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.

Thank you, everybody, for tuning into Breakdowns to Breakthrough.

As you know, I'm Lisa A. Romano, and today is a very special guest.

Her name is Rachel, and she's a graduate of the 12-week-week-the-coaching program.

And Rachel has shared with us throughout the program some of her experiences dating narcissists.

And I thought it was a great idea to have this fabulous young woman who has worked so hard to

recover from everything that she's been through to experience great breakthroughs because

it's an inspiration.

When we know that someone who is like us has experienced

things that we've gone through and we know that they are or they have found ways to keep on

keeping on, I think it inspires us to believe that it's possible for us to recover. I think it

helps us recognize that there is hope, you know,

and it's just like learning how to fix a car. Once you know how to fix the car, you feel

confidence. But if you have a car that keeps breaking down and you don't have the tools,

well, that's when you feel hopeless. So when we hear stories from other people who have been where we are and they're learning

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