How To Break Your Family's Toxic Cycle Before It Destroys Your Relationships | Lewis Howes

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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The narcissism you're carrying may not be yours. It's the unbroken trance of the family that raised you, passed down invisibly through generations. Family therapist Jerry Wise reveals why swinging to the opposite extreme of your parents isn't healing, and what it actually takes to break free.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:12.7	Next we have the family therapist expert Jerry Wise, who shares a different type of dynamic
0:18.8	because sometimes the narcissism isn't in your partner.
0:23.2	It's in your history.
0:24.9	It's the people who raised you.
0:27.0	And he's going to explain how to heal that childhood trauma right now.
0:31.3	People will always ask me, am I a narcissist?
0:35.5	And I'll go, do you ever feel guilty?
0:39.2	Oh, yeah, all the time.
0:41.9	Then you're not.
0:43.4	You're just dysfunctional.
0:44.6	You're just dysfunctional.
0:45.5	No, right.
0:46.3	A narcissist is not going to feel that guilt.
0:49.8	They don't feel...
0:50.7	What have they done wrong?
0:52.5	They're always right. So that why would I feel guilt about
0:57.0	anything or shame? So if you felt that, you're probably less likely to be a narcissist. If you, but a parent can be a
1:07.4	narcissistic parent. They don't, they can abuse you, they can criticize you, they can, but they'll never go,
1:14.1	oh, that, my bad.
1:15.7	That would, that would, do that.
1:17.7	Why would they apologize?
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