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.

Today, we're going to be talking about what you can do when a narcissist begins to turn the people you love against you.

When we are thinking about narcissists, we have to understand that a narcissist's agenda is to win.

That is supreme when it comes to a narcissist, right? So it doesn't matter what a narcissist has to do to win. That is supreme when it comes to a narcissist, right? So it doesn't matter what a

narcissist has to do to win. They're going to do it. Healthy people have a line that they don't cross,

but when it comes to a narcissist, any idea that they might be losing control over a target

causes them great distress. And what they need to do quickly is to regain

the power and control over losing control over their target. In my situation, when I was going

through my divorce, I found myself really struggling with my inability to protect myself and to share my inner reality with the people

that I love the most. And my ex-husband would do and say things that I just wouldn't do,

like makeup stories that were not real. And when I found myself realizing that there were stories out there, that my family was even

listening to these stories, I was absolutely devastated.

I felt abandoned.

I felt betrayed.

I felt disillusioned.

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