One of my favourite humans to follow on Insta is my dear friend Jessica Benstock. Not just because she is my buddy, but because she has a way of looking at assumed notions and flipping them upside down to look at them from multiple perspectives.
Currently, the conversation about narcissistic and empathetic personality traits is “narcissists bad” and “empaths good”. So Jess and I decided to look at this dynamic from a different perspective.
In reality, both narcissistic and empathic traits create a whole lot of suffering for all parties involved. When we notice these shadowy aspects that we see either in ourselves or our partners, we have a tendency to disown those parts of ourselves or judge those parts of our partners as being “bad”. This creates a fractured relationship with a very real aspect of the human experience.
This conversation is going to be helpful for anyone who has been with or been the partner in a relationship who has struggled with:
Which is really just another way of saying that if you are a human interacting with other humans, you’re going to want to tune into this episode.
What You'll Learn in this Episode:
Jessica Benstock helps scaling female CEOs end their anxiety, depression, & overwhelm + create thriving mental, emotional & sexual lives through the use of subconscious therapies, mindfulness practices, meditation, trauma informed leadership techniques, and energetic cultivation.
Kat HoSoo Lee is a trauma-informed Spiritual Business Mentor and host of The Rooted Business Podcast. She uses the tools of somatic and emotional alchemy to guide soulful entrepreneurs to approach their business as a spiritual practice. This allows them to cultivate businesses that are rooted in conscious values, ethical marketing and purposeful service.
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This podcast is made possible with sound production by Andre Lagace.