Fix CPTSD Podcast | Psychology and Philosophy in Narcissistic Times with Richard Grannon
Richard Grannon
Are you in pain after narcissistic abuse? Finding yourself feeling lost? The CPTSD model and importance of trauma healing resonates with you? Turn your intuition back on again by developing emotional intelligence and healing the superego (inner critic). As you reduce your emotional flashbacks (main CPTSD symptom), you will notice your motivation and discipline go up.
Richard Grannon provides insights from psychology and philosophy to assist humans with life on this here earth.
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Richard Grannon provides insights from psychology and philosophy to assist humans with life on this here earth.
Follow Richard at:
youtube.com/user/SPARTANLIFECOACH
instagram.com/richard.grannon
spartanlifecoach.com
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 5, 2020 • 12min
How Do I Overcome a Desire to Be Parented in a Relationship?
This is inspired by a question "How do I overcome a desire to be parented (protected, claimed and loved) in a relationship?"
Why relationships are not and don't have to be white clean, culturally appropriate, free from trauma? Aren't politically correct relationships a dead end?
Jun 5, 2020 • 24min
The Fastest, Easiest Test for Narcissism Up to Date (The Smiling No Test)
This will make you confident in your ability to detect narcissists
(0:00) Exploitativeness And Entitlement As The More Dangerous Traits Of A Narcissist
(3:34) There Must Be An Invasion Of Your Boundary
(7:49) The Fastest No Test
(12:20) You Saying No Shouldn't Cause A Negative Emotional Reaction In Any Normal Person
(14:25) Narcissists Will Frequently Covertly Coerce You Into Giving Way More Of Your Time And Attention Than They Deserve
(18:44) Over Assumption Of Intimacy Is Also A Boundary Break
(21:18) Wrapping Up
Jun 5, 2020 • 10min
How Covert Narcissists Brain Wash Their Victims
How covert narcissistic abusers disguise their wrongdoing?
(00:35) The Problem That Covert Operations Create
(02:24) Brainwashing Creating Confusion
(04:52) Covert Narcissism is Corroding the Sanity
(08:50) How Can You Overcome That?
Jun 5, 2020 • 10min
Why Your Family Hates You (8 Steps to Coping with Scape/Goating/Mobbing/Narcissism/Projection)
(00:30) The Ugly Truth
(01:14) Your Family Doesn't Want What's Best for You
(02:27) Most Families Are Sick and That's Normal
(03:20) Family as a System & Scapegoating
(04:46) Tribalism
(05:30) Can You Stop It?
(06:49) Your Problem is Normal & You Can Find Support
(07:15) Forgive Yourself and Others
(08:19) Expand Your Understanding
Jun 5, 2020 • 21min
Guidance into Meditative states for people who find meditation tricky
Some people don't like meditating and find it hard, stressful or frustrating.
This method works well and you dont need to be all serious and weird about it.
Anyone can do it and you can get great results quickly too, your body and brain want to go into that quiet state for a bit, feels good.
(0:10) Preparation
(0:57) Guidance
(17:00) Coming back and a sum up
Jun 5, 2020 • 21min
Narcissistic Mothers - "the golden child and the black sheep"
Exploring the dynamics of golden child vs. black sheep in families with narcissistic mothers. Contrasting benign vs. toxic narcissism. Tactics like reframing used by narcissists to dominate conversations and control. Double binds and manipulation in parent-child relationships. The impact of growing up with a narcissistic parent and mental self-defense against emotional baiting.
Jun 4, 2020 • 10min
How to REALLY self-care
Yin and Yang of self-care, importance of consistent action over time, how self-discipline can be both compassionate and assertive.
(With background music)
Jun 4, 2020 • 17min
3 facts everyone is getting WRONG about Codependency!
Codependency is NOT what some people say it is
(0:11) #1 False Dichotomy
(1:44) #2 False Virtuousness
(4:09) #3 No Codependency Without CPTSD
(6:04) Recap
(8:33) Toxic Codependency Fake-gurus
(9:42) Codependent Manipulation
(14:09) Self-sacrifice as Manifestation of Trauma, Slave Mentality
Jun 4, 2020 • 10min
How to Start Getting Better Instantly (fix CPTSD)
Do you want to heal from CPTSD? Do you?
A wake up call in healing CPTSD, quick inspiration and a reminder of importance of the intention
(0:02) Don't Be Riddled With CPTSD
(0:25) People Like Us Can't Just Jellyfish Through Life
(2:30) Do You Need to Be Medical Professional to Cure People?
(3:20) Nobody Can Save You. But You Can!
(5:42) Do It or Don't Do It (There is No Try)
(7:25) From Codependency to Sovereignty
(8:50) You're Not Broken, Just Take Action
Jun 4, 2020 • 39min
One Key Element to Healing From Pain/Grief/Loss
How to heal from pain and grief, embrace emotions, experience your feelings, therapeutic journaling, need for connection, self-compassion
(00:04) What is It About?
(04:44) Isolation
(09:05) Pain is Okay
(14:25) If You Keep Concentration on the Issue is It Danger to Reinforcing This?
(19:41) Drill Down the Emotions
(25:05) Why You Need to Improve Your Emotional Literacy?
(29:49) Why You Have No Memories From Your Childhood
