Hello again my Dear Readers!
I am honored to share this recent interview with fellow PhD and author, Marlena Fiol. Below are some excerpts and the podcast you can download, as well as a link to her site. Please enjoy our conversation, and thank you so much for your continued support!
— Liz
Read MoreThis was an excerpt from an original essay by Liz Scott, a psychologist with over 40 years of experience and the author of This Never Happened, an absolutely heart wrenching memoir about her childhood journey with narcissistic parents, and her relentless search for the truth, for belonging, and a deeper understanding of her own life.
Liz Scott is an extraordinary woman who had arrived at the intersection of despair and made a conscious choice to live a full life.
This interview is a deep dive into what it means to take an unflinching look at ourselves and our history, in order to create change.
Read MoreQuite This Podcast Will Change Your Life I am today. Not to mention the mighty Liz Scott, Portland, so much Portland lately, no, yes, see Greg Gerding and Melissa Duclos, and University of Hell Press, This Never Happened, therapy, memoir, and me, me, me, so narcissism also, and parents, distance, empathy, anger and forgiveness, and see Neile Parisi too, Nick Flynn, luck, good work and much, much more. So, please do This Podcast Will Change Your Life, because it will most certainly do that.
Read MoreLiz Scott is a psychologist and the author of a fascinating and unusual memoir entitled, "This Never Happened". The book describes her life with two very unhappy and difficult parents who held many secrets; Liz grew up living an Anglo-Saxon life in Connecticut, complete with church picnics and horseback riding lessons. It came as quite a shock when she learned that her family actually came from a long line of Jewish ancestry. This was only one of the secrets she discovered. Read more of Liz’s writing and find out more at https://www.lizscott.org.
Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at NicoleChristina.com.
Read MoreMemoirist Liz Scott, author of This Never Happened, speaks to Karen Stefano in this episode from Rare Bird Radio.
Read MoreMemoirist Liz Scott, author of This Never Happened, and Sands Hall, author of Flunk. Start.: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology, talk with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about their memoirs.
Read More“I will be who I am, and I’m basically in charge of that now.”
It’s hard to believe that some of us have lived full of horrors and traumas with our biological family. You’re lucky and privileged if you didn’t have to go through these. But for some who did, how do they look pass them so they can also live their lives fully?
In this episode of The Mental Health Revolution Podcast, Kate talks to Liz Scott, a clinical psychologist and the author of This Never Happened, about her experiences dealing with her family secrets, how it helped her finder her identity by trying to unravel the mysteries, how she found much more compassion while on her quest, and many more. Discover how it affected her well-being and relationships when you tune in.
Read MoreNarcissistic Personality Disorder or NPD is a condition characterized by an overwhelming need for attention and admiration, a heightened sense of self-importance, and a lack of empathy toward others.
Liz Scott grew up with narcissists as parents.
But, for all of Scott's parent's entitled and erratic behaviors, Liz found herself attempting to understand the underlying problems in her parent's upbringing, and found empathy for her flawed and disastrous parents.
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