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May 2024
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161 - Abandonment Trauma Expert Susan An...

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The QUEEN of Abandonment Trauma Susan Anderson returns to the pod, With more than 30 years of clinical experience, she has helped tens of thousands overcome abandonment trauma and its aftermath of self sabotaging patterns.

In today's episode, we discuss...

  • Rejection trauma and the impact of being ostracized by your peers
  • The role of positive narcissism and defensive abandonment in our social interactions and self-perception
  • The process of internalizing our emotional responses to abandonment
  • How we learn to equate love with insecurity in our romantic relationships
  • Learning how to separate “the big S Self” from our inner child.

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