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The Covert Narcissism Podcast
Covert narcissistic abuse crushes one’s soul. This podcast is devoted to understanding covert narcissistic abuse, its effect on the victims, and how to heal.
Episodes
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Covert Narcissists Control the Narrative
Have you ever felt like your reality was rewritten right before your eyes? Covert narcissists are experts at controlling the narrative, erasing your…
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The True Intentions of the Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
Have you ever tried to figure out someone’s true intentions? Have you been suspicious of the intentions behind one’s behaviors? Have you ever asked yourself…
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The Silent Signals: How Covert Narcissists Use Nonverbal Communication to Control
Have you ever felt like you were walking on eggshells, analyzing every glance, every sigh, every subtle shift in body language—just trying to figure out what…
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Nothing Was Ever Good Enough: Growing Up with a Covert Narcissistic Mother
After a family vacation that he thought was a wonderful family trip, Justin’s covert narcissistic mother pulled him aside to tell him how disappointed she was…
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The Most Outlandish Things the Covert Narcissist Has Done
Have you ever looked back on something a covert narcissist did and thought, Did that really just happen? In this episode, we’re diving into the most…
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From Fixer to Free: Breaking the Cycle of a Narcissistic Mother’s Influence
Growing up with a covert narcissistic mother can set the stage for a lifetime of fixing, pleasing, and sacrificing your own needs. In this episode, Cara shares…
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From Self-Doubt to Confidence: Empowered Responses to Covert Narcissism
How Healing Transforms Your Responses to a Covert Narcissist Healing doesn’t change the covert narcissist. It changes YOU! Healing transforms your responses…
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Parenting the Parent: Healing as an Adult Child of a Covert Narcissist
Have you ever felt like you missed out on your childhood because you were too busy parenting your own parent? This episode of Covert Narcissism Podcast dives…
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Unmasking Narcissism: Breaking the Confusion of Covert Narcissism, Part Two
Unmasking the Types of Narcissism: Traits, Motivations, and Hidden Patterns Narcissism comes in many forms, each with distinct traits and motivations…
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The Effects of Projections and Expectations (Special Throwback Episode)
Since you are here listening to this, you have probably done some amount of research into narcissism. By now, you have probably run into the word projection as…
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Unmasking Narcissism Part One: Breaking the Confusion of Covert Narcissism
Narcissistic behavior can leave a trail of emotional devastation, much like a tornado tearing through lives and relationships. But what happens when these…
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My Muck Sweeping Broom (Special Throwback Episode)
I was SO good at sweeping things under the rug! I could take any huge bad things that happened and just make it disappear. Do you know what I mean? Have you…
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How Victim Blaming Silences Survivors of Covert Narcissism
Imagine finally opening up about the emotional abuse you’ve endured, only to be met with harsh judgments, dismissive comments, or cruel accusations that make…
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Starting Your New Life, Guest episode with Michelle
Michelle shares her story after decades with a covert narcissist. As a stay at home mom, she was not allowed to work outside the home. He maintained his…
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Choosing to Stay and Navigate Life with a Covert Narcissist
I cringe every time I hear someone ask a victim of covert narcissism why they are still there or why they haven’t left. It’s an okay question in the right…
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Your New Year of Freedom: Reclaiming You After Covert Narcissism
For survivors of covert narcissistic abuse, the New Year can feel overwhelming—another reminder of time lost and dreams unfulfilled. But this year can mark the…
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Intimacy Issues with a Covert Narcissist
Today, I want to talk to you about a question that lingers in the hearts of so many: Why can’t I feel intimate with my partner? Let me assure you, you’re not…
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Finding Joy After Covert Narcissistic Abuse: A Holiday Transformation
The holidays can be a difficult time for survivors of covert narcissistic abuse—what should be moments of joy often become memories of tension and survival. In…
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Emotional Abuse Consumption: The 100% Impact of 10% Abuse
Emotional abuse is often described as insidious, and for good reason. It doesn’t have to happen constantly to dominate your thoughts, emotions, and decisions…
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I Want Out, Now What?? (Special Throwback Episode)
I can’t keep living like this. I’ve tried everything I know to try. Things might get better for a little while, but it never lasts. I continuously find myself…
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Covert Narcissist Bingo for the Holiday Season
Are you dreading the holidays? Approaching them with a pit in your stomach? I remember those days all too well! I didn't want to take the trips with him. I…
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Can You Get PTSD from a Relationship with a Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
Can you get PTSD or CPTSD from a relationship with a covert narcissist 100% yes!! Let’s talk about PTSD and CPTSD in relation to narcissist abuse. Post…
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Our Warped Reality when Dealing with Covert Narcissism
For those of you who have been or currently are in a relationship with a covert narcissist, what are some of the things you thought were totally normal but now…
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Words of Affirmation for Survivors of Covert Narcissistic Abuse
Welcome to Covert Narcissism Podcast, I’m your host Renee Swanson. This is a safe space where survivors of covert narcissistic abuse find hope, understanding…
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The Hidden Scars of Covert Narcissism
This episode is dedicated to everyone who is going through the upcoming holidays with a covert narcissist. As the world sees this “wonderful” person in your…
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The Excruciating Pain of Emotional Abandonment (Special Throwback Episode)
I would never have said that abandonment was a concern for me in my marriage. He was never going to leave me. He would never run off with another woman. I knew…
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When a Covert Narcissist Tries to “Make Peace”
Have you ever experienced a covert narcissist trying to make peace? How did that go? Did you walk away feeling better? Or did you walk away feeling like you…
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Living with an Agent of Chaos, Survivor Story by Todd
Are guys sometimes victims of covert narcissism? Absolutely! This is not a gender issue.Female covert narcissists are incredibly destructive. In this story…
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Does Karma Ever Catch Up With a Narcissist?
Absolutely. I haven’t met one yet who is truly happy and content in life. They are grumpy, angry, defensive, hypersensitive, insecure, lazy, unmotivated, full…
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“Would You Consider This Mental Abuse?” Survivor Story with Wendy
In the series of Survivor Stories, Wendy shares her story of a long-term marriage full of betrayal. From very early on, her husband had an affair and left her…
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3 Simple Steps for Boundary Setting with a Covert Narcissist
Grandiose narcissists cross physical boundaries. They overstep normal and healthy boundaries in a physical manner. They hit you, shove you, grab you, or throw…
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Covert Narcissism and Christianity with Guest Kathy
Everyone dealing with covert narcissism deals with FOG, but Christians have a extra layer of FOG to handle. FOG stands for Fear, Obligation and Guilt. These 3…
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Covert Narcissism Screws with Your Mind
I stood in my own home and realized that I was frozen, absolutely stuck. What to fix for dinner, what to watch on tv, when to sit down and read my book. I was…
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Coercive control with Eleanor Marks
Coercive control is a pattern of behavior used to dominate, manipulate, and control another person, typically in the context of intimate relationships. It is a…
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Snapshot of the Relationship with a Covert Narcissist
“I started this relationship looking for reasons to like him, but I ended it fighting against all the reasons that I hated him.” I have so many people voice…
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Trauma Bonding Part 2
Let’s remember what trauma bonding is - In a simple definition, it is when the one who has hurt you is the one you turn to help you feel better. Trauma bonding…
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Covert Narcissism and the Lack of Emotional Nourishment
People blow you off, saying you are making a big deal out of nothing. You’re just being too sensitive. You need to get tougher. You need to learn to stand up…
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Trauma Bonding Part 1 (Special Throwback Episode)
Why can’t I actually leave this relationship? I want to! I’m tired of being treated this way. I’m tired of the ups and downs. I want stability. I want peace. I…
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The Covert Narcissist and Their Learned "Good" Behavior
I’m surrounded by narcissists. Is everyone a covert narcissist? Is every marriage affected by this? I can’t take anything at face value. Right now in today’s…
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Living in the Narcissistic FOG (Special Throwback Episode)
There is a reason that this word FOG always appears in capital letters now. It is an acronym for Fear, Obligation and Guilt. These words explain the…
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Why is Narcissism Exploding?
Narcissism seems to be everywhere. You hear about it in so many families. Marriages that you thought were good, you learn that they are falling apart behind…
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3 Landmarks That Pushed Me Forward (Special Throwback Episode)
Last night, I was caught off guard with a question I had not really thought about. I was not prepared to answer this question about my journey with a covert…
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Q & A With Renee Swanson and Her Covert Narcissism Podcast Journey
Q & A With Renee Swanson and Her Covert Narcissism Podcast Journey Recently Renee had the opportunity to be interviewed about her journey with Covert…
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Covert Narcissism is More Than Just Normal Marital Struggles
It doesn't take long for struggles to show up when you are dealing with a covert narcissist, but we can easily convince ourselves that every marriage has its…
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How to Counter the Effects of the Trauma Brain
Trauma causes post-traumatic stress disorder. This is literally the effects of the stress after the trauma, the remaining results of the trauma. Too much…
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Everything You Say and Do Can and Will Be Used Against You (Special Throwback Episode)
I mean everything!! You never feel safe interacting with this person. This is why this particular type of abuse is so exhausting. While the abuse may not be…
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Your Trauma Responses are Normal Responses
An emergency situation while hiking on the Appalachian Trail resulted in an extremely normal trauma response from me. Realizing the correlations between this…
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Compare the Life of a Covert Narcissist With the Life of Their Victim (Special Throwback Episode)
Are you trying to decide if all you are going through is "normal," or if it is fair and reasonable? In the last two episodes, I have talked about the…
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Trauma Brain and Covert Narcissism
There is an absolute fog that comes from dealing with covert narcissism. You struggle to think straight anymore, and the mind is running in circles Many…
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Turning Your Life Around with Special Guest, Stephany Ann
Meet an extraordinary woman , an attorney, recipient of the governor's award for advocacy with survivors of domestic violence, and international best selling…
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7 Ways to Protect Yourself from Covert Narcissism
Are you finding yourself reactive? Short-tempered? At least to them? Maybe even repulsed by their presence? This is a problem. This is the person living in my…
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The Eternal Victim Role of a Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
I hear so many people who have lived with a covert narcissist describe this person as a victim of everything. They can make everything be an attack on them or…
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Dealing With a Covert Narcissist
Dealing with a covert narcissist is different from dealing with people who are “narcissistic”. Most of the advice out there is just for dealing with people who…
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How My Codependent Tendencies Led Me Straight to a Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
I now know the role that my own codependent tendencies played in creating this match. This match that I was convinced was made in heaven. This match that I…
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Renee Swanson, Not a Therapist
I am not a therapist, and you are not a victim. I am an advocate, and you are a survivor. I have faced the massive amounts of confusion I have been curled up…
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Entitlement - Feeding That False Self of Covert Narcissism ( Special Throwback Episode)
The entitlement of a narcissistic person screams, "I am special simply because! I am better than everyone. I am more important than everyone. Everyone knows I…
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The War Zone of Living with a Covert Narcissist
Today we're talking about the thousand bee stings in a relationship with a covert narcissist. Actually we are not talking about the thousand bee stings because…
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A Deeper Look at Passive Aggressive Behavior (Special Throwback Episode)
Covert narcissists are experts at passive aggressiveness. They have this down so well. As a victim of the abuse, we are so conditioned that we don’t see it!…
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Can We Negotiate with Covert Narcissists?
Rebecca Zung is a top ranked trial lawyer and globally sought after expert in the art of high conflict negotiation resolution. Speaking on platforms worldwide…
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The Mixed Up Emotions As The Relationship Ends (Special Throwback Episode)
I was so excited for the day that my husband was to move out of our home. I just knew how happy I would be. You could not erase the smile off my face as he was…