The Self-Love Recovery Podcast

This episode features an interview with Brooke Olson, founder of the High Conflict Diversion Program, discussing expert strategies for navigating divorces involving narcissists and other high-conflict personalities while minimizing damage, especially when children are involved.

Ross Rosenberg discusses why you should never expose a covert narcissist and instead run for safety, explaining how they combine narcissistic personality disorder with sociopathic traits.

Ross Rosenberg discusses self-love deficit disorder as a trauma disorder rooted in childhood experiences with narcissistic parents, leading to core shame and existential loneliness.

Ross Rosenberg interviews life coach Rick Belden about the mother wound, explaining how disruptions in mother-son relationships damage self-worth and lead to toxic patterns.

This episode explores the definition of love through the lens of codependency, introducing self-love deficit disorder and diagnostic criteria for understanding relationship dynamics.

Ross Rosenberg explains his concept of the Surgeon General's Warning applied to self-love recovery, highlighting the painful but necessary consequences of overcoming codependency.

This episode features psychotherapist Chelsey Cole discussing codependency, critiquing Co-Dependents Anonymous, and sharing her personal experiences with narcissistic relationships.

This episode features an interview with therapist Alex Katahakis about her work in sexual addiction treatment, human sexuality, and maintaining eroticism in long-term relationships.

Ross Rosenberg explains his narcometer and codometer concepts, which help identify narcissistic and codependent traits through intuition and gut feelings for self-protection in relationships.

This episode explores how covert narcissists with sociopathic traits manipulate people during holiday seasons by presenting false altruistic personas.

Ross Rosenberg discusses the challenges and strategies for making new friends after age 40, particularly after divorce, emphasizing the importance of positive thinking as the foundational step.

A psychotherapist discusses how abandonment-sensitive codependents with self-love deficit disorder often lose love due to patterns of anger and reactivity, drawing parallels between his client's experience and his own.

This episode explains why defending yourself against a narcissist's chronic devaluation and abuse often worsens the situation, emphasizing that true self-worth rebuilding requires recognizing you cannot effectively protect yourself while remaining in such a relationship.

This episode features an interview with Ross Rosenberg discussing his concept of the human magnet syndrome, which explores the dynamics between codependent individuals and narcissistic personalities, focusing on awareness and healing from emotional trauma.

Ross Rosenberg explains how pathological narcissists use the humanization trick to manipulate recovering codependents by evoking empathy through feigned vulnerability.

Ross Rosenberg explains how to survive narcissistic abuse by defining what a pathological narcissist is and discussing personality disorders as outlined in diagnostic manuals like the DSM-5.

Ross Rosenberg reintroduces his induced conversation technique from older videos, discussing changes in his audience demographics and his approach to simplifying mental health concepts for recovery from narcissistic abuse and codependency.

Ross Rosenberg introduces a new topical approach to discussing mental health issues, starting with a deeply personal and professional exploration of major depression based on his 37 years of experience and family history.

This episode features an interview with Dr.

An interview with expert Ross Rosenberg exploring how psychological concepts like narcissism, codependency, and self-love deficit disorder apply to the American political system.

Ross Rosenberg interviews clinical psychologist Dr.

This episode discusses why the alpha narcissist prevails in conflicts between narcissists, while also promoting the host's new workbook on the human magnet syndrome for understanding toxic relationship patterns.

This episode explores the parasitic relationship between codependents and pathological narcissists, using the Human Magnet Syndrome framework to explain why empathetic individuals are drawn to toxic partners.

Ross Rosenberg discusses his controversial perspective on Codependents Anonymous (CoDA) and how his human magnet syndrome theory explains the dynamics between narcissists and codependents in relationships.

This episode explores how codependency and pathological narcissism are transmitted across generations through family systems theory and self-differentiation work.

This episode describes the terrifying experience of being in a relationship with someone who has borderline personality disorder, focusing on their explosive rage reactions to perceived criticism or abandonment.

Ross Rosenberg interviews Karen McMahon about her work helping people recover from high-conflict divorces through emotional healing and practical guidance.

Psychotherapist Ross Rosenberg explains how healthy people manage emotions by understanding and embracing them rather than suppressing them, focusing on breaking toxic patterns related to self-love deficit disorder and codependency.

Ross Rosenberg discusses how directly pursuing happiness can paradoxically lead to unhappiness, based on Janine Waters' article about the hedonistic paradox.

This episode features psychotherapist Ross Rosenberg discussing his concepts of the human magnet syndrome and self-love deficit disorder to explain why toxic relationships feel intense and are difficult to leave.

The host explains his journey in psychotherapy and why he created the term 'self-love deficit disorder' to replace 'codependency' as a more accurate label for certain relationship patterns.

This episode discusses how narcissists use love bombing tactics around Valentine's Day to manipulate codependent partners, explaining the dynamics of the human magnet syndrome and the need for self-love recovery.

This episode explores how narcissists use gaslighting and psychological manipulation to control victims' minds, trapping them in self-destructive patterns in relationships.

This episode explores how narcissism and codependency are passed from parents to children through generational patterns, focusing on the dynamics between pathological narcissistic parents and codependent partners.

This episode explores how narcissists psychologically trap victims through manipulation, gaslighting, and turning them against themselves in relationships.

This episode explains how covert narcissists with sociopathic traits manipulate people during holiday seasons by presenting false loving personas to solidify their control.

This episode explains covert narcissism, focusing on how to identify if a parent has this personality disorder and why accurate diagnosis is crucial for understanding and treatment.

This episode analyzes how the 2025 horror film 'Together' accurately portrays narcissist-codependent relationships through its depiction of enmeshment and identity loss in the characters Millie and Tim.

Ross Rosenberg reviews his 11-stage self-love recovery program, explaining his renaming of codependency to self-love deficit disorder and discussing his therapeutic approach.

This episode explores the nuanced concept of personal responsibility in codependent relationships with narcissistic abusers, emphasizing that victims are not to blame for abuse while discussing accountability.

Ross Rosenberg explains his humanization technique and predictive awareness approach to help people prepare psychologically before leaving relationships with pathological narcissists.

This episode explains trauma bonding in relationships between codependents and narcissists, detailing the psychological dynamics that keep people in toxic situations.

This episode discusses five signs that distinguish codependency from genuine love, focusing on relationships with narcissists and the deceptive role of chemistry.

Ross Rosenberg interviews Alice Katahakis, an expert in sexual compulsivity and addiction, discussing her background, work at the Center for Healthy Sex, and insights into maintaining eroticism in long-term relationships.

Ross Rosenberg answers a listener question about why people with narcissistic and borderline personality disorders often don't recognize their problems, exploring core shame, anger, and fear of abandonment.

Ross Rosenberg discusses the concept of emotional dysmorphia, introduced by a client, as a way to understand struggles with self-love and emotional connection in relationships.

Ross Rosenberg discusses why the goal of happiness can be dangerous for individuals with self-love deficit disorder, explaining how codependents might mistake the absence of pain for happiness and fall victim to gaslighting by narcissists.

Ross Rosenberg discusses narcissistic injury and rage, explaining the origins of pathological narcissism from attachment trauma and core shame.

Ross Rosenberg explores the internal experience of codependents, describing the constant mental noise, loneliness, and shame that characterize self-love deficit disorder.

Ross Rosenberg introduces the concept of pathological loneliness and its connection to codependency and self-love deficit disorder.

Ross Rosenberg interviews Robert Jackman, an inner child expert and psychotherapist, about healing from codependency and trauma.

Ross Rosenberg discusses his expertise on narcissistic abuse, codependency, and trauma recovery, linking childhood trauma to love relationship trauma.