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.

So today we're going to be talking about how narcissists can turn your friends and even

your family into flying monkeys.

So I think it's important that we begin this session with a brief description of what

a narcissist is and maybe even dive into a little bit of narcissism.

And so everybody has a little dose of narcissism. In fact, narcissism is essential to develop the

I am. Who am I? Where do I begin? Where do you begin? Who am I in terms of what do I think? What do I feel? What are my needs and what are my goals?

Narcissism exists on a spectrum and when it becomes difficult, we begin to see personality traits like

entitlement, like a lack of empathy, self-absorption, grandiosity. We are talking to people and we feel like we want to pull our

hair out because things that they're saying are illogical, they don't make sense, and they're not

based in reality. If you are a friend of someone who has high narcissistic traits, you might be

someone who rolls their eyes a lot. You might hear yourself saying things like, well, you know, he or she their eyes a lot. You might, you might hear yourself saying things like,

well, you know, he or she exaggerates a lot. Yeah, they like to be right all the time. They like to one up people.

And you may be highly aggravated by this person or mildly agitated by this person. But you're going to

notice that this person has traits that are

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