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 the importance of not denying a reality.

And I'd like to help everybody understand how easy it is to confuse a child and to be confused.

Think about growing up in a home where you perceive something's wrong.

Maybe daddy's drunk and you say to mommy, is daddy drunk?

And mommy says, no, Daddy's not drunk.

You perceived correctly that Daddy was drunk.

Then Daddy turns around and he says something like, you know, what are you making

your mom angry for? And so now here you are. You have perceived the situation correctly.

You have your intuition tells you that something's wrong. The people that you love the most are

telling you nothing's wrong. What do you do then as a child when you're in a reality is being tossed around,

you know, like a hot potato, right? No one wants to touch it. No one wants to look at it. Everybody

just wants to throw it around like it's a thing. And yet reality in many ways, not always,

but reality is pretty concrete. So if daddy is drunk, that's a fact. If Mommy's upset because Daddy's

drunk, that's a fact. When a child walks into a room and perceives that reality, that reality

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