, TikTok Coach, and Master Practitioner NLP takes you on a journey into the heart of self-recovery and healing. In this must-listen podcast, you'll learn how to uncover your patterns and overcome childhood trauma and toxic families. Expect real talk, hard truths, practical guidance, and relatable guests.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 84
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
Narcissist Rising: What's Behind This Terrifying New TikTok Trend?
There is a terrifying new trend taking root in vulnerable spaces on TikTok. Have you fallen prey to it?
Today, I'm breaking down a scary new trend overtaking the #NarcTok communities on…
Build Better Friendships in Adulthood with These 6 Rules
Do you feel lonely? Do you feel like you don't have any friends? Or that you don't know how to make friends anymore? If so, you're not alone.
Making friendships in adulthood is one of t…
Time to Face the Music: The Genetic and Historic Context of Trauma
We are living in a new age. Now, more than ever people know more about their mental and emotional health. We're becoming an informed public, but we're not quite taking that knowledge fa…
The Jonah Hill Controversy: How Narcissists Weaponize Therapy and Boundaries
Have you ever been manipulated by a narcissist? Shamed by them? Coerced through therapy-warped language?
That's what we're talking about today as we explore the Jonah Hill controversy a…
Elevate Your Emotional Strength and Resilience through Cognitive Reappraisal
Do you want to improve your emotional regulation, stress management, and resilience?
Join me, E.B. Johnson, in the final episode of season two, as we dive into this groundbreaking appro…
If You're Not Having Fun You're Not Really Healing
It seems like the wrong question to ask. Healing? Fun? That's not how it's supposed to work. Healing is tough. It's all about facing…
Want to Change Your Life? Change Your Mindset with This Simple Formula.
Like it or not, there's power in having a realistically positive mindset. It changes everything in your life.
Why? It's because all our behaviors and decisions begin there, in how we th…
Taking Back Your Power From a Manipulative or Controlling Person
Are you stuck in the grips of a manipulative person? Is someone trying to pull your strings? Are they trying to call the shots in your life?
It can be hard dealing with someone who trie…
Do You Want to Know the Truth About Radical Self-Compassion?
Last week, it was all about forgiveness. This week? We're tackling the next step in the recovery journey...self-compassion.
It's easy for victims to have self-compassion for others. Aft…
Stop Letting Evil Gurus Sell You a Lie about Forgiveness
There are a lot of lies that self-made "healing gurus" peddle in online recovery spaces. The worst? That you have to forgive your abusers to heal.
How much truth is there in this? Are w…
Are You Relieved They’re Gone? This May Be Why Your Relationship Is on the Rocks.
Do you feel a sense of relief every time your partner or spouse leaves the house?
This is one of the biggest and most important relationship issues to pay attention to. You shouldn't fe…
It's Time to Speak Up: Ending Your Family's Generational Trauma
Make no mistake, this episode is a call to action. It's a baptism by fire. And I hope on the other side you feel called to shed your pain and end the line of generation trauma that's be…
Do Narcissistic Parents Really Love Their Children?
Do narcissistic parents really love their children? I'm sharing one of my most controversial opinions and laying out the facts in this episode.
I'm going to explain how narcissistic re…
My Mother Knew She Was Traumatizing Me. Yours Did Too.
My deepest healing couldn't until I accepted one brutal truth: my mother knew she traumatized me.
It was demonstrated throughout my childhood. Moment after moment revealed a woman who c…
The Parenting Styles That Create Narcissists
Where do narcissists come from?
They certainly don't exist in a vacuum. So where do they come from? Are they created strictly by trauma? Is it inherited? The answer is a lot more comple…
Echoism: Exploring the Other End of the Narcissistic Spectrum
Where do you sit on the narcissistic spectrum?
This week, I'm taking you on a deep dive into echoism - the distant cousin of narcissism. What does it mean to be an echoist? Are you livi…
Personal Accountability and the Healing Journey
The Practical Growth Podcast is back with special guest Duncan from BoldlyGrowing4Ward. In this episode, we're talking personal accountability. What does it mean to be personally accoun…
SURPRISE! It's the Burnout Episode.
This is the most brutally honest episode of Practical Growth I've ever released, and the most brutal to record. I hope you'll understand, and I'll see you in the new year. Happy Holiday…
Managing Our Cyclic Trauma During the Holiday Season
Did you suffer a lot of your trauma around the holiday season? Even when you're removed from the chaos, the symptoms can remain.
Notice yourself getting overly stressed, even though the…
Why Narcissistic Families Are So Different From Other Toxic Families
There's a reason I go on and on about narcissistic families. They differ from any other form of a toxic family in the world. Why? I'm going to break it down for you in this new episode.…