Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

My name is Lisa A. Romano.

I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse.

I am a believer in the power of an organized mind.

My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness, rather

than living a reactive life.

May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope, as you

spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

So today we're going to be talking about adult children of alcoholics

and why it is so difficult for adult children of alcoholics,

and this would include children of narcissistic parents as well.

So adult children, or the adult child who has come from a dysfunctional home that has come from a home that has caused them to

have to leave their childhood behind. And why does this happen? This happens because adult children of

alcoholics, children of abusive parents, children who don't have the luxury of being taken

care of, children who do not have the luxury of feeling nurtured,

children who are born to homes where there is rage,

there is unpredictability,

the rules are always changing,

people are cold,

there is no attention to the emotional needs, the psychological needs of the child or the

children in the home. Parents are dysregulated. They are over-emotional. They are unpredictable.

And they are people who are self-absorbed, perhaps in their own pain, in their own chaos, and they are unable to attune themselves to the needs of the children of the home.

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