44 Episodes

  1. The Enabling Parent: Things Are Complicated with Your "Healthy" Parent

    Published: 4/29/2025

  2. Untangling Codependency When You’re Always the Emotional Fixer

    Published: 4/22/2025

  3. Navigating Emotions After Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family

    Published: 4/14/2025

  4. Being the Scapegoat S*cks: Here's How to Break That Cycle

    Published: 4/8/2025

  5. Want to Save Your Relationship with Your Toxic Parent? Try This.

    Published: 3/31/2025

  6. Breaking the Cycle: Learning to Trust Yourself

    Published: 3/25/2025

  7. Signs You Need Better Boundaries with Your Parent

    Published: 3/18/2025

  8. One Year of Confident Boundaries: What I've Learned About Coaching, Community, and Growth

    Published: 3/11/2025

  9. When Your Toxic Parent Becomes a Grandparent to Your Kids

    Published: 3/4/2025

  10. Adulting is Hard: Breaking the Cycle & Filling in the Gaps

    Published: 2/25/2025

  11. The Good Mom vs. The Punishing Mom: Reflections on My Childhood with My Narcissist Mother

    Published: 2/18/2025

  12. Forgiveness Is Overrated—Now Acceptance? That’s Gold When You're Trying to Heal From a Parent with Narcissistic or Borderline Personality Disorder

    Published: 2/10/2025

  13. Breaking Free from Guilt When Dealing with Challenging Family Dynamics

    Published: 2/4/2025

  14. 10 Essential Steps for Healing from a Narcissistic or Borderline Parent

    Published: 1/28/2025

  15. You Need to Be the Villain in Your Toxic Parent's Story in Order to Take Back Control of Your Life and Heal

    Published: 1/20/2025

  16. 5 Toxic Traits I Developed Growing Up in an Emotionally Chaotic Home

    Published: 1/14/2025

  17. Overcoming a Fear of Abandonment After Growing Up with a Borderline or Narcissistic Parent

    Published: 1/7/2025

  18. This Year Was All About Growth: What I'm Most Proud of and What I’m Focusing on in 2025

    Published: 12/31/2024

  19. My Last Minute Game Plan for Surviving the Holidays with a Dysfunctional Family

    Published: 12/24/2024

  20. Breaking Cycles and Building Connections

    Published: 12/17/2024

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Psychotherapist and Coach, Torie Wiksell, is no stranger to talking about challenging and dysfunctional family dynamics. In addition to specializing in working with the adult children of parents with borderline and narcissistic personality disorders as both a therapist and coach, Torie grew up with a mother who had an unmanaged personality disorder.Torie has spent a significant portion of her 12 year career as a therapist working with clients with personality disorders, their partners, and family members, and brings a unique and relatable perspective to navigating these complicated relationships.Follow Torie on Instagram: instagram.com/torieatconfidentboundariesLearn more about Coaching and the Confident Boundaries Online Community at www.confidentboundaries.comDisclaimer: This podcast is not therapy. If you are in mental health crisis, please contact the Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. You're Not Crazy is a podcast owned and produced by Torie Wiksell and Confident Boundaries, LLC.