285. Narcissism vs. Emotional Immaturity: How to Set Boundaries with Family & Work on YOU with Lindsay C. Gibson

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Lindsay C. Gibson, is back again to answer even more of your questions about the emotionally immature people in your life! Discover: How to know if your family member is a narcissist or emotionally immature + the major difference between the two; What to do if you realize that you are emotionally immature and the best ways to build up your emotional capacities; A gentle way forward if you love your family member, but find yourself healthier when you are not around them; and Abby’s new strategy for self-care in complex relationships with family and how you can implement the same tactic in your own life! To learn more about the emotionally immature people in your life, check out the last episode – ,How to Deal with Emotionally Immature Partners & In-Laws with Lindsay C. Gibson – as well as Episode 263. Healing from Emotionally Immature Parents with Lindsay C. GIbson and Episode 264. Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People with Lindsay C. Gibson About Lindsay: Lindsay C. Gibson is an author and clinical psychologist, and practicing psychotherapist for over thirty years. She has written several books, including Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents and Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People. Dr. Gibson specializes in therapy and coaching with adults to attain new levels of personal growth and confidence in dealing with emotionally immature people. Her books can be found at http://www.lindsaygibsonpsyd.com/books.html, and her website is http://www.lindsaygibsonpsyd.com/.

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0:27.9	Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things and today we are continuing an incredibly important conversation that I think can actually change the way that we interact with so many people in our lives. The conversation is with Lindsay Gibson. It is about emotionally
0:32.4	immature people.
0:33.7	If you have not gotten the download about what an emotionally immature person is,
0:39.1	please listen to episodes 263 and 264 and the last episode before you jump in here.
0:47.0	But I am telling you right now you are not going to want to miss this.
0:50.0	This is like 50 minutes that will actually change the rest of your day. So today we have
0:56.1	Lindsay Gibson. Let's hear from Dara. Hi, my name is Dara, and I just finished listening to your episodes on Emotional Imm maturity.
1:08.7	And my question is, I have identified myself as a survivor of emotional neglect and I
1:17.7	recognized myself in those conversations to some extent.
1:25.0	And my question is, if I am somebody who is emotionally immature
1:29.4	and I want to change that, what do I do? How do I grow out of this and what can I do to try to expand my emotional maturity. Thank you so much. I am a huge fan and I appreciate
1:48.5	everything that you all get.
1:49.4	Dara, you're the best kind of person in the whole world. I just love Dara. I mean amazing God
1:57.2	Dara so good. Right there in her name, Dara.
2:01.5	Yeah. Brave, bold, honest.
2:05.0	Yeah, absolutely.
2:10.0	Yes, because here we go, it's like, Dara, the first step has already been accomplished.
2:17.0	All right? You're self-reflecting. You're wondering, do I have any of these characteristics of emotional immaturity and if I do what
2:27.7	the heck am I going to do about them?
2:30.8	People who are going to be really hard to change are the emotionally immature people who have no capacity, no interest for self-reflection, because they think that they're right.
2:47.8	They think that they know it all.
2:50.0	They don't know what they don't know.
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