Confidence After Narcissistic Abuse | Covert Narcissist, Discernment, Boundaries, Healing, Self Worth — Podcast

54 | Do You Love God But Feel Distant From Him After Narcissistic Abuse? Here's What To Do 16.07.2026 13min

Have you felt distant from God after narcissistic abuse, even though you still love Him? Do you wonder if your faith is weak because you do not feel as close or connected to God as you think you should? Are you trying to trust God while healing, but keep getting stuck in the thought that something must be wrong with you? In this episode, I’m sharing what to do when God feels distant after narcissistic abuse and why that distance does not mean your faith is gone. This conversation will help you understand why distance can feel so painful, how it can lead to shame or performance, and how to return to God’s Word when your feelings are loud. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Self-Trust Breakthrough Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

53 | Why Do I Feel So Guilty for Needing Rest After Narcissistic Abuse? 09.07.2026 13min

Do you feel guilty when you know you need rest? Do you worry that slowing down means you are being selfish, disappointing people, or not pleasing God? In this episode, I’m sharing why guilt feels so loud after narcissistic abuse, especially when your healing requires rest. If you’ve been exhausted mentally, emotionally, spiritually, or physically, this conversation will help you understand why rest is not selfish and why guilt does not get to lead you away from what your healing needs. Related Episodes:Ep.24 Boundaries - Why They Matter For Healing After Narcissistic Abuse Ep. 28 3 Boundaries Every Christian Woman Needs When Healing From Narcissistic Abuse Part 1 Ep. 29 3 Boundaries Every Christian Woman Needs When Healing From Narcissistic Abuse Part 2 Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Self-Trust Breakthrough Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

52 | Simple Decisions Feel Hard After Narcissistic Abuse? Here's How To Begin Trusting Yourself Again 06.07.2026 11min

Have simple decisions started feeling harder to make after narcissistic abuse? Do you second-guess yourself, replay choices or feel ashamed when a choice you made does not go the way you hoped? In this episode, I’m sharing why decision-making can feel so heavy after narcissistic abuse and why it does not mean you are incapable of making good decisions. If you’ve been struggling with self-doubt, overthinking, or trusting yourself again, this conversation will help you begin understanding what’s happening underneath the fear and why imperfect decisions do not define who you are.Related Episodes:Ep.19 3 Keys To Making Confident Decisions After Narcissistic Abuse Without Overthinking Ep. 20 When "Waiting On God" Keeps You Stuck: How To Make Decisions God Trusts You To Make Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Self-Trust Breakthrough Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

51 | What If the Real You Isn’t Gone? Finding Yourself After Covert Narcissistic Abuse Starts Here 02.07.2026 8min

Have you ever looked at your life after covert narcissistic abuse and wondered, “Where did I go?” Do you feel like you’re doing what needs to be done but deep down, you don’t really feel like yourself anymore? Are you trying to rebuild confidence after narcissistic abuse, but it still feels impossible? In this episode, I’m sharing why finding yourself after narcissistic abuse can feel so confusing, especially when gaslighting has trained you to doubt and second-guess everything, including who you are. If you’ve been trying to heal from covert narcissistic abuse and wondering whether the real you is gone, this conversation will help you begin seeing yourself with more compassion. I pray it gives you hope as well. All is not lost. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Self-Trust Breakthrough Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

50 | This Is What Happens When You Stop Second Guessing Yourself After Narcissistic Abuse 29.06.2026 12min

Have you ever had a sense of what you were supposed to do — a nudge, a knowing — and just kept pushing it down because you did not trust it? Do you have something sitting inside you that you have been too afraid to step into because someone else's voice convinced you it was pointless? Learning to trust yourself again after covert narcissistic abuse does not always feel dramatic. Sometimes it looks like finally doing the thing you sat on for over a year because someone told you it was pointless. In this episode I share my story of writing and publishing my first book — the inner knowing that was always there, being mocked and discouraged, sitting on it for over a year while that person's voice played on repeat in my head, and the moment I started evaluating those thoughts and realised they were not actually mine. This is what reclaiming your self-worth and discernment looks like in real life. Not a big breakthrough moment — just one step, one act of trusting yourself, and watching what God does with it. Resources Mentioned → Unshackled: Breaking Free From Unforgiveness Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

49 | Sick of Asking Yourself Why You Stayed? This Is What Covert Narcissistic Abuse Actually Does 25.06.2026 10min

Have you ever felt like something must be wrong with you for staying in a narcissistic relationship as long as you did? Do you find yourself still feeling something for someone you know was hurting you and not understanding why? Have you ever felt judged or judged yourself for going back to a narcissistic relationship after you knew better? If you have been carrying shame about staying in narcissistic abuse, going back, or still feeling something for someone you know was hurting you — this episode is going to speak directly to that. I share my own honest experience and we get into why leaving covert narcissistic abuse is so much harder than it looks from the outside. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

48 | The Real Cost of Narcissistic Abuse On Your Identity 22.06.2026 11min

Have you ever looked up and realised you had become someone you did not recognise and could not even pinpoint when it happened? Did you spend years changing yourself, shrinking yourself, trying to be enough and it still was never enough? Covert narcissistic abuse has a way of taking you from yourself so gradually you do not even notice until you look up one day and feel like a stranger to yourself. In this episode I get honest about what that looked like for me — the slow numbing, the shrinking, the keeping quiet, and finally being told I may never change even after years of being willing to become whatever was required. If you are a narcissistic abuse survivor who spent years adjusting yourself trying to fix a relationship and wondering why it was never enough — this episode is for you. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

47 | The #1 Key to Restoring Your Confidence After Covert Narcissistic Abuse 18.06.2026 8min

Do you constantly question your judgment, your worth and your abilitieseven while you look like you have it all together on the outside? Have you tried to feel confident after narcissistic abuse, or maybe never even known where to start? What if rebuilding your confidence and self-worth after narcissistic abuse doesn't start with confidence at all but with reconnecting to the voice God placed in you? If you have been wanting to feel confident again after narcissistic abuse or whether you have tried everything or have not known where to begin — this episode is your starting point. Confidence is not where healing begins. Narcissistic abuse, especially the gaslighting that comes with it, goes after your internal voice directly — not just your decisions, but your sense of your own worth, your abilities, and who you actually are — until you doubt your grasp on reality and on yourself. But that inner knowing, that God-given instinct, doesn't disappear. It gets buried under everything that was said over it. Learning to recognise it again, with God and not apart from Him, and telling it apart from the voice that moved in, is essential for restoring your self-worth and confidence after narcissistic abuse. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

46 | Struggling To Feel God’s Love After Narcissistic Abuse? Here's How He Met Me 15.06.2026 11min

Are you healing from narcissistic abuse but struggling to feel God's love even though you intellectually know He loves you? Have you been going through the motions — praying, reading, saying all the right things — and still feeling empty and unseen? What if the gap between knowing God loves you and actually feeling it is not a failure of faith but something narcissistic abuse quietly took from you? Healing from covert narcissistic abuse touches every area of your life including your relationship with God. In this episode I get honest about a season where I was repeating scripture about God's love and feeling the complete opposite. Unseen. Unloved. Unable to feel what I knew in my mind. I share how God met me — not through a perfectly crafted prayer, but through two songs on a random walk — and what that moment revealed about how He pursues us even when we are not performing. If you are a narcissistic abuse survivor who loves God but feels far from Him, who knows His love is real but cannot seem to receive it, I pray this episode encourages you. Because you're not experiencing a failure of faith. It is what happens when narcissistic abuse teaches your heart that opening up to love is dangerous. Resources Mentioned Show Me Where You Were — Laney Rene Solid Ground — Megan Tibbits Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who healing from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

45 | Recovering from Gaslighting? Here's Why You Still Feel Crazy After Narcissistic Abuse 11.06.2026 14min

Do you find yourself constantly second-guessing your own memory and perception after covert narcissistic abuse even when you know what actually happened? Have you ever talked yourself out of your own reality, even after someone confirmed it was true? What if the voice telling you that you are crazy is not your voice at all — and recovery from gaslighting starts with finally understanding where it actually came from? Feeling crazy is one of the most painful and most common signs of covert narcissistic abuse and one of the hardest things to shake even after you are out of the situation. In this episode I share a specific moment that shows exactly how deep the self-doubt went: an event witnessed and confirmed by someone who was right there, that I still managed to talk myself out of. We talk about why that happens and why feeling crazy after narcissistic abuse is not evidence of a broken mind but evidence of what was deliberately done to it. And we talk about how God has a way of quietly bringing you back to truth and restoring your confidence in what you know. If you are a narcissistic abuse survivor who has been doubting your own perception and memory long after you got out — this episode is going to bring you real clarity and real relief. Recovery from gaslighting and rebuilding your self-worth starts with understanding that the voice saying you are crazy is not your voice. It was put there. And it is not the truth about you. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Join Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Follow the podcast and leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

44 | Are You Relating to God Like He's a Narcissist? - What Covert Narcissistic Abuse Does to Your Faith 08.06.2026 10min

Do you ever feel like you have to keep it together before God — like the real version of what you feel is too risky to actually say? After narcissistic abuse, do you find yourself bracing for God's disapproval punishment when things go wrong? What if the way you relate to God has been quietly shaped by everything the narcissist taught you about how people with power behave? This is an awareness episode — no to-do list, just a mirror. I share one of the harder seasons of my healing journey: navigating a court situation with the narcissist, depending on God completely, and realising I was secretly performing for His approval, bracing for punishment when things did not go my way, and terrified that He would expose my shortcomings the way the narcissist did. One question brought it all to the surface. If you are healing from covert narcissistic abuse and struggling to trust God again, I pray that this episode will be a blessing to you. The patterns of narcissistic abuse — conditional love, fear of honesty, performing for approval, expecting the worst — do not stay in the relationship. They follow you into your relationship with God too. And awareness is always where healing begins. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

43 | Sick of Hiding Your Pain? Do This To Grieve and Heal After Narcissistic Abuse 04.06.2026 23min

Are you a narcissistic abuse survivor who knows you need to grieve but you have no idea where to actually start? Have you been keeping it together before God — bringing the cleaned-up version of your pain — because the real version has felt like too much? What if emotional healing after narcissistic abuse started with the most honest prayer you have ever prayed? Today I am introducing you to lament — sacred sorrow — a grief practice that has been sitting in Scripture this whole time that most of us were never taught. I share the moment I found it, why Psalm 109 almost made me close the Bible, and what happened when I finally wrote my own lament — the anger, the tears, writing so hard I almost tore the page, and what came through on the other side. If you are a narcissistic abuse survivor on a healing journey and you have been stuffing your pain because bringing the real version to God felt like a lack of faith — this episode is going to give you some clarity. Emotional healing after narcissistic abuse and restoring your self-worth requires more than managing your pain. It requires being honest about it. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

42 | You're Not Broken - THIS Is The Missing Piece in Narcissistic Abuse Recovery 01.06.2026 11min

Are you healing from narcissistic abuse but still carrying a heaviness you cannot explain? Have you been stuffing the pain and pushing through, only to find it keeps surfacing anyway? Healing from narcissistic abuse takes more than awareness and setting boundaries; it requires grieving what was actually lost. In this episode, I get honest about something I am personally still sitting with: the grief of unmet expectation and repeated disappointment. Grief is not just for death. It is the natural response to any significant loss and after covert narcissistic abuse, there is so much that deserves to be mourned. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

41 | Trying Harder Will Not Heal Your Nervous System After Narcissistic Abuse — THIS Will 28.05.2026 13min

Are you healing from narcissistic abuse but your body still does not feel like it got the message? Still braced, still hypervigilant, still exhausted in a way that rest does not seem to touch? Still waiting for something to go wrong even when everything is actually okay? Healing the nervous system after narcissistic abuse is not about deciding to calm down or pushing through the anxiety. It requires something far more specific and in this episode I am talking about what that actually is. If you are a narcissistic abuse survivor or healing from a toxic relationship and you are ready to understand what your body actually needs to heal from trauma and chronic stress, this one is going to bring you real clarity and some much needed compassion for yourself. Connect With Tekyia💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

40 | The Hidden Evidence That You Are Healing From Narcissistic Abuse Even When It Doesn't Feel Like It 25.05.2026 17min

Have you ever felt like you were going backwards in your healing even after everything you have been through to get out? Have you ever been in a season so hard that you genuinely wondered if the healing was even working? Have you ever looked around at your life and not been able to see any evidence of how far you have actually come? In this episode I get really personal about one of the hardest seasons of my healing journey — navigating legal abuse after narcissistic abuse, carrying what I knew alone while people around me could only see the surface and wondering in the middle of all of it whether I was regressing. This one is for the woman who is in the deep layers of her healing and needs to be reminded that what feels like going backwards might actually be the healing going deeper. And that God knows exactly what He is doing — even when you cannot see it yet. Save your seat for Restore Your Confidence After Narcissistic Abuse Workshop Happening on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 PM ET → www.growingthroughpains.com/workshop Connect With Me💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

39 | Always Exhausted and On Edge After Covert Narcissistic Abuse? Here Is What Is Actually Happening in Your Body 21.05.2026 13min

Are you out of your abusive situation but your body still feels like it is in it? Do you find yourself on edge, exhausted, hypervigilant, reacting to things before you even have a chance to think? Have you ever wondered why leaving did not make the physical symptoms go away? In this episode I am getting honest about something most healing conversations skip over — what narcissistic abuse actually does to the body. I am sharing from my own experience and what I came to understand through my healing journey. If you are a narcissistic abuse survivor who is tired of feeling like your body is working against you, I pray this episode brings you some real relief and a lot of compassion for yourself. Save your seat for Restore Your Confidence After Narcissistic Abuse Workshop Happening on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 PM ET → www.growingthroughpains.com/workshop Connect With Me💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

38 | Is This Just Who I Am? Uncovering the Hidden Face of Low Self-Worth After Narcissistic Abuse 19.05.2026 17min

Do you give everything to everyone around you but struggle to give anything to yourself? Have you ever stopped and honestly asked yourself how you actually treat yourself? Not how you show up for everyone else, but how you show up for yourself when nobody is watching? Do you feel like you have been healing from covert narcissistic abuse but something about the way you see yourself still feels off and you cannot quite name it? In this episode I am getting behind the mask because low self-worth after covert narcissistic abuse does not always look the way we think it does. It can hide behind generosity, behind functioning well, even behind a spiritually busy life. I am sharing some specific patterns that reveal what is really going on underneath, so you can finally see what has been quietly running your life and know that it is not who you are. This one is for every woman healing from narcissistic abuse who is ready to get honest about her own healing journey and start addressing the real root. Save your seat for Restore Your Confidence After Narcissistic Abuse Workshop Happening on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 PM ET → www.growingthroughpains.com/workshop Connect With Me💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

37 | The Truth About Self-Worth Every Narcissistic Abuse Survivor Needs to Hear 14.05.2026 21min

You have been working on your confidence — praying, pushing through, doing the inner work. And some days you feel great. Other days...lower than ever. In this episode I'm talking about the difference between self-esteem and self-worth. Self-esteem is tied to what is happening around you and will always fluctuate. Self-worth is the God-given value you carry simply because of who made you...and no smear campaign, no gaslighting, no person's opinion can touch what He declared over you. I dive into how narcissistic abuse specifically moves your worth from the inside to the outside without you realising it and five ways to recognise if your worth is still tied to external things. If you are healing from narcissistic abuse, rebuilding your self-worth and tired of feeling stuck — this episode is going to give you something solid to stand on. Save your seat for Restore Your Confidence After Narcissistic Abuse Workshop Happening on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 PM ET → www.growingthroughpains.com/workshop Connect With Me💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

36 | Tired of Trying to Hold It All Together? Here's What Trusting God After Covert Narcissistic Abuse Really Looks Like 11.05.2026 22min

You would probably say you trust God. And you mean it. But if you are honest, there is a version of you that is also constantly trying to figure things out, manage outcomes, and hold everything together — and you are not always sure how those two things coexist. In this episode we get into one of the most honest conversations about what it actually means to trust God after covert narcissistic abuse and why the gap between saying it and living it is not a faith failure. It is a survival response. The narcissist used control as a weapon. You grabbed it as a shield. And that made complete sense. But healing from covert narcissistic abuse means learning to release that shield so that you can finally allow God to do what only He can do. Save your seat for Restore Your Confidence After Narcissistic Abuse Workshop → www.growingthroughpains.com/workshop Connect With Me💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.

35 | Still Stuck After Covert Narcissistic Abuse? Here's Why Fixing Your Feelings Will Never Be Enough 07.05.2026 17min

Have you been trying to heal from narcissistic abuse by managing your emotions, pushing through the anxiety or just trying to think more positively but you still feel stuck in the same emotionally exhausted cycle? You are not doing it wrong. You have just been working on the wrong thing. In this episode we are getting to the root of why healing from narcissistic abuse feels so hard and it starts with understanding what covert narcissistic abuse actually did to your thinking. The words, the silence, the subtle put-downs, the gaslighting — those were seeds planted in your mind over time that grew into quiet beliefs that are running your life today. Beliefs like I am too much, I can't trust myself, something is wrong with me. And as long as we keep trying to fix the feelings those beliefs produce without addressing the beliefs themselves, we stay stuck in the same loop. In this episode I break down how thoughts influence feelings, why managing feelings without addressing the root keeps you in a cycle and a simple practical place to begin tracing your feelings back to the beliefs underneath them. If healing and restoring your self-worth are what you are after, this episode is for you. And if you are ready to go even deeper, join me live on Tuesday, May 26 at 7PM EDT Save your seat for Restore Your Confidence After Narcissistic Abuse Workshop → www.growingthroughpains.com/workshop Resources Mentioned → Center for Common Sense Psychology Connect With Me💛 → Narcissism Unmasked Community → Become An Insider → Book A Coaching Call Email 📩 → admin@growingthroughpains.com Next Steps: Step 1: Join a supportive community of women who are ready to heal from narcissistic abuse in the free Narcissism Unmasked Community Step 2: Share this episode with a woman who needs this truth--you never know who’s quietly struggling Step 3: Leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts — it helps other survivors find this podcast when they need it most.