Family Therapist: The #1 Sign You Were Raised by Narcissistic Parents

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Family therapy expert Jerry Wise reveals how breaking free from "the family trance" requires self-differentiation, empowering you to heal generational trauma and reclaim your authentic self. His revolutionary insight that "it's never too late to have a happy childhood" offers powerful tools for overcoming criticism, people-pleasing, and emotional reactivity through self-awareness, self-regulation, and healthy boundaries.

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0:00.0	There are two big things happening at one time that I've never done before.
0:04.2	I'm going on a book tour for my new book, Make Money Easy, and I'm doing a podcast tour at the same time.
0:11.9	It is going to be big, and I'm going to seven cities in 10 days.
0:17.0	Get your friends, get your family, bring everyone you know to these cities. I'm coming to Austin, Texas, New York, Boston, we're going to Nashville, then we're going to Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. Make sure to get your tickets right now. Go to Lewishouse.com slash tour. Again, bring everyone you know if you're looking to create more financial freedom
0:38.7	and abundance in your life. And you want to see a massive guest live on the School of Greatness
0:44.0	show. Get your tickets. I can't wait to see you there. People will always ask me,
0:49.1	am I a narcissist? And I'll go, do you ever feel guilty? A narcissist is not going to feel that guilt.
0:57.5	What have they done wrong? They're always right. Why would they apologize? You made them do it?
1:04.7	Oh my gosh. Or they did it for your good. Jerry is a life and relationship, counselor.
1:11.7	For 40 years, he is in a professional in psychotherapy and family therapy and now in life coaching.
1:17.3	Please everyone welcome Jerry Wise.
1:19.3	So many people grow up under the family trance.
1:23.4	They don't understand the dysfunction of their family because it's been normalized.
1:29.3	Here I am criticizing myself and cutting myself down internally and hating myself.
1:36.3	And many will go, don't look at any of that.
1:39.3	Let's just try to be nicer to yourself.
1:43.3	Versus, wait a minute, let's get mom and dad out of the
1:46.7	week. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. So let's start now. What are the warning
1:52.5	signs then that show up in adult children of narcissistic parents? Let's then take a look at that.
2:04.0	Welcome back in one of the School of Greatness. Very excited about our guest today. We have
2:08.5	the inspiring Jerry Wise in the house and a quick bio about Jerry. He's the leading expert in
2:13.1	healing from family and relationship dysfunction through self differentiation. You've been doing this work
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