65: Chris Wasko on Life After… Narcissistic Parents: Cutting Contact, Generational Trauma & Healing the Energy Body

<p>Content warning: This episode discusses childhood physical abuse, narcissistic abuse, family estrangement, and trauma. Please take care when listening, or skip this episode if it feels triggering.</p><p><br></p><p>What happens when the people who were supposed to protect you were the ones causing the most harm? And what does it take to finally say enough?</p><p><br></p><p>Today I&#39;m joined by Chris Wasko. Chris is a spiritual counsellor, energy healer, and author who helps old souls and survivors of narcissistic abuse heal from trauma.</p><p><br></p><p>After growing up in a household with both an overt and covert narcissist, and spending years carrying the weight of that before finally cutting contact, Chris turned her own healing journey into a body of work that is helping people all over the world reclaim themselves.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we chat about:</p><ul><li>Growing up with narcissistic parents on opposite ends of the spectrum - one overtly abusive, one covertly manipulative, and why the covert narcissist can be harder to recognise</li><li>The moment Chris finally said enough, when her father threatened her husband, and why leaving felt like fear before it ever felt like freedom</li><li>How trauma muted Chris&#39;s intuitive and psychic abilities, and how the healing process brought them back online, including the ability to see and communicate with spirit</li><li>Reading the chakra system as a way of uncovering the stories the body is holding, and why awareness and acknowledgement alone can create energetic release</li><li>Why narcissism is a generational pattern, not just an individual personality trait, and how to reverse-engineer trauma through family history</li><li>The difference between overt and covert narcissism, and Chris&#39;s honest answer on whether narcissists can truly change</li><li>Ten years of estrangement, a vindictive mother, and what it really looks like to choose yourself when the narcissist comes after you with daggers</li><li>Practical first steps for anyone currently in a narcissistic relationship - grounding techniques, chakra work, tapping, and sound healing</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This episode is for anyone who has ever questioned whether the abuse they experienced was &quot;bad enough&quot; to justify walking away, or who has stayed far longer than they should have because leaving felt more terrifying than staying.</p><p><br></p><p>Chris speaks from lived experience and deep expertise, and this conversation is a reminder that choosing yourself is not betrayal; it&#39;s survival.</p><p><br></p><p>Apply to be an author in our Life After I Left Anthology: <a href="https://forms.gle/Ai6srhDqkuXL4Sbe8" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/Ai6srhDqkuXL4Sbe8</a></p><p><strong>Connect with Chris:</strong></p><ul><li>Website: <a href="https://www.chriswasko.com">www.chriswasko.com</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chriswaskomedium">https://www.facebook.com/chriswaskomedium</a></li><li>Spicy Old Souls® Program: <a href="https://www.chriswasko.com/spicy-old-souls">https://www.chriswasko.com/spicy-old-souls</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>If you need support:</strong></p><ul><li>1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 (24/7) | <a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au">https://www.1800respect.org.au</a></li><li>Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7) | <a href="https://www.lifeline.org.au">https://www.lifeline.org.au</a></li><li>Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 (24/7) | <a href="https://www.beyondblue.org.au">https://www.beyondblue.org.au</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Cat:</strong></p><ul><li>Join my mailing list to be the first to know about my NEW fear program: ⁠<a href="https://catlouisedunn.myflodesk.com/mailing-list">https://catlouisedunn.myflodesk.com/mailing-list⁠</a></li><li>Instagram: ⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterileftpodcast/">https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterileftpodcast/⁠</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/catlouisedunn/">https://