Welcome to the narcissistic abuse 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, a massive welcome

to the narcissistic abuse and trauma recovery podcast. As always, it's my absolute honor and pleasure to have you here, albeit through these challenging circumstances, healing, educating, inspiring you to heal and thrive after the trauma of narcissistic abuse. I also wanted to just share a celebration with you that we are now, would you believe,

we've had over 3.6 million. Yes, you heard that right. I have to pinch myself when I say

that. Three point six million downloads. I just find this absolutely incredible of really just wanting to start a podcast to help people,

to give people hope, to give people light, to educate, to inspire so that people just like

yourself, sitting there listening to it right now, can see, because as you listen to me,

you may think, oh, she sounds so confident, she seems like

she's so got it together. Believe me, healing is always a journey and I have my moments, as I'm sure

my other half and my children will tell you, I absolutely do. But one of the key things that I

really feel blessed is that I really feel like from narcissistic abuse, it really woke me up

to the stuff that was already there within me. I had just been abandoning myself in the process.

And I talked a bit about that on the last podcast as well. So I just want to say a massive thank you

to each and every one of you who listen in,

do email in, who comment on Instagram and drop me a message to say you love listening to the

podcast. It honestly means the absolute world to me. It really, really does. So please keep

liking, keep commenting, keep sharing it with maybe those who may be in a narcissistic relationship

who don't even realize that yet. And I would also hasten to add, you know, sometimes we don't

talk about narcissism, we talk about just domestic abuse. But very often, you know, domestic

abusers can also be narcissists because they're not taking any ownership or responsibility.

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