This is Hello Freedom and I'm your host Terry Cole.

For almost two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist and transformation coach,

and on this show I will bring you simple strategies

based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews,

and my own insights and observations

from my time on the front lines of the fascinating worlds of entertainment,

empowerment, and mental health.

Now let's get going this week's episode where I'm continuing my

conversation about boundaries. This week's episode is going to be about how to draw boundaries with a narcissistic mother. So I'm going to give you

some four protective tips that you can use and put into play in your life so that you can actually be happy

because having a narcissistic mother can make life super miserable. So let's establish what it is to have a

narcissistic mother. I've done other episodes on this so certainly you can find

them on my YouTube channel I did one called how daughters of narcissistic mothers

can survive and thrive, which has been very popular.

And in that, I really break down

how to know if you have a narcissistic mother. So if you're

wondering go watch that one then watch this one but I will give the basics in

this one and if you have a narcissistic mother, I'm going to guarantee you probably already know it.

There are different kinds of narcissism.

So some people have it, you know, the actual personality disorder, which is pretty hardcore and even then

there's different kinds of narcissists within the personality disorder so you

have the smothering kind right the engulfing narcissist who is all up in your stuff,

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