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Co-Parenting with a Narcissist with Wendy Behary

Back on One Broken Mom is a listener favorite, Wendy Behary. Wendy is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC and DC. She is also the author of “Disarming the Narcissist…Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed” (New Harbinger Publications). Now translated in 15 languages. Wendy has a specialty in treating narcissists and the people who live with and deal with them. Based on a listener question,

My Viral YouTube Appearance Talking About Men in Abusive Relationships

It started innocently enough as any of my guest appearance do. You turn on your mic and camera. You chat for an hour or less about a topic and then it gets published. All of us that work in the fields of mental health awareness and advocacy of course hope that our work will be seen and helpful to people. But because mental health stigmas abound, especially with men, you just never know. And this interview seemed like the others. Modest yet important. I had heard from many of

Aftermath: Surviving a Psychopath

Today, Ameé revisits the topic of psychopathy with Dr. Dave Kossen. Dr. Kosson is a Professor of Psychology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. His research focuses on the cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, and developmental mechanisms underlying psychopathy. He is also the President-Elect of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. He founded the Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy Foundation in 2006 and has served as its first President. In t

Betrayal From The Hypersexual Narcissist with Wendy Behary

For her 75th episode of One Broken Mom, Ameé brings back a listener favorite, Wendy Behary. Wendy is the founder and Director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC and DC. She has been training professionals and supervising psychotherapists for more than twenty years. She is the author of Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed and is on the show to talk about the very real but often not under

Defense Against Micro-Boundary Violations with Lara Currie

On this episode, Ameé speaks with Lara Currie, who is a self-proclaimed communication nerd and author of the book Difficult Happens: How Triggers, Boundaries & Emotions Impact You Every Day to talk about how manipulators break through our defenses in the first place in a way people never seem coming. Oh - check out links to Lara's podcast Difficult Happens below in the notes and the link to Joan Jett's Activity Girl video, referenced in the interview. In this episode, you wil

How the Brain Changes in a Relationship with a Narcissist with Dr. Rhonda Freeman

Dr. Freeman is a clinical neuropsychologist based out of Florida. She works with patients diagnosed with many types of neurological conditions including dementia and Alzheimer's. She also writes for Psychology Today, Huffington Post, and Aftermath Surviving Psychopathy. Amee was originally introduced to her and her work because of an article Rhonda had written called 6 Obstacles to a Relationship With a Psychopath that Amee's therapist shared with her in order to help her und

Ending the Cycle of Narcissistic Relationships

This is the last episode of Season 1 and I want to thank all of my listeners who have joined in with the journey over the past 10 months. Today is not just any episode or interview – in fact, really, none of them have been that way but this one is incredibly important and special. On December 17, I was reading what was I believe my third book in a month on narcissism because even though I didn’t see it even then – still trapped in a narcissistic relationship that, as I would

1.33 Narcissistic Mother: The Scapegoat Child

Back on One Broken Mom is Michelle Piper. Michelle is a Marriage and Family Therapist based out of San Diego. She has both a personal and professional interest in the adult children of narcissistic mothers. And has a website www.narcissisticmother.com where she provides valuable resources for survivors of narcissistic abuse. We’ve talked about the Narcissistic Mother as a type of Broken Mom and then drilled down into the different family roles the children end up being forced

1.21 Narcissim: The Life of The Lost Child

Family therapist and coach, Michelle Piper is back to continue to discuss the narcissistic family and the roles children and adults take on for survival. In this episode, Michelle explains the role of the Lost Child to Amee and how a person may have been in this role on a long-term or even temporary basis from time to time. This is a great episode for developing some self-awareness around your own family, especially if there was any form of addiction involved or your family e

1.16 Narcissism and Understanding The Golden and The Hero Child

Living in a narcissistic family system means that you likely had a role placed on you by your narcissistic parent. The roles can be projected by the narcissist onto one sibling then the next and the roles can last for moments or years. Or, depending on circumstances, the roles may have been switched around. In any case, this role has carried on with you throughout your life and has influenced you in ways you may not have ever known. It's likely shaped your business relations

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