In this episode, Laura Bytheway reflects on the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, exploring the profound impact of grief and the unique challenges it presents. She shares her personal experience of processing grief, emphasizing the importance of allowing oneself to feel and navigate through emotions. The conversation delves into the conditioning caused by narcissistic relationships, highlighting how fear can inhibit personal growth and visibility. Laura encourages listeners to confront their fears and embrace their voices, using adversity as a catalyst for growth and transformation.
Want help applying this to your journey?
DM me on IG “HEAL” and I’ll invite you to:
A complimentary Voxer consultation
Special access to my No More Breadcrumbs Masterclass
Together, we’ll reclaim your caps in your life and business, emotional safety rooted in identity, hope, and spiritual sovereignty.
Takeaways:
Grief is a unique and multifaceted process that varies for everyone.
It's important to allow yourself to feel and process grief without judgment.
Narcissistic conditioning can create fear that inhibits personal growth and visibility.
Visibility is essential for success, despite the risks involved.
The fear of grief can keep individuals from expressing their true selves.
Using adversity as fuel can lead to personal and professional growth.
The truth about oneself will eventually come out, regardless of external judgments.
Your genius and creativity cannot be taken away by others.
It's crucial to confront old conditioning that keeps you small.
Offering yourself grace during difficult times is essential for healing.
In this episode of the Post Narc Life podcast, Laura Bytheway discusses the emotional turmoil of dealing with the role of narcissists and the grief that often accompanies such relationships. She emphasizes that narcissists serve as catalysts for personal growth, helping individuals confront their own emotional wounds. The conversation explores the complexities of grief, the illusion of narcissists' happiness, and the importance of rebuilding self-worth. Laura encourages listeners to process their feelings of injustice and to focus on creating a fulfilling life beyond their past experiences with narcissism.
Want help applying this to your journey?
DM me on IG “HEAL” and I’ll invite you to:
A complimentary Voxer consultation
Special access to my No More Breadcrumbs Masterclass
Together, we’ll reclaim your caps in your life and business, emotional safety rooted in identity, hope, and spiritual sovereignty.
Takeaways:
Narcissists are not a problem; they are a curriculum for growth.
Grief is essential for healing and personal development.
Processing feelings of injustice is a crucial part of grief.
Narcissists often move on quickly, leaving their partners in pain.
Self-worth must be rebuilt after a relationship with a narcissist.
Grief allows for the processing of deep emotional truths.
Narcissists live in a fantasy world, avoiding real emotional connections.
Healing requires facing uncomfortable emotions and truths.
Letting go of the need for justice is vital for personal growth.
Creating a new life after grief is possible and rewarding.
In this episode of the Post Narc Life podcast, Laura Bytheway discusses her personal journey of transformation, particularly focusing on the challenges and growth experienced by survivors of narcissistic relationships.
She shares her philosophy on transformation, emphasizing the importance of self-expression, understanding the dual nature of life experiences, and the significance of grief in the healing process. Laura outlines practical steps for listeners to embark on their own transformation journeys, encouraging them to embrace the process and not give up on their goals.
Want help applying this spiritually to your journey?
DM me on IG “HEAL” and I’ll invite you to:
A complimentary Voxer consultation
Special access to my No More Breadcrumbs Masterclass
Together, we’ll reclaim your emotional safety rooted in identity, hope, and spiritual sovereignty.
Takeaways:
In this spiritually anchored conversation, we explore how Christian faith intersects with healing from narcissistic relationships offering a path from pain to purpose.
You’ll discover:
The tension between perfectionism and rebellion in spiritual life
God’s unconditional and infinite love, rooted in grace not performance
How the role of Jesus models atonement, compassion, and emotional sovereignty
Ways to break narcissistic cycles through faith-based practices
How suffering can usher in personal growth and spiritual transformation
The concept of God’s grief seeing divine empathy in loss and pain
Learning to trust purpose in your pain, even during hardship
Clarity around God’s boundaries and how He expresses love in healthy limits
At the core: building a relationship with God that holds joy and tragedy
How spiritual maturity isn’t denial it’s embracing reality with hope
Whether you’re navigating trauma, trauma recovery, or integrating grief with faith, this episode will meet you with compassion, clarity, and spiritual grounding.
It connects biblical truth, love, boundaries, grief with real emotional healing absent in many Christian recovery spaces
It reframes suffering not as failure, but as a portal to purpose
It affirms that healing the heart is also spiritual transformation
Want help applying this spiritually to your journey?
DM me on IG “HEAL” and I’ll invite you to:
A complimentary Voxer consultation
Special access to my No More Breadcrumbs Masterclass
Together, we’ll reclaim your emotional safety rooted in identity, hope, and spiritual sovereignty.
In this deeply transformative episode, we explore how to move from survival mode to spiritual sovereignty especially when recovering from narcissistic control and emotional trauma.
You’ll discover:
Why the wound of powerlessness lies at the root of many narcissistic relationships
How childhood conditioning shapes your internal control systems
The illusion of control and how chasing it drains your energy
The path from fight-or-flight to presence and calm
How to trust yourself, even when the future feels uncertain
Boundaries, self-protection, and emotional sovereignty
Reframing challenges as opportunities for growth and expansion
If you've ever felt lost in the narcissistic cycle searching for control you can’t create this episode will invite you home to your truest self.
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Together, we’ll build emotional safety rooted in identity, not performance.
In this episode, we’re going straight to the core of narcissism recovery.
The wound of powerlessness.
If you’ve ever felt like:
You can’t escape the emotional grip of a narcissist
Your sense of safety depends on someone else’s behavior
You constantly monitor or manage others to avoid emotional fallout
You feel disconnected from your own decisions, power, or worth
Then this episode is for you.
We explore:
The “Big Three” emotions that narcissistic dynamics trigger
How powerlessness is strategically created and maintained in toxic relationships
The invisible mechanisms of control
Why confronting powerlessness is essential to healing
How to begin processing this emotion so it doesn’t run your life
What it looks like to exit the game entirely so you can finally be free
How to raise empowered children while you’re healing yourself
And how to finally trust your voice again
If you’re ready to stop living in the illusion of control…
If you’re ready to break the cycle…
If you want to start building your life on your terms…
This is your next step.
💬 Want support beyond the episode?
DM me “BREADCRUMBS” for a free Voxer consultation + full access to the No More Breadcrumbs Masterclass.
In this episode, we’re diving deep into one of the most important shifts you’ll ever make:
Moving from self-abandonment to self-embodiment.
If you’ve spent years waiting...
Waiting to feel worthy…
Waiting for the circumstances to change…
Waiting to finally become the version of you that feels safe, powerful, and whole…
This conversation is your invitation to stop waiting and start embodying.
We’ll explore:
Why embodiment is the key to lasting transformation (not just mindset work)
How your nervous system keeps you stuck in old patterns of survival
The difference between trying to earn worthiness and choosing it
Simple practices to reconnect to your body and create the feelings you want now
How to use embodiment to expand your life, relationships, and business
Practical steps to embody your future self today
This is the path from performing to becoming.
From surviving to thriving.
From chasing to receiving.
If you’re ready to create your desired reality not someday, but right now this episode will show you how.
💬 Ready for deeper support?
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Welcome to the first video recorded podcast! It's been a while since I have updated the podcast because a lot has been shifting and upleveling.
This episode is a BONUS episode, it's actually a deep dive masterclass designed to help you stop accepting the "breadcrumbs", the bare minimum in relationships, and ultimately CREATE a healthy relationship - either with a healthy partner, or even with money, your business, etc.
Accepting breadcrumbs is a survival mechanism from the narcissist dynamic, and you can decide to be done with that forever, starting today.
In this class I give you everything you need. It is the exact step by step process I give my clients when they hire me to help them attract their ideal partner.
You can get to work right away implementing the steps, or you can offer yourself high level support in implementing what you learn by hiring me as your mentor.
If that interests you, I offer free Voxer consultations, where we talk about your goals and what it's like to work with me. Fill out this application to get started.
Enjoy!
P.S. More episodes are coming soon, all with video! If you'd like to be up to date on what's happening, go follow me on Instagram @laurabytheway. See you there!
Welcome to another episode of The Post-Narc Life Podcast. Today we are opening up The Vault to reveal another great episode from times past.
Today's episode is all about the Top 3 Mindset Changes that my clients experience as they do the work to heal from dealing with narcissists.
This is a great episode for building your foundation of healing while you go to create the incredible results you were meant to put on this earth.
Today you will learn:
As you make these changes you will feel free from the narcissist dynamic holding you back, you will feel relief from the stress of having to prove yourself right to someone who isn't interested in the truth, and you will stop beating yourself up.
You can do this. You are meant for this. I offer my support to you. DM me on Instagram to hire me as your coach to get you to the next level and beyond.
Welcome to the LDS/Christian themed episode in our rotation! Today we are tackling the most important gospel concept: The Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Narcissists, even if they are believers, do not understand Atonement and use everyone else around them as their own personal Jesus to expiate their pain, suffering, and unmet emotional needs.
If you have been the scapegoat of someone else's emotional problems, while at the same time being taught at church that The Savior is the one who took upon Himself our pains and afflictions, you might be dealing with some confusion.
If the gospel for you was a set way of living that upheld a specific facade to keep others from judging you, this episode is for you.
The sacred gospel principle of Atonement has been distorted by the narcissists in your life and today we are correcting it.
May you find true peace and feel the love in the Gospel of Jesus Christ as you begin to see beyond the distortions.
--Laura
Welcome to another Narcissism Recovery Basics episode in our rotation!
Last week was expansive we talked about Owning your Genius. And this week we are covering Part TWO of the Big 3 Emotions that people who have survived narcissists are dealing with.
The first emotion was abandonment. The one we cover today is SHAME. This one is huge and is the root of so many other difficult emotions we experience and we avoid when having had to survive a toxic situation.
Shame must be faced if we are going to go out and create big things. Shame is part of what keeps you, the genius, hiding, it's part of what makes it so your success that you DO create is a miserable experience.
So listen to learn more and to practice some powerful questions you can ask yourself to help you look at the shame so that you can heal the wound and move forward towards your most expansive self.
I'm offering ONE free day in Voxer with me to try on my Private Mentorship. DM me on Instagram to book your spot @laurabytheway
And when you're ready to get the support you want, I offer Private Mentorship for $8888 per month. We work together month to month, you stay until you feel complete or we keep going and keep upleveling. Want to try before you buy? Book your FREE day in Voxer with me to try it on. DM me on Instagram to say hi and book your spot.
Welcome to another expansive episode!
Today your job is to discover and OWN your genius. Yes your genius. This means your talents, your experience, your untapped potential that no one else has quite like you.
It doesn't mean you're better than anyone, it doesn't mean anyone else has to think you're a genius. It means you get to believe this about you so that your true genius grows.
Listen in for how to do this and how I've done this and what you can expect when you start owning your genius.
Access The Manifesting Guide of Narcissism Survivors here.
I offer Private Voxer Mentorship for those who want to be done playing small. Hire me to help you stop hiding your genius and create what you want, and to help your success be stable and smooth without the guilt or shame.
**TW: Miscarriage, Suicide**
Welcome to another BONUS episode. I have been going through some things and I needed to talk about them, not just to tell you the story but because of all the lessons I have learned going through this experience.
Last week, I miscarried for the 6th time (not in a row, I do have 3 living children). With every miscarriage I have learned tremendous lessons and evolved as a person. This one is no different.
What I have learned this time about trust, loss, feeling grief and understanding success has been true medicine for me and I couldn't wait to share it with you, especially how it relates to having to recover from narcissistic type relationships and using that experience to fuel the big things you are manifesting.
Part of me creating my family means, at least for me, experiencing a lot of loss. Part of creating the big results I am creating in my business means integrating the losses of my life. What do your losses mean for you? Hopefully this episode will inspire you to be less afraid of the inevitable losses of life and to keep making big moves toward what you are creating.
This is the work we do together. Let's build your trust on a whole new level, let's integrate your losses, and release you from the fears and wounds that are holding you back.
Book your spot for Private Voxer Mentorship by sending me a DM on Instagram @laurabytheway.
Something weird happened to me this week when I went to publish the next episode. I wanted to talk about manifesting as part of the expansive episode rotation, but My Intuition redirected me.
What I had written required more depth and more detail that a podcast cannot contain. So I made a CEO decision. Instead of releasing the next episode as a podcast episode, I converted it into a paid masterclass.
This masterclass is about giving you the tools to manifest in a way that is more accessible to people who have had to survive narcissists. I blew my own mind last month with what I was able to create in a short amount of time using these tools and I want you to experience this as well.
I am breaking up with Zoom, which means no more live calls, all coaching and masterclasses are in Voxer and Telegram, these are free apps that allow me and my clients to drop messages and respond on our own time, because we all have busy lives, businesses, families, travel, and lots to do.
Therefore Manifesting Guide for Narcissism Survivors will be in Telegram. Once you pay, you will see a confirmation page which will have the link to access the class.
If you are a private client, these classes are free to you and you are automatically added. The masterclass starts on October 7th and goes to October 11th, however access to this masterclass is lifetime. So you can sign up anytime even if you're seeing this after October 7th, 2024. And for 5 days in Telegram I will drop the content of the masterclass and we will do a Q and A at the end in order to help you start implementing right away.
From now until October 7th, if you have been wanting to work with me, now is the time to sign up for Private Voxer Coaching. This offer is $997 per month, but only until October 7th. Once the masterclass starts on 10/7 the price will be $1997 per month. So if I am your dream coach, now is the time to get in on this offer, you get the masterclass for free and you get access to me right away so that you can start the process of healing and rewiring your brain to create the success in your life you are after.
Welcome to the first of the faith-based episodes! This corner of the podcast is designed for the believers. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints so the flavor and language of the content here will be with that context but I invite you to please translate my context into whatever your faith tradition is, and leave aside what doesn’t resonate with you.
In these episodes I am both healing myself by being more open about my faith and I’m also identifying all the ways narcissists have distorted sacred gospel principles. If you want to undistort these principles while opening yourself up to more healing and access to the love and light of Jesus Christ, these episodes are for you.
Today’s episode addresses the basic commandment to “honour thy father and mother.”
We will cover:
My religious upbringing
What narcissism and religion looks like
What the commandment means according to the narc
What the commandment could mean that might be healing for you
How to “honor” a parent while also protecting ourselves from abuse, if that is what you want
Everything you will hear is the gospel according to Laura Bytheway. These concepts, ideas and beliefs I have developed over several years of prayer, experience, my own healing and working with others, so please find the answers for yourself that works for you.
This is my offering and I hope it offers healing and peace to you. Thank you for listening.
As always, if you want private coaching follow me on instagram @laurabytheway DM me for your spot.
Welcome the part of the podcast where we draw from my large body of work over the last 5 years of me being life coach and working with my clients who are dealing with narcissists.
This episode was one of the first episodes I ever did back in 2019. I am so proud this version of me who was so brave, so locked in, so goal oriented, and so fueled by pure belief. She really hooked me up.
This is also THE most downloaded episode in the history of the podcast. My people listen to it over and over again, it's that good.
So I hope you are able to connect with the concepts provided here to help you learn how to love yourself or deepen your practice. It's so good. Thank you for listening.
If you want my support, find me on instagram @laurabytheway I currently offer private Voxer coaching. DM me and we will go from there.
See you soon!
If you want to heal from narcissist abuse you have to be willing to face some uncomfortable emotions you may have been avoiding for a long time.
In this episode I have identified 3 of the biggest emotions that typically come with surviving a narc that you need to be willing to face in order to break free and set yourself up for success.
The first big emotion is Abandonment. Today you will learn all about what it is, how I moved through it, and what to replace it with so that you can heal.
If you want my help 1 on 1 guiding you through this process, find me on instagram @laurabytheway and send me a DM to get started.
You are a powerful manifestor. Facing these key emotions will unleash your brain to start creating what you actually want.
See you soon!
Welcome to the work of treating the narc in your life as your asset. This concept is game-changing. It takes you out of the victim seat of pain and suffering and into the driver's seat of curiosity and forward momentum.
The narcissist in your life is your mirror to show you exactly what is in your way that YOU can change for yourself to get you to the next level in your goals.
Listen to this episode to connect with your desires, master the concept and apply it to a real-world situation.
And as always, if you want my eyes your your goals, I offer private coaching via Voxer.
Go to my Instagram page @laurabytheway to DM to book your slot.
We are bringing you the latest iteration of The Post-Narc Life Podcast - a place where you learn how to use the experience you have with your narcissist person in your life to propel the life of your dreams.
In this episode I give you a brief introduction to the Podcast, to myself as your host, Laura Bytheway, a little bit of my story, plus everything to expect with future episodes and how to work with me.
Follow me in Instagram for updates, pop-up trainings, and more - @laurabytheway
If you'd like to explore working together 1 on 1, I currently offer private Voxer coaching. DM me on Instagram to get started.
Your narcissist experience is one of your greatest assets. LFG.
