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THE UNDERSTANDING NARCISSISM SUMMIT | NOVEMBER 4–13, 2019
DAY 10: SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN THE AGE OF NARCISSISM
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"How Self-Compassion Avoids and Helps Deal with Narcissism"
Kristin Neff, PhD
Pioneering self-compassion researcher and author discusses self-compassion and boundary-setting with narcissists
What You'll Learn
  • The difference between self-compassion and self-esteem
  • Yin and yang self-compassion
  • How both forms of self-compassion are needed to stand up to narcissists
"The True Self Must Live: The Story of Bluebeard and How Not to Fall Prey to Malignant Narcissists"
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD
Jungian psychoanalyst shares insights into the nature of narcissism via the story of Bluebeard
What You'll Learn
  • The far-reaching effects of NPD
  • The story of Bluebeard and the pathway to freedom
  • ​The false empathy proclaimed by narcissists
  • ​Rising above the oppression of our "overculture"
↓ Summit Schedule ↓ 
DAY 1     |    DAY 2    |    DAY 3    |    DAY 4     |     DAY 5     |     DAY 6    |    DAY 7    |    DAY 8    |    DAY 9    |    DAY 10
DAY 1
 November 4, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
Narcissism 101: An Overview
Ramani Durvasula, PhD
Author of Should I Stay or Should I Go? on staying sane and healthy in an era of narcissism
"Staying Sane and Healthy in the Era of Narcissism and Entitlement"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • An understanding of what narcissism actually is while differentiating it from narcissistic personality disorder
  • An overview of the incentivization of narcissism, incivility, and entitlement by society at large
  • ​An understanding of the impact of difficult personality patterns including narcissism and antagonism on the people in relationships with them
  • ​Simple takeaways on how to stay sane in the midst of the culture of narcissism, entitlement, and incivility
W. Keith Campbell, PhD
Author and professor of psychology at UGA presents the current thinking on narcissism in the scientific community

"Narcissism: Thoughts on Structure and Reach"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The difference between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism (and NPD)
  • ​The Trifurcated Model of Narcissism (TMN)
  • ​The basic association between narcissism and social media, leadership, and attraction
DAY 2
November 5, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
Narcissism in Relationships
Terri Cole, LCSW, MSW
Relationship expert and founder of Boundary Bootcamp® discusses the narcissistic parent
"Decoding the Connection Between Narcissistic Parents and Partners"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • How to identify a narcissistic parent 
  • How to identify your unique Downloaded Blueprint
  • ​The narcissism-codependency connection
  • ​The interdependence of healthy love
  • ​How healthy boundaries are essential for healing—and a happy life
Abdul Saad, MPsych
Clinical psychologist draws key distinctions between covert and overt/grandiose narcissism
"Understanding Covert Narcissism"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • Understand the key distinctions between covert/vulnerable and overt/grandiose narcissism
  • Understand how these distinctions are a function of differences in temperament between individuals with covert and overt narcissism
  • How the core pathological features of narcissistic personality disorder are operating in both covert and overt narcissism, even though they appear very different
  • ​Understand the critical role of schadenfreude to explain how covertly narcissistic individuals exploit others
  • ​Distinguish between covert narcissism when it manifests as a personality vulnerability rather than as a disorder (NPD)
DAY 3
November 6, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
A Politics of Us vs. Them
Craig Malkin, PhD
Psychologist and author of Rethinking Narcissism illuminates the narcissism spectrum 
"The Narcissism Spectrum"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The difference between healthy and unhealthy narcissism
  • The three Es: exploitation, entitlement, and empathy impairment
  • The concept of "Echoism"
  • ​Narcissism in leadership and politics
Bandy X. Lee, MD, MDiv
Author of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump on the psychologist's moral obligation in politics 
"The Dangers of Narcissism in Politics"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The story behind the bestselling book
  • ​Why medical neutrality does not mean silence
  • ​The danger of normalizing a malignant situation
  • ​Why tyranny over the mind is the greatest form of oppression
DAY 4
November 7, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
Narcissism in a Patriarchal Society
Sandy Hotchkiss, PsyD, LCSW
Psychoanalyst and author of Why Is It Always about YOU? helps us identify and manage narcissism in the workplace
"Knowledge Is Power: Recognizing Narcissism in the Workplace"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The different "flavors" of narcissism
  • Why work environments are vulnerable to narcissistic processes
  • ​What you must do if you don't want to quit (or be fired)
Terry Real, LICSW
Therapist and author discusses the roots of men’s narcissism and what to do about it
"Male Narcissism, Male Shame"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • Traditional masculinity is founded on two lies, leaving men vulnerable to anxiety and shame
  • ​Shame can be successfully (if disastrously) self-medicated with grandiosity
  • ​Healthy self-esteem is WITH—neither better nor lesser than
DAY 5
November 8, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
Overcoming the Culture of ME
Caroline Myss
New York Times bestselling author and spiritual teacher on the role of narcissism in the evolution of consciousness
"Narcissism and the Evolution of Consciousness"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The archetypal force known as the narcissist
  • The great turning point of the nuclear age and where we find ourselves now
  • ​Embracing the shadow and moving through the dark side of narcissism
  • ​​Recognizing and reclaiming your true power
Emily Bebenek
TEDx speaker and high school student on the ways narcissism is encouraged in society and culture
"A New Age of Narcissism"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The ways in which society encourages and rewards narcissistic behaviors
  • ​How the trend of narcissism is influencing our lives and values
  • ​Alternative values to encourage and pursue for a more meaningful life
DAY 6
November 9, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
The Empath-Narcissist Connection
Judith Orloff, MD
New York Times bestselling author of The Empath's Survival Guide on the toxic attraction between empaths and narcissists
"The Toxic Attraction Between Empaths and Narcissists"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • How to identify a narcissist
  • Protection strategies for empaths
  • ​Narcissist techniques such as gaslighting and beating down your self-esteem
  • ​The advantage of provoking a conflict with a narcissist to reveal their true colors early on
  • ​The cord-cutting technique to end a relationship with a narcissist
Karla McLaren, M.Ed.
Empathy pioneer and author shares non-pathologizing ways to identify narcissistic tendencies
"An Empathic Perspective on Narcissism"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • Exploring the situations that lead to self-absorption and an inability to fully connect with others
  • ​Humane and non-pathologizing ways to identify narcissistic tendencies so that you can decide how you want to engage
  • ​Understanding the necessity of both narcissism and empathy, and retrieving narcissism from the shadows
DAY 7
November 10, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
Narcissism and the Spiritual Path
A.H. Almaas
Spiritual teacher and founder of the Diamond Approach® on how narcissism becomes an impediment to spiritual awakening
"Narcissism as a Barrier to Self-Realization"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The relationship between pathological narcissism (NPD) and the narcissism of everyday life
  • ​How our sense of identity develops, and how we can shift it through inquiry and spiritual practice
  • The experience of "deficient emptiness" and staying with this experience until our essential nature reveals itself
  • ​The discovery of what A.H. Almaas calls "the point of existence"

Bonnie Duran, DrPH
Professor and Buddhist mindfulness practitioner shares tools to help with difficult relationships
"Spiritual Tools and Support for Navigating Relationships with Narcissists"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • Our own individual experience of working with narcissism in our lives 
  • ​Notions of conceit (mana) and vipallasa (wrong view) in Buddhist suttas and their applicability to understanding narcissism
  • ​Mindfulness and compassion practice as spiritual tools in working with difficult individuals
DAY 8
November 11, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
Cultivating Healthy Narcissism
Rick Hanson, PhD
Psychologist and New York Times bestselling author on how healthy confidence promotes resilience and well-being
"Healthy Confidence"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The social brain: why we need healthy "narcissistic supplies," especially in childhood
  • ​What happens when we do not get the empathy, caring, and appreciation we naturally need
  • ​How to heal the hungry heart and "hardwire" healthy confidence into your brain
Satinder Brar, MSc, RP, CCC
Psychotherapist and speaker on reclaiming the healthy parts of narcissism
"Are We All Narcissists?"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The spectrum of narcissism
  • ​The healthy parts of narcissism
  • ​How to promote healthy narcissism in the ones we love
DAY 9
November 12, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
Healing from Narcissistic Wounds
Rhonda Freeman, PhD
Clinical neuropsychologist explores how NPD presents in intimate relationship 
"Survivors: The Brain and Moving Forward After a Relationship with a Narcissist"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • How the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder often present within an intimate relationship
  • ​Why many survivors struggle with shame during and after the relationship
  • ​Neurocircuitry commonly associated with emotion dysregulation in the aftermath of a relationship with a narcissist
  • ​The impact of traumatic stress on the brain within an intimate relationship
  • ​Self-care approaches to ease emotion dysregulation (i.e., pain, withdrawal, stress) when the relationship has ended
Jeff Pincus, MSW, LCSW
Couple therapist on how narcissistic partners can heal and co-create a genuine love 
"Loving for Real: Healing Narcissism in Relationship"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • Identify the narcissistic traits that block genuine connection
  • ​Understand three essential tasks that transform narcissistic immaturity or injury into growth and relational agency
  • ​Apply the process of Dyadic Self-Development in your own relationship or with your clients
DAY 10
November 13, 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Narcissism
Kristin Neff, PhD
Pioneering self-compassion researcher and author discusses self-compassion and boundary-setting with narcissists
"How Self-Compassion Avoids and Helps Deal with Narcissism"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The difference between self-compassion and self-esteem
  • ​Yin and yang self-compassion
  • ​How both forms of self-compassion are needed to stand up to narcissists
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD
Jungian psychoanalyst shares insights into the nature of narcissism via the story of Bluebeard
"The True Self Must Live: The Story of Bluebeard and How Not to Fall Prey to Malignant Narcissists"
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
  • The far-reaching effects of NPD
  • ​The story of Bluebeard and the pathway to freedom
  • ​The false empathy proclaimed by narcissists
  • ​Rising above the oppression of our "overculture"
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