Thank you! I appreciate that. I hope it helped.

Thank you! I hope they are helping.

Thank you for checking it out and commenting. Hopefully you are finding it helpful.

Thanks Pete! Agreed. He will definitely be back on.

It is indeed. I think many of us think our life is only worth living if we are in a relationship with someone else. Sadly, we have it wrong.

Thanks! I appreciate that. I hope it helped.

Never heard of her. I'll have to check it out.

You are welcome. Dive in!

Semantics I suppose. My understanding of Narcissism is, its a view that, the person believes they are special and above, so to speak. Ego, in and of itself is just one aspect of being a narcissist.

@@risingphoenixpodcast Correct - "special and above" - That is called narcissistic grandiosity, but narcissistic grandiosity is a compensation of a constant inner crisis (they have had since childhood) - This inner crisis is because of the fact that reality is their Kryptonite - Realiy threatens their false self image - They NEED a false image as a compensation... because of how vulnerable they are (Childhood trauma). Consider this --> When we are borned.. everything is one... The baby and mother is one.. everything is oceanic and flux.. The baby have no concept of where it stops and when reality begin... The baby have no ego to reality test .. yet ... only through a push with love and faith into the merciless world the child can develop an ego (to reallity test) - The child frees himself from caregivers (mother and father) and creates an ego - Now - Imagine a childhood where that was impossible - The child couldn't free itself - An error in the ego-development - That's why a narcissist has almost no ego (and therefor inflated), and that's why they need a false image (To fake they have an ego to blend into the world) So they they can get a narcissistic supply/partner (in an attempt to free themselves from mother) I would really recommend Prof. Sam Vaknin on this matter on youtube (Also to introspect ones own healthy primary narcissism that we all have) ;) - So interesting and so relevant in this world right now :)

Damn brother...dropping knowledge, I love it. I agree on all points. For me, I'm personally not all the concerned with Narcissism. I cover it, on occasion, but I think folks throw it around too much. Not everyone is a narcissist. Statistically, that's not even possible. I think people look to it for a way to complete there narrative when they don't know how else to complete it. In other words, I'm leaving him or she's leaving me because they are a narcissist. That makes it easier to fill in the blanks of their story or complete their story in a way that gives them permission to do what they are doing. Are narcissists out there, sure, but I don't think its as many as people think. And honestly, if they are a true narcissist, they aren't watching or listening. I'm more interested in helping folks that want help. That said, I know people deal with it so I do address it, on occasion. Thanks for the comments! Much appreciated!!

@@risingphoenixpodcast I 100% agree with you - Not everyone is a narcissist (but everybody have narcissism - Like a spectrum from 0-100) - 0-30% would be normal (Freud and co. described this as healthy "primary narcsissm") - 30 - 70% would be a higher narcissistic personality structure than normal.. and 70 - 100% would be secondary / pathalogical narcissism) = NPD .. which is between 0.5% and 1% of the general population - Anyways.. enough narc-rant ... Where there is use, there is always abuse... The word narcissist is being abused (I totally agree with you) - You're welcome and thanks for the response sir.

Thank you for the discussion! Keep it up! Its definitely appreciated. As I say all the time, I'm sorry you are here, but glad you found me. Hopefully you are successfully navigating your Divorce journey.

Very true. But I'm more concerned with, Can I Change? This is the only person that I am concerned about changing.

@@risingphoenixpodcast Thats your problem haha, im trying to work through my own issues

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Thank You!!

@@risingphoenixpodcast can you give me the link of your other sicial media,i want to connect with you.

I visited your KZbin channel and your video quality is very good. If you want your videos to be highly ranked

You are most welcome! Thank you for coming on!

Indeed it does

You will definitely be on the show my friend, in time.

Obviously I care, and so do the countless others that have reached out to say the same.

Well maybe you, and they, shouldn't. It still a way to entertain some sort of bounding to that person who is just gone. I sympathize, and I still sometimes do it myself, but it's just bring sadness.

Sadness is a part of life. I'd rather be a man about it and face it rather than tryin to pretend it doesnt exist.

I'm glad you decided to listen my friend. Facing our pain is important. I'm glad we don't have to do it alone.

Thanks brother. Onward. Forward!

Thanks brother. We will all be ok. I believe that with every fiber of my being.

Time may have helped, but it didn't create the perspective change, you did. Time is good at lessening pain, but it doesn't heal. But, less pain, can allow for work that creates that perspective change. If all you did, during the time it took you to shift, was wait, you'd still be in the same spot. You, slowly but surely, did and continue to do the work. Proud of you my friend.

How about next Saturday, April 6th?

Thanks. That was my hope!

You know it!!

Indeed it is. Keep fighting brother! Youve come a long way already!

Get in there! We do go a bit late, but its always worth it. We are on to, No More Mr. Nice Guy now. But we actually listen to recaps of it during the meeting and then discuss. So you dont actually have to read, it helps, but definitely not necessary.

I think both can exist. But if we focus on steps that get us to happiness, we are more likely to get there than if we focus on the wronged.

Or three

Work is the key word. If it was easy, nearly nothing I do would be necessary. But, if the work is done, the rewards are life changing.

Hope is important but so is action.

But, you are working on it. Self worth comes with action over time. You're taking the actions, now we just need them to continue over a period of time.

You are telling no lies!