Narcissists and Empaths: Two Opposites of the Empathy Spectrum
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs
Lisa A. Romano
4.8 • 806 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Life Coach and Codependency Relationship Expert Lisa A. Romano
will reveal why and how narcissists and empaths exist on the exact opposite extremes of the Empathy spectrum. If you have high empathy, you are someone who seeks to connect, forgive, and understand. Your empathy for your partner is a gift, however, when you are in a relationship with a narcissist, your gifts will be exploited as a source of narcissistic supply. Listen in to learn more about how you can prevent yourself from becoming drained by a toxic relationship.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | My name is Lisa A. Romano. |
| 0:08.0 | I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse. |
| 0:16.0 | I am a believer in the power of an organized mind. |
| 0:20.0 | My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness rather |
| 0:25.8 | than living a reactive life. |
| 0:28.3 | May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you |
| 0:33.5 | spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:38.4 | So today we're going to be talking about the delicate relationship between an empath and a narcissist. |
| 0:44.6 | So today we're talking about narcissists and empaths, |
| 0:47.2 | and this is a toxic type of love attraction that I think we need to be aware of. |
| 0:54.3 | You know, when I was growing up, no one talked about narcissism. |
| 0:57.3 | No one talked about codependency. |
| 0:59.5 | No one talked about what it was like to grow up in a dysfunctional home. |
| 1:03.5 | No one was talking about abandonment trauma. |
| 1:06.1 | No one was talking about how it felt for a child to grow up and feel invisible. |
| 1:11.2 | In essence, we were born and we were just kind of like, |
| 1:14.6 | get out there and do your own thing, kid, and figure it out. |
| 1:17.8 | And life could be really, really difficult when you don't have someone who allows you to anchor to them |
| 1:24.0 | and someone who is wise and someone who can give you direction and someone who could |
| 1:28.9 | pass off or pass on pearls of wisdom. And so I'm really grateful for the opportunity to explore |
| 1:36.4 | some of these concepts because I think there's potential to, A, help those of us who are middle |
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