Welcome to the narcissistic abused and trauma recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Stawson and I'll be sharing with you,

awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse.

I've been exactly where you are right now. And this podcast is a beacon of hope for

you to know that you are believed, you are seen, you are heard and you are not alone. And my hope

for listening to the podcast is it will help you move from post-traumatic stress to post-traumatic growth after the trauma of narcissistic

abuse because it is possible. You are enough and you deserve to thrive.

Hey my friends and a massive, massive warm welcome to the narcissistic abuse and trauma recovery podcast. It's absolute pleasure

to have you here as always where my podcast drops every single Tuesday. So make sure you don't miss

it. And if you're new, a massive welcome to my podcast. It was a real passion project of mine when I

started and it has just grown exponentially.

We've had nearly three and a half million downloads now. So you're in the right place.

If you want to find a community, a new family that believes you, sees you, knows that you

aren't crazy as well. And that's what's really important for me with this. As I literally sit here in my study doing this podcast recording each and every week so that

you learn one nugget even, a bit of information to know that this is not your fault.

So I want to talk to you in this episode really about something, I've really been pondering

this actually in the last

week, really thinking about what is it that is so divisive about the word narcissist and how I

could articulate that in a podcast to really start some conversation around this as well.

Because I am sure, like me me when you have said the word

narcissist or that your ex is a narcissist, your mum's a narcissist, your dad's a narcissist,

whoever that may be, you have got the eye rolling. Oh, not that word again. Or just you get

that sense that they're thinking, oh, not somebody

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