How to know you’re with a narcissist or perhaps it’s you?
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Alive and kicking with Claire McKenna on News Talk.
Yes, you can email the show, alive and kicking at newstalk.com. Always love to hear from you. And you'll find me on Instagram, I'm at Claire McKenna Presents. Coming up this morning, Ireland opens its first dedicated Aurvedic retreat centre in Leash. I went to meet its owner, farmer Neil McDermott. Fiona Brennan is back to answer a listener dilemma about a child who has been bullying another. And how to know you're with a narcissist. Or perhaps it's you. I'll be Joined by Dr. Adele Marin. So, what kind of a health and wellness week did I have? I have had a good week. I was at Beyond the Pale in Wicklow last weekend, and I want to extol the virtues of a festival, the power of music and shared experience, and the importance of letting your hair down.
Now that's gonna look different to everyone. For some, it's going all out in full-on costume. Some go sober, some stay sober for the weekend, some go the complete opposite. But it's basically just having fun at the center of your weekend or your day or your night or however long you're going for. I was checking in with a friend this week who was also there too, and we were saying how lovely it was to have such a mishmash of people all together, different ages, different styles, all together for the same reason. We absolutely loved it. The sun, I have to say, did make a big difference. You can have fun in the mud in the rain, but there is an extra layer added to everything from the outfit choice to where to place your foot in the mud so that you don't fall over.
So it was nice to just have that chill, relaxing in the sunshine type feeling. My husband was DJing, and I say that not to show off, but there's a there's a there's a nugget in here for you. He said to me a couple of years ago that even though he's a really happy guy, um, you know, that's just his his his MO, he loves his wife. Thankfully he loves his wife and our kids and his job and the people he works with. But he felt like there was something missing. I mean, he does play golf. A bit, he goes to the gym, he's a great group of f friends, and he loves to socialize. But what we landed on was that perhaps he should find something that's just for him. He loves music, so he did a DJ course. We got him his own set of decks, and basically it culminated in a slot in the Strawberry Fields tent last Saturday afternoon, and it was so great.
It's just so important, that bit of joy-seeking, that inner inquiry, and it's it's It's really worth if you can chasing what comes up, as you never really know where it might lead. You can email the show aliveandkicking at newstalk.com. Now, the word narcissist has completely exploded into everyday use. It's been used for exes, bosses, friends, family members, and pretty much anyone who has annoyed someone. So, have we started to flatten quite complex human behaviour into very simple labels? I'm joined on the line by Dr. Adele Marin. founder of COTA who has a PhD in workplace behavior and specializes in how people communicate, relate and interpret each other in everyday life and work. You're very welcome, Adele.
Thanks so much, Claire. So what do you think? Are we beginning to trivialize a complex human behavior, or is it good that we have more awareness of of these behaviors?
Yes, well I suppose it's twofold. Great to have awareness around these particular behaviours, particularly for those who are experiencing um on the other end of that behaviour. However, we have to be very careful in how we use that word. It's a very loaded word. It's a clinical term. And sometimes that you know, that that kind of therapy language is being moved into the workplace and used and weaponized against others. Um so we have to be careful how it's used.
Yeah, well let's understand it a little bit then. What is the true definition of narcissism?
So narcissism is a pervasive uh personality disorder, Claire. And so it's a consistent pattern of grandiosity, entitlement, a lack of empathy, exploitation of others, and just a constant need for admiration.
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