Leslie Powers from Spiritual Empowered joins us to talk about her journey from narcissistic abuse survivor to life coach and social influencer. Leslie hosts a daily FaceBook live to help people start their day along with YouTube videos dedicated to healing the wounds of emotional abuse and enabling her viewers to build an empowered life!

Links to find out more! FaceBook - [https://www.facebook.com/empowerandthrive]

YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsEaTDlh3kfgl17DnaRFW2g]

Spiritually Untamed - [https://amzn.to/2KhdNkY]

Journey with an overt narcissist 00:28:20 - Leslee talks about her journey starting with an overt narcissistic personality type and how that relationship effected her life. Even though she was a very strong person and was okay with not “needing” someone she still was entrapped by her ex.

And then there was the covert narcissist 00:20:30 - Leslee talks about her next relationship which was completely different. She met and started a relationship with a covert narcissist who didn’t “set off” the same red flags as her previous relationship. Although different, this relationship was equally damaging.

The Post Knowledge Crash 00:26:18 - Leslee talks about her struggle after learning about narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic abuse. A common problem people experience is the “crash” after you learn about this complex.

Coming into her own spirituality 00:31:38 - Leslee discusses her journey to into spiritually and how she started down this path. It started with life couching and then grew within the courses she was taking and started learning about her own spirituality.

The post recovery perspective 00:37:45 - Leslee talks about how ultimately she is grateful for these difficult experiences and how it forced her to re-evaluate and ultimately improve her life.

Repairing our wounds 00:41:59 - Leslee talks about when she was ready to look at her own faults and how she arrived at this point. This is a difficult stage and one that you can only really enter when you are ready. If you start this phase too soon it can be damaging for you and your healing. Now when she confronts an internal problem she is excited about the “treat” that you get when you work through it.

Using “your voice” to help others 00:46:56 - Leslee discusses her journey to “go public” with her message and then how that lead into a coaching career to help others to empower and regain their own lives.

The pivot to the positive 00:56:38 - Leslee talks about her initial struggles with the channel and her decision to change the focus from validation to growth and the ultimate success she has had with “her tribe” in helping them achieve positive results in their own lives.

Spiritual Untamed her Book 01:04:41 - Leslee talks about her book

Final Thoughts 01:05:10 - Leslee imparts advice for people in the middle of the narcissistic abuse recovery process. She encourages people to be kind to themselves and to put themselves first when rebuilding their lives