The Covert Narcissism Podcast

Episodes

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  When Your Children Start to See Covert Narcissism, Part 2 23.07.2026 24m

  In part two of this CNG Community Chat, four moms get honest about whether the covert narcissistic patterns from their marriage are now showing up in their kids' own relationships and friendships. They close with the one piece of advice each of them wishes she'd been given years ago.
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  Covert Narcissism in Disney: Beast vs. Tangled 19.07.2026 24m

  Beauty and the Beast and Tangled both hide narcissistic abuse patterns. Renee Swanson breaks down the overt and covert signs in each.
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  When Your Children Start to See Covert Narcissism, Part 1 16.07.2026 24m

  Four moms open up about the exact moment their children started to see the covert narcissism in their family — one sudden, one a quiet confession years in the making. Their stories will hit close to home if you've ever wondered how much your kids really understand, or carried guilt about what they've lived through.
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  Covert Narcissism & Kids: Helping Them Trust Their Nervous System 12.07.2026 27m

  Learn how kids of a covert narcissist can heal from gaslighting and reconnect with their nervous system. Real tools for narcissistic abuse recovery and co-parenting after divorce.
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  Covert Narcissism Recovery: Going No Contact and Finding Yourself Again 09.07.2026 31m

  The CNG Community returns to talk about going no contact, healing from narcissistic abuse, and finding themselves again. This honest conversation gets into triangulation, trauma bonding, and what it really takes to rebuild after covert narcissism.
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  The Covert Narcissist's Mask: What's Really Underneath 05.07.2026 25m

  The mask isn't hiding a secret — it's hiding an absence. This episode explains the one thing that's been missing all along.
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  Covert Narcissism Recovery: Do I Stay or Do I Go? A Community Chat 02.07.2026 25m

  Real women share their covert narcissism story: the fog, the isolation, and deciding whether to stay or go. This raw community chat gets honest about walking on eggshells and finally naming what's happening.
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  Covert Narcissist Relationships: Love Bombing, Smear Campaigns, and Surviving the Aftermath 28.06.2026 29m

  Confronting a covert narcissist doesn't bring relief — it brings a storm. Renee breaks down love bombing, smear campaigns, and how to survive the aftermath.
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  How to Set Boundaries With a Toxic Aging Parent (Without the Guilt) 25.06.2026 46m

  A toxic aging parent doesn't erase your right to boundaries. Dr. Lisa Stinson breaks down the family roles — scapegoat, golden child, invisible child, enmeshed child — that keep adult children trapped in guilt and obligation, and how to finally set limits without losing yourself in the process.
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  Covert Narcissist Relationships: When You Can't Live the Lie Anymore 21.06.2026 24m

  When you can no longer live the lie in a covert narcissistic relationship. Renee shares her own breaking point — and how to finally speak your truth.
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  Covert Abuse, Restricted Autonomy, and the AI Tool Aimee Says 18.06.2026 47m

  She never had a name for what was happening — until AI helped her see it. This week, Anne Wintemute, co-founder of Aimee Says, joins the show to break down how AI is helping survivors identify covert abuse and restricted autonomy, turning lived experience into evidence they can finally point to. Use code RENEE for your first month free.
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  Overthinking in a Covert Narcissistic Relationship: Why Your Mind Never Stops 14.06.2026 29m

  Overthinking in a covert narcissistic relationship isn't a flaw — it's survival. Renee explains why your mind never stops and what it takes to finally rest.
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  Setting Boundaries After Narcissistic Abuse: What It Really Feels Like 11.06.2026 41m

  Two ladies from our CNG community join Renee for a Community Chat on one of the most searched topics in narcissistic abuse recovery: boundaries. They share what it was like to try to set boundaries inside a covert narcissistic relationship — the guilt, the pushback, the exhaustion — and what it finally felt like to have a boundary respected. If you've ever been made to feel that your needs were unreasonable, this one's for you.
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  Covert Narcissism and High Control Religion: When Church and Marriage Follow the Same Rules 07.06.2026 24m

  Covert narcissism and high control religion follow the same rulebook. If both shaped your life, this episode will finally explain why.
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  Covert Narcissism and Chronic Illness: Setting Boundaries When Someone's Pain Is Real 04.06.2026 26m
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  Covert Narcissism: Why Your Fight/Flight Response Turned into Fawning 31.05.2026 22m

  Covert narcissistic abuse rewires you. Learn why your fight/flight response turned into fawning — and why it's not your fault.
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  Narcissistic Abuse Through the Lens of Taylor Swift's Dear John 28.05.2026 32m

  Covert narcissistic abuse is hard to see from the inside — but Taylor Swift's "Dear John" captures it with devastating precision. Join Renee Swanson as she breaks down the manipulation, gaslighting, and emotional depletion line by line.
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  Covert Narcissist’s Emotional Dysregulation: How It Affects Your Marriage and Your Kids 24.05.2026 19m

  Covert narcissist emotional dysregulation doesn’t just damage your marriage — it reshapes your entire family. In this episode, we break down how narcissistic abuse affects you as a spouse, why walking on eggshells has become your baseline, why your mind never stops running even when your body is exhausted, and what children of narcissists quietly learn to do just to survive. If you’ve been living this and can’t explain why you’re so depleted — this episode will finally give you the words.
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  I Thought I Was Losing Him: Hope for Parents Raising Kids Through Narcissistic Abuse" 24.05.2026 24m

  If you are parenting through a narcissistic relationship and wondering if any of it is getting through — this episode is for you. I am sharing the hardest lessons I have learned, two conversations with my son that stopped me in my tracks, and what I know about hope and healing from the other side.
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  Stop Shrinking Yourself: Real Women on Losing Their Identity to Covert Narcissistic Abuse and Getting It Back 21.05.2026 55m

  Three survivors of covert narcissistic relationships open up about losing themselves, hitting their breaking point, and what reclaiming their identity has actually looked like — and their words might just be the thing someone needs to hear today in this CNG Community Chat.