The Self-Love Recovery Podcast

The Self-Love Recovery Podcast

Begin your recovery from narcissists and narcissistic abuse, codependency, gaslighting, trauma, and more with Ross Rosenberg's Self-Love Recovery Podcast! Expect to be informed, inspired & unburdened by master psychotherapist Ross Rosenberg, an international expert on narcissistic abuse, codependency & trauma recovery & best-selling author of The Human Magnet Syndrome. Millions of people have already been given hope, direction, and enlightenment through his YouTube contributions and book sales. Ross warmly and authentically draws from his own healing journey as well as 35 years in the mental health field. Ross Rosenberg is all about breaking through barriers, opening up minds, and inspiring and guiding people about what they have been misinformed about or most need to understand. Whether it is freedom over codependency, which he renamed to Self-Love Deficit Disorder, narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, or the childhood trauma that underlies them, you will find this podcast liberating, inspiring, and extraordinarily educating. So join him on his quest to warmly, authentically, and expertly explain, advise, and inspire. Prepare to change your life!

Episodes

March 26, 2025 25 mins

Ross Rosenberg addresses a question from his Self-Love Mailbag: 
1. What prevents individuals with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) from understanding the emotional pain they cause to others?
2. What are the origins of the deep-seated shame experienced by people with NPD and BPD?
3. What are the reasons that individuals with these disorders often struggle to feel empathy ...

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Ross Rosenberg, author of The Human Magnet Syndrome and The Codependency Revolution, shares his wisdom and clinical experience on surviving and healing from narcissistic abuse. 

Self-Love Mailbag: leave questions for Ross to consider answering at the end of the next YouTube video. 

For more information about Brook: www.bit.ly/high-conflict-divorce

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Ross Rosenberg, a psychotherapist with 38 years of experience, discusses high-conflict divorces with Brook Olsen, a Certified Parenting Educator, Divorce Mediator, Divorce Coach, and author of The Black Hole of High Conflict. Although Ross and Brook have different backgrounds, their understanding and solutions for achieving positive results in high-conflict divorces with narcissists are similar and complementary. 

The Self-Love Reco...

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Ross Rosenberg introduces the term "Valentine's Day Narcissist," describing it as an individual with one of three pathological narcissistic disorders—Borderline, Antisocial, or Narcissistic Personality Disorder—and their manipulative behaviors specifically exhibited on Valentine's Day. 

He explains that their primary tactic involves "love bombing," a form of gaslighting, to win over those with self-love...

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Drawing from decades of experience as a therapist and his own personal journey, Ross breaks down the complexities of depression, why it’s so important to address openly, and how understanding it can lead to healing and self-love.

Due to the widespread lack of understanding and the prevailing stigma surrounding depression, countless individuals find themselves compelled to endure their suffering in silence. Ross uses this p...

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January 16, 2025 19 mins

Drawing on his concepts of the “Human Magnet Syndrome” and the “Codependency Revolution,” Ross Rosenberg presents a straightforward yet insightful definition of love.

Patreon Exclusive Content: for exclusive content, insights, and services, consider subscribing to Ross Rosenberg's/Self-Love Recovery Institute's new Patreon Subscription Program: https://www.patreon.com/RossRosenbergSLRI

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Covert narcissists take full advantage of the winter holidays, especially Christmas. They get to show off while exploiting others. 

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ABOUT ROSS ROSENBERG 
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Ross Rosenberg succinctly reviews his Self-Love Recovery treatment program for codependency or what he calls "self-love deficit disorder." A six-hour thorough examination of this treatment program can be purchased as an audio or video download at tiny.cc/Codependency_Cure

Patreon  Exclusive Content: for exclusive content, insights, and services, consider subscribing to Ross Rosenberg's/Self-Love Recovery Ins...

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In this touching episode, Ross Rosenberg delves into the essential principles of codependency recovery, which he calls "self-love recovery." With clarity, compassion, and empathy, he presents a compelling explanation for how individuals with self-love deficit disorder (codependency) can break free from their long-standing pattern of getting involved with destructive narcissists and instead embrace a life filled with abund...

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In this podcast, Ross Rosenberg delves into "emotional dysmorphia," a term he coined to describe the internalized, distorted self-perceptions often developed by those with Self-Love Deficit Disorder (SLDD), or codependency. Much like body dysmorphia, emotional dysmorphia involves pervasive feelings of inadequacy or being unlovable, which persist despite contradictory evidence and affirmations from others.

Ross ex...

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In this episode, Ross Rosenberg dives into the metaphor of a "parasite" to explain the toxic dynamic between codependents (Self-Love Deficients or SLDs) and pathological narcissists.

Building on concepts from his books, The Human Magnet Syndrome and The Codependency Revolution, Ross explains how narcissists, much like parasites, rely on the life force of codependents to survive.

Ross emphasizes that heal...

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Learn more in our latest blog post: https://www.selfloverecovery.com/blogs/blog/broken-from-the-start-co-dependents-anonymous-who-is-powerless-over-whom

Full version of topic is included in ross's new book, The Codependency Revolution: https://www.selfloverecovery.com/products/the-codependency-revolution?variant=45089834762479

Just like other 12-step programs, CoDA’s first step pinpoints the out-of-control ad...

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Ross Rosenberg's emotionally evocative podcast captures the terror, fear, and anxiety of being an abuse victim by a loved one who has borderline personality disorder. He not only explains the experience but also offers life-saving advice on how to survive it. Similar to his previous videos on BPD (which have amassed 1.8 million views), he provides insights from his distinctive perspective as a mental health service provider wi...

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Learn more about Karen here: https://www.jbddivorcesupport.com/jbdpodcast

Find Ross's latest bestselling book here: https://a.co/d/fYuRNvE

In this insightful discussion, Ross Rosenberg and Karen McMahon delve into the challenges of high-conflict divorces, especially with narcissistic partners. Karen, founder of Journey Beyond Divorce, shares her expertise in guiding individuals through the emotional and legal...

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In this podcast, Ross interviews Alex Katehakis, a renowned marriage and family therapist specializing in sexual addiction and healthy sexuality. Alex shares her journey, starting with an interest in human sexuality and later focusing on sex and love addiction, as well as sexual codependency. She explains the difference between healthy and problematic sexual behaviors, noting that it’s not the acts themselves but the misuse of sex ...

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July 31, 2024 13 mins

In this podcast, Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed, LCPC, CADC, discusses the hidden dangers of pursuing happiness for those with Self-Love Deficit Disorder (SLDD), or codependency. He explains how codependents often mistake the absence of pain for true happiness due to their relationships with narcissists, who manipulate and gaslight them. Ross emphasizes the importance of addressing underlying issues like trauma, shame, and loneliness, and bu...

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With a new introduction, Ross re-shares the video that has changed thousands of lives. 

The most effective of all the narcissist's manipulative strategies is “Induced Conversation.” Especially when breaking down a no-contact initiative or when trying to hoover (suck back into the relationship) the codependent. For codependents to not get sucked back into the relationship that has nearly destroyed them, they must have ...

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In this podcast, Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed, LCPC, CADC, discusses the concept of pathological loneliness, a profound existential pain that individuals with self-love deficit disorder (SLDD), or codependency, experience when they are not in a relationship. Rosenberg explores the roots of this condition, its connection to codependency, and how it manifests as a visceral, bone-aching pain driving individuals into unhealthy relationships to...

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In this podcast, Ross joins Wendy Meyers to discuss his new book, "The Codependency Revolution: Fixing What Was Always Broken." Within this discussion, he talks about the magnet-like forces that compel people with self-love deficit disorder/Codependency to fall in love with pathological narcissists (and vice versa) as well as the healing cycle of narcissistic abuse. More about the book: https://shorturl.at/9kc21

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In this podcast,  Ross Rosenberg M.Ed., LCPC, CADC is joined with Psychotherapist and Reiki master Robert Jackman where they discuss the unresolved wounds one may acquire during childhood and the process for healing and embracing an authentic life. 

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ABOUT ROSS ROSENBERG
Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC, is a psychotherapist, educator, expert witness, and celebrated author. He is also a global thought leader and...

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