Escaping Narcissistic Father

For years, she thought what happened in my home was normal. She was isolated, terrorized, physically abused, and sexually abused by the people who were supposed to protect her. In this episode, she shares the reality of growing up in an environment of intrafamilial child torture, ...  Show more

She thought he was just a family friend. He’d been around for years, came to our house every week, and everyone trusted him. But one night while dog sitting alone at his house, something in her gut told me to look closer… and what I found changed everything. This is the full stor ...  Show more

As the child of a narcissistic mother, your subconscious mind has been impressed with concepts, beliefs, and ideas that although helped you survive as a child, may work against your spiritual, mental, and emotional unfolding today. Being raised by a narcissistic mother poses s ...

Codependency is rooted in a deep sense of shame and powerlessness. Hypervigilance is tied to being on guard for the next attack. Adult children of alcoholics and or children of narcissists have been forced to leave their childhoods behind.

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Do you constantly seek your mother’s approval at the expense of your own happiness? Do you struggle with boundaries or feel emotionally trapped in your relationship with her? In this episode, I sit down with Catherine Fabrizio, psychotherapist and author of The Good Daughter Synd ...  Show more

Iyanla travels to Newark, New Jersey, to help two sons who are trying to heal from a lifetime of abandonment by their father. Son Isaam tells Iyanla that he has spent decades living in pain because of his distant relationship with his father. He and his brother Chon recall how th ...  Show more