Pandora’s Box with Kaleah

You might know intuitively that you need to forgive the trespasser in your life for his or her wrongs against you but how do you get there?  What does it actually mean to forgive and how will coming to forgiveness help you?  We often find ourselves waiting on forgiveness hoping it will come so we can be released of our attachment to the offender in our lives.  Forgiveness is a word that is much misunderstood; as misunderstood as the actually act of forgiveness itself.  How does one forgive, the unforgivable?  How does one go beyond the pain of the trespass upon ones soul?  Listen to this episode of Pandora’s Box and learn what it really means to forgive and let go.   

Thanksgiving is coming up and so is Black Friday, long considered the shopping “kick off” for Christmas.  It is ironic how we give thanks for what is good in our lives right before we go on a mad rush of shopping that often involves standing in long lines overnight and trampling over others to get what we want.  In this episode of Pandora’s Box we will be looking at the true meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas, why we distract ourselves with enormous amounts of food the mad rush of shopping.  Do you want to have a much more meaningful holiday season?  Tune in and discover how.

Each of us has within us a wounded aspect that seeks healing. We are not that wounded part but we can unconsciously allow that wounded part to direct our lives. The more we can understand ourselves and care for and nurture our own wounded part, the stronger we become and the more “healed” we are. When we deny this aspect of SELF we often don’t see our own sabotoging and destructive behavior. In this episode of Pandora’s Box Kaleah will be talking about the wounded aspect of self and how to acknowledge and work with it.

If you have ever been involved with a narcissist you might have wished at some point that you were more like him/her. Maybe you feel you are too empathetic, too compassionate, you care too much for the other person, you are not confident enough, and think more of others than you do of yourself. Maybe you are afraid to self promote or put yourself out there. We all go through a narcissistic phase when we are children; even teenagers have a narcissistic phase. But what is the difference between healthy narcissism and pathological narcissism? On this episode of Pandora’s Box we are going to explore “healthy narcissism” and how developing a little more narcissism can actually help us to recover from narcissistic abuse and not be such a target for the pathological narcissist.

Crazy Makers.  Who are they?  They are those people in your life who drive you crazy.  I mean literally drive you crazy.  They are the narcissists, the sociopaths, the borderline personalities and other people who confuse reality, project their inner demons onto you and blame you for their behavior.  In this episode of Pandora’s Box we will talk about how to Banish the crazies from our life and recover our sanity and well being.  We will talk about the art of “tough love” and the importance of Self love.  This is an episode not to be missed. 

In this episode we are bringing back a conversation from five years ago with Sam Vaknin, twice diagnosed narcissist and diagnosed sociopath. Sam Vaknin, author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" , a work of reference about the Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Join me as I interview Self Proclaimed Narcissist Sam Vaknin who is one of the leading authorities on Narcissistic Personality Disorder on the Web. We will talk to Sam about how he came to discover he had NPD and how he has used the knowledge and experienced he has gained to shed an inner light to the disorder for others to gain a greater understanding.

Suicidal tendencies are common amongst people who are coming out of relationships with narcissists, sociopaths, and other crazy making personalities. There is often extreme loss of Self as well as loss of the illusion one has been living under. There is also loss of social support, friends and family members due to the crazy making energies of the relationship. Understanding why one has lost the will to live is an important part of the recovery process and so is regaining what has been lost. In this episode of Pandora’s Box we will be discussing why we lose the “Will to Live” and how to work with the feelings that are surfacing during such a dark time in our lives. We will also be talking about “The Journey into Darkness” and related Mythological characters who bring wisdom through their journeys.

This is a replay from one of my earlier shows on the topic of Psychic Vampires. Vampires are not just imaginary creatures of fiction or legend—they really exist. They are the people who, having never received love, settle for power instead, and become experts at robbing others of their vital energy. Join Barbara Hort, author of “Unholy Hungers” as we talk about how you can tell if you are involved with a psychic vampire and what to do about it.

Kaleah and Kathryn Rudlin talk about unavailable Mothers and how those who grow up without emotional nurturing hunger for that nurturing all their lives until they can take that inner healing journey to find and embrace the Mother within. The book Ghost Mothers was inspired by the many years Kathryn spent trying to create a positive relationship with her illusive mother. When years of effort led nowhere, she came to see that her mother wasn’t capable of maternal nurturing, and that she was a ghost-daughter, haunted by painful feelings and unsure how to move forward. Her healing journey reinforced the many strengths developed in growing up this way, and she now shares her personal and professional experience to help others thrive.

How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life. Join us as I interview Dr. Robin Stern, the author of "the Gaslight Effect" as we explore the common narcissistic behavior called "Gaslighting." Find out how this subtle form of manipulation can cause an individual to believe she is going crazy! This is a replay of an earlier interview from Kaleah's original show "Dispelling the Myths."