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 the wonderful gifts that happen upon us when we

begin to live completely in a self-responsible manner. And I mean taking responsibility

for everything, for the way that we think, for what

we watch on television, for the words that come out of our mouth, for how we behave in

relationships, for the way that we feel, for what we eat, for what we don't eat, for

exercising, for our finances, for the state of our financial health.

When we look around our house, we look around our house and we say, this is my responsibility

and what am I going to do to fix it? Self-responsibility is, in my opinion, the only way to live

an empowered and an emboldened life. Because ultimately,

who's responsible for me? Is it you? My mom, she's gone. My dad, he's still alive, but he lives

four hours away. My ex-husband, well, we're divorced. We don't live together anymore. My children,

well, they're all adults. I'm remarried. Is my new husband responsible for how I feel?

Is he responsible for what I put in my mouth? Is he responsible for my business? Is he responsible for

my business's financial health? Is he responsible for how I feel? Is he responsible for what I put in my

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