Learning the eight stages of maturity will allow you to see what stage you are at and what is required to reach stage eight. A mature adult
Explores what it mean to be mature
Books mentioned in the podcast
Facing Codependence: An Insightful Approach to Healing from Childhood Abuses, Overcoming Love Addiction, and Breaking Free from Toxic Emotions by Pia Mellody (Author), Andrea Wells Miller (Author), J. Keith Miller (Author) Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
by Lindsay C. Gibson (Author)
Why would a narcissistic taker become a giver?
Explores the psychological needs of the narcissist and their codependent partner. How to tell who is who and what is each person looking to fulfill?
The book mentioned in the episode is: Grandchildren of Alcoholics: Another Generation of Co-Dependency by Ann W. Smith (published 01/05/1988)
Explores the invisible forces at play when we interact with people
Emotional Vibration Analysis Frequency Chart
https://blisspot.com/blogs/the-emotional-vibration-analysis-frequency-chart/
Video demonstration of selective response
https://www.tiktok.com/@plutosdestiny/video/7288955559699598624
Explains the continuum of self theory created by Ross Rosenburg the author of The Human Magnet Syndrome: The Codependent Narcissist Trap
Ross Rosenburg website - Continuum of Self Theory
https://humanmagnetsyndrome.com/hmsblog/continuum-of-self-values-personality-type-breakdown-csv-sheet/
Narcissist Apocalypse
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/narcissist-apocalypse-patterns-of-abuse/id1452117002
Explores the ups and downs of the codependent relationship
The books mentioned in the podcast:
1. The Human Magnet Syndrome: The Codependent Narcissist Trap by Ross A. Rosenberg 2. The Codependency Revolution: Fixing What Was Always Broken by Ross Rosenberg and Tim Morgan
Answers the question...how did I become codependent?
Explores the imbalance of the codependent relationship.
Recommended reading, The Human Magnet Syndrome: The Codependent Narcissist Trap – January 12, 2018
by Ross A. Rosenberg (Author)
Explores the history of codependence and defines what is means to be codependent. The book mentioned in the episode is... Grandchildren of Alcoholics: Another Generation of Co-Dependency by Ann W. Smith (published 01/05/1988)
Explores the components and traits of the Dark Triad Personality. Here is a link to Robert Hare’s original PCL test https://psychology-tools.com/test/pcl-22
Here is a link to a video documentary about psychopathy and non-violent psychopath Neuroscientist James Fallon.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x382rte
Here is a link to a test for Machiavellianism
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality/machiavellianism-test
The many faces of the narcissist mask, shift the facets of personality or glass to a new presentation, like turning the Kaleidoscope.
Explores the concept of sadism
Sam Vaknin Links
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@samvaknin
BOOKS
https://www.google.com/search?q=sam+vaknin+books&sca_esv=398c3b20e5904a3d&ei=RQ7jZszpIorR5NoP-7nosAk&oq=sam+vaknin+books&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiEHNhbSB2YWtuaW4gYm9va3MqAggAMhAQABiABBiRAhiKBRhGGPsBMgUQABiABDIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCBAAGIAEGKIEMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyHBAAGIAEGJECGIoFGEYY-wEYlwUYjAUY3QTYAQFIxCtQlwRYlh1wAXgAkAEAmAG9E6AB0RiqAQcwLjUuOS0xuAEByAEA-AEBmAIIoAKGJcICCBAAGIAEGLADwgIOEAAYgAQYsAMYhgMYigXCAgsQABiABBiwAxiiBMICChAAGIAEGEMYigXCAgUQLhiABMICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgIIEAAYFhgeGA-YAwCIBgGQBgO6BgYIARABGBOSBwkxLjUuNy0xLjGgB74k&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
Explores the five subcategories of Anti Social Personality Disorder according to Dr. Theodore Millon PhD in Psychology.
Explores when borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder are co-occurring and how to tell when they are not.
Explores what it means to have Anti Social Personality Disorder which is the category for psychopaths & sociopaths
Overview of Borderline Personality Disorder
Recommended reading
1. The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells by Randi Kreger
2. I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman , Hal Straus
3. Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder by Alexander Kriss PhD
Explores the anxious attachment style and the six types of histrionic personality disorder as described by Dr. Theodore Millon, American Psychologist, who wrote Disorders of Personality: Introducing a DSM/ICD Spectrum from Normal to Abnormal