Episode 259: Healing from Narcissistic Relationships with Kerry McAvoy
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Psychologist and writer Kerry McAvoy joins me to discuss the challenges of being in a relationship with someone who has narcissistic personality disorder. We also delve into its effects on individuals and share insights on self-nurturing after the relationship ends.
Kerry Kerr McAvoy is a psychologist and a writer who educates on social media about cultivating healthy relationships, deconstructing narcissism, and understanding various other mental health-related issues. Her book, Love You More, gives an uncensored glimpse into the dynamics of narcissistic abuse.
Featured topics:
- We explore the phrase "It takes two to tango…" Does it, though, when narcissistic abuse or toxicity is involved in a relationship? (1:49)
- Is there anything that you can do to help a narcissistic and abusive partner? The short answer is no. (7:00)
- Narcissistic Personality is a disorder. It's not a mental health condition. Kerry explains the distinction. (11:58)
- The slow dismantling of Self when you are in an abusive relationship. (15:29)
- Covert Aggression: what it means and how it shows up (19:56)
- Focusing on and nurturing yourself back to life is essential in a relationship that has dimmed you. (46:08)
Learn more about Kerry McAvoy:
Kerry Kerr McAvoy is a psychologist and a writer who educates on social media about cultivating healthy relationships, deconstructing narcissism, and understanding various other mental health-related issues. Her book, Love You More, gives an uncensored glimpse into the dynamics of narcissistic abuse.
Resources & Links:
Kate's book "The D Word - audiobook now available!
Phoenix Rising: A Divorce Empowerment Collective
Kerry's book, Love You More
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay or should you go. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm Kate Anthony, your divorce survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate some of |
| 0:23.3 | the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions. I've been to |
| 0:29.1 | hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other side of this process |
| 0:35.1 | with your sanity and your heart intact. |
| 0:47.3 | Hey, everyone. Welcome back. I am really excited about today's episode, Carrie McAvoy. She's a psychologist and a writer |
| 0:57.6 | who educates on social media about cultivating healthy relationships, deconstructing narcissism |
| 1:03.4 | and understanding various other mental health related issues. Her book, Love You More, gives an |
| 1:09.7 | uncensored glimpse into the dynamics of narcissistic abuse. |
| 1:14.7 | And we really get into it. |
| 1:19.3 | And her story is her memoir, Love You More, the harrowing tale of lies, sex addiction, and double cross. It is, |
| 1:31.2 | whew, let me tell you, her story is something else. So I'm just going to get right to it |
| 1:37.4 | and go straight to the interview because I think it's that good. So without further ado, |
| 1:43.2 | here's my conversation with Carrie McAvoy. |
| 1:48.8 | Carrie McAvoy, thank you so much for coming on and talking all things, narcissistic relationships, getting out, being in. |
| 1:57.7 | A lot of people say that it takes two to tango. What are your thoughts on that? |
| 2:04.8 | If you were asking me about a normal relationship between two healthy individuals, I'd say, |
| 2:10.7 | yeah, because when I worked as a psychologist and seeing clients, and I saw a lot of healthy |
| 2:16.1 | couples, there is two people who are contributing |
| 2:19.0 | to the dynamic of a dysfunctional relationship. Maybe they're not arguing correctly. Maybe they |
| 2:24.3 | have miscommunications. Maybe they just get scared and shut down. But what happens in a toxic |
| 2:29.6 | relationship is a completely different dynamic. And that's what people don't understand is that we like to think that there's full autonomy, |
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