The Narcissist in Your Life Podcast

The Narcissist in Your Life Podcast is hosted by Linda Martinez-Lewi, Ph.D., clinical expert on the narcissistic personality, psychotherapist and author. I offer in-depth analysis, strategies and practices for those psychologically and emotionally harmed and abused by toxic, predatory narcissistic personalities through my books: Recovering and Healing After the Narcissist and Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life, international telephone consultations and global podcasts. I put the emphasis on helping individuals to access the calming, restorative parts of the parasympathetic body/mind systems that lead to healing, recovery, personal transformation and the evolution of your true, authentic self and your unique creative gifts.

Rage and Restlessness - High Level Narcissists' Close Companions

Jun 28, 2022

The high level narcissists is always boiling over with rage at some level. One incident real or invented takes him/her over the top and the malevolent projections begin. They are directed mainly at his spouses and children. These unconscious projections cause their recipients great emotional pain. Volley after...

Beneath the Bravado and Incandescent Charm, the High Level Narcissist is Psychologically Empty

Jun 19, 2022

"In nrcissistic personalities the experience of emptiness is most intense...In these cases, emptiness, restlessnesss and boredom constitute...a baseline of pathological narcissistic experience." Otto Kernberg, M.D.

The personalityof the high level narcissist is built on a false grandiose self that begins when this...

Aggressive High Level Narcissist Plays the Role of Tyrant with Spouses, Ex-Spouses, Children

Jun 12, 2022

Aggressive, controlling, tyrannical, demanding, peripatetic---This kind of overt narcissist is menacing, especially if you are married to or partnered with them. Infamous, brutal tyrants from history remind us of these venal, dark, predatory high level narcissists of present day.

Caligula, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan,...

High Level Narcissists Double Down on Their Deceits and Exploitations

Jun 7, 2022

High Level Narcissists crowd our world today. They ar spouses, ex-spouses, relative, bosses, co-workers, spiritual mentors, acquaintances. Our society rewards narcissists handsomely with praise, adulation, celebrity and social status. The high level narcissist's raison d'etre is winning.

High level narcissists weave...

A Narcissist Cannot Be Your Friend

Jun 4, 2022

You can wave to them, speak with them at work, have brief social interactions---but narcissists cannot be your friends. Friendship requires trust, time and empathy. Many of us keep giving narcissists more chances despite their self self absorbed, manipulative, deceptive behaviors. Narcissists can be very charming and...