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Lisa A. Romano

Lisa A. Romano is a globally recognized Breakthrough Life Coach, award-winning author, and a leading expert in emotional recovery. Named the #1 Most Influential Person of 2020 and one of the World's Most Inspiring Women of 2023, Lisa has dedicated her career to helping others break free from the chains of codependency and narcissistic abuse. As the creator of the Conscious Healing Academy, she has developed a groundbreaking approach to emotional recovery that focuses on healing the deep-rooted causes of the false self so as to make a path forward to the authentic self. Lisa's work is driven by her belief in the transformative power of an organized mind. She teaches that true healing begins when individuals can confront and dismantle the subconscious beliefs that keep them trapped in patterns of self-sabotage and emotional pain. Through her coaching, writing, and educational programs, Lisa empowers her clients to awaken to their authentic selves, guiding them on a journey of self-discovery and personal empowerment. With a mission to help others live above the veil of consciousness, Lisa's influence extends far beyond her coaching practice. Her insights and teachings have inspired millions worldwide to take control of their lives, break free from toxic relationships, and embrace a path of self-love and true fulfillment. Contact coach@lisaaromano.com or visit https://www.lisaaromano.com to learn about how Lisa and her team can assist with your expansion of consciousness despite a painful past.

  1. 18H AGO

    How Childhood Trauma Taught You to Stop Feeling

    How Childhood Trauma Taught You to Stop Feeling A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano, Breakthrough Life Coach Do you struggle to feel your emotions, connect deeply with others, or understand what you truly feel inside? Have you ever wondered why you overthink everything, focus on others' needs, or feel disconnected from your own emotional world? If so, you are not broken. You are patterned. And patterns can be changed. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano explains why so many adult children of dysfunction learned to disconnect from their emotions as a survival strategy. Through deep psychological insight and compassionate understanding, Lisa reveals how emotional disconnection is not a flaw, it is a protective response rooted in childhood trauma. This is not about weakness. It is about survival. In This Episode You'll Discover: 🔹 Why children disconnect from their emotions in unsafe or unpredictable environments 🔹 How emotional neglect, chaos, and lack of attunement shape the nervous system 🔹 The connection between codependency and emotional disconnection 🔹 Why overthinking and caretaking replace emotional awareness 🔹 How subconscious beliefs like "I'm not enough" are formed in childhood 🔹 Why self-awareness without self-compassion can lead to shame 🔹 How dissociation becomes a default survival mechanism 🔹 The long-term effects of emotional suppression on mental and physical health 🔹 Why codependents struggle to connect with their own feelings and needs 🔹 How healing requires understanding the root, not just the behavior A Truth That Changes Everything: You did not stop feeling because something is wrong with you. You stopped feeling because it was the only way your nervous system could protect you in an environment that felt unsafe, unpredictable, or overwhelming. What you learned to suppress helped you survive. But what helped you survive may now be disconnecting you from your true self. This is not a personal failure. This is a survival pattern with deep roots, and Lisa is here to help you understand how to reconnect. ✨ You are not emotionally broken. ✨ You were protecting yourself. ✨ And you can learn to feel again, safely. Healing Resources & Support 🔹 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program A trauma-informed, neuroscience-based healing path for adult children of narcissistic, neglectful, or emotionally immature caregivers 👉 Breakthrough Program: Reclaim Your True Self in 90 Days or Less 🔹 Breakthrough Warrior Membership On-demand courses, journaling tools, meditations, and a private healing community 👉 Live Group Calls with Lisa Every Month 🔹 Free Codependency Quiz Learn how childhood programming may still be shaping your relationships 👉 Quiz 🎧 New episodes released regularly 🌱 Learn more: https://www.lisaaromano.com Follow along on YouTube for Live Workshops http://youtube.com/@lisaaromano1?sub_confirmation=1 #childhoodtrauma #emotionalneglect #codependency #emotionalnumbness #dissociation #traumahealing #innerchildhealing #mentalhealth #selfawareness #nervoussystemhealing #selfworth #healingjourney #adultchildren #lisaaromano

    16 min
  2. You Might Also Like: The Story of Money

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    You Might Also Like: The Story of Money

    Introducing When money went rogue: banking in 19th-century frontier America from The Story of Money. Follow the show: The Story of Money In 19th-century America almost anyone could print their own money – and many did. One of the most notable figures to take this up was a man named James Brown, a charismatic conman who built a fortune producing fake banknotes. In this episode of The Story of Money, Stephen Mihm, a professor of history at the University of Georgia, introduces hosts Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth to “the hardest working man in counterfeiting”. They discuss the parallels between banking in the Wild West and the advent of cryptocurrencies today, and the role trust plays in all financial systems.     Further reading: A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States, by Stephen Mihm (2007)  The Square and Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power, by Niall Ferguson (2018) To enjoy future episodes, be sure to subscribe to The Story of Money wherever you get your podcasts, and also follow the show's dedicated YouTube channel here.  Learn more at ft.com/tsom   Hosts: Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth Guest: Stephen Mihm Producer: Lulu Smyth Senior Producer: Michela Tindera and Laurence Knight Executive Producers: Flo Phillips and Manuela Saragosa Original music: Breen Turner Broadcast engineers: Bianca Wakeman and Petros Giuompasis Podcast Development: Laura Clarke FT Global Head of Audio: Cheryl Brumley Video editor: Kristen Kenyon at Podcast Discovery Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to team@podroll.fm.

  3. MAY 11

    The High Functioning Woman Who Is Secretly Exhausted

    The High Functioning Woman Who Is Secretly Exhausted A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano, Breakthrough Life Coach Do you look strong, capable, and in control on the outside, but feel anxious, overwhelmed, or exhausted on the inside? Are you the one everyone depends on, while silently carrying the emotional weight of everything and everyone around you? If so, you are not broken. You are patterned. And patterns can be changed. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano breaks down the hidden reality of high functioning women who appear calm and successful, but are internally living in a state of chronic stress. With deep psychological insight and nervous system awareness, Lisa explains why this is not a time management issue or a motivation problem; it is a survival pattern rooted in childhood conditioning. This is not about doing more. It is about understanding what is driving you. In This Episode You'll Discover: 🔹 Why high functioning does not mean emotionally regulated 🔹 How childhood environments train the nervous system to stay in constant alert mode 🔹 The connection between being "the strong one" and chronic anxiety and exhaustion 🔹 Why you feel responsible for other people's emotions, reactions, and outcomes 🔹 How overthinking, rumination, and anticipation are rooted in survival wiring 🔹 The neuroscience behind people-pleasing, fixing, and overfunctioning 🔹 Why calm and stillness can feel uncomfortable or even unsafe 🔹 How identity becomes tied to being needed, useful, and in control 🔹 What happens when you begin to set boundaries and stop overfunctioning 🔹 Why real healing requires an identity shift, not just surface-level coping A Truth That Changes Everything: You are not exhausted because you are doing too much. You are exhausted because your identity has been built around doing too much to feel safe, valued, and needed. What looks like strength on the outside is often survival on the inside. This is not a personal failure. This is a nervous system pattern, and Lisa is here to help you understand how to break free. ✨ You are not too much. ✨ You were taught to carry too much. ✨ And you can learn to put it down. Healing Resources & Support 🔹 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program A trauma-informed, neuroscience-based healing path for adult children of narcissistic, neglectful, or emotionally immature caregivers 👉 Breakthrough Program: Reclaim Your True Self in 90 Days or Less 🔹 Breakthrough Warrior Membership On-demand courses, journaling tools, meditations, and a private healing community 👉 Live Group Calls with Lisa Every Month 🔹 Free Codependency Quiz Learn how childhood programming may still be shaping your relationships 👉 Quiz 🎧 New episodes released regularly 🌱 Learn more: https://www.lisaaromano.com Follow along on YouTube for Live Workshops http://youtube.com/@lisaaromano1?sub_confirmation=1 #highfunctioning #burnout #anxiety #overthinking #peoplepleasing #codependency #emotionalexhaustion #nervoussystemhealing #mentalhealth #traumahealing #selfworth #healingjourney #personalgrowth #lisaaromano

    18 min
  4. MAY 4

    Codependency Is Not What You Think, It's a Nervous System Pattern

    Codependency Is Not What You Think, It's a Nervous System Pattern A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano, Breakthrough Life Coach Have you ever felt like no matter how much you give, love, or sacrifice, it is never enough? Do you find yourself constantly trying to fix others, keep the peace, or earn your worth through overgiving and self-sacrifice? What if codependency is not a personality flaw, but a deeply wired survival pattern? If so, you are not broken. You are patterned. And patterns can be changed. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano breaks down the truth about codependency beyond the surface-level definitions. Through deep psychological insight, nervous system awareness, and lived experience, Lisa explains why codependency is not just about relationships, it is a subconscious, neurological, and emotional survival system rooted in childhood conditioning. This is not about being "too nice." It is about survival. In This Episode You'll Discover: 🔹 Why codependency is a subconscious survival pattern, not a conscious choice 🔹 How overgiving, people-pleasing, and self-sacrifice become tied to self-worth 🔹 The connection between childhood emotional neglect and feeling "not enough" 🔹 Why understanding your past is not enough without emotional and energetic change 🔹 How fear, control, and the need for certainty keep codependency in place 🔹 Why many traditional healing methods fail to create real, lasting transformation 🔹 The role of the nervous system in keeping you stuck in anxiety and overfunctioning 🔹 What it really means to interrupt patterns in real time and hold yourself accountable 🔹 Why letting go of codependency can feel like losing control or falling into the unknown 🔹 How true healing requires both awareness and a structured path forward A Truth That Changes Everything: Codependency is not just about loving too much or caring too deeply. It is about trying to earn safety, worth, and validation in ways that slowly disconnect you from your true self. What feels like kindness on the outside is often survival on the inside. This is not a personal failure. This is a deeply wired pattern, and Lisa is here to help you understand how to break free. ✨ You are not too much. ✨ You were taught to abandon yourself. ✨ And you can learn to choose yourself again. Healing Resources & Support 🔹 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program A trauma-informed, neuroscience-based healing path for adult children of narcissistic, neglectful, or emotionally immature caregivers 👉 Breakthrough Program: Reclaim Your True Self in 90 Days or Less 🔹 Breakthrough Warrior Membership On-demand courses, journaling tools, meditations, and a private healing community 👉 Live Group Calls with Lisa Every Month 🔹 Free Codependency Quiz Learn how childhood programming may still be shaping your relationships 👉 Quiz 🎧 New episodes released regularly 🌱 Learn more: https://www.lisaaromano.com Follow along on YouTube for Live Workshops http://youtube.com/@lisaaromano1?sub_confirmation=1

    22 min
  5. APR 27

    10 Subtle Questions That Expose a Narcissist Without Confrontation

    10 Questions to Reveal a Narcissist (Without Confrontation) A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano, Breakthrough Life Coach Have you ever felt confused by someone's behavior, like something feels off, but you cannot quite explain why? Do you find yourself questioning your reality, overanalyzing conversations, or feeling emotionally drained after interacting with someone? What if the answers are not in what they say, but how they respond? If so, you are not imagining things. You are observing patterns. And patterns can be understood. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano shares 10 specific, non-confrontational questions designed to help you identify narcissistic traits in others. With deep psychological insight and real-world application, Lisa explains how narcissism reveals itself through tone, defensiveness, lack of empathy, and subtle patterns of superiority. This is not about labeling. It is about awareness. In This Episode You'll Discover: 🔹 Why narcissistic traits reveal themselves through patterns, not just words 🔹 How irritation, defensiveness, and superiority show up when you ask simple questions 🔹 The difference between accountability and blame-shifting 🔹 Why narcissists struggle with self-reflection and emotional depth 🔹 How to spot inconsistent empathy and emotional disconnection 🔹 The role of entitlement, control, and lack of reciprocity in relationships 🔹 How narcissists react when they are not given admiration or validation 🔹 The difference between curiosity and superiority in healthy vs unhealthy people 🔹 Why external validation matters more than inner growth for narcissistic personalities 🔹 How asking better questions can protect you from manipulation and confusion A Truth That Changes Everything: Narcissism is not always loud, obvious, or aggressive. It often hides behind charm, confidence, and subtle patterns of control. The real signs are revealed in how someone responds when you ask them to reflect, take ownership, or connect emotionally. This is not about judging others. This is about learning to see clearly. ✨ You are not too sensitive. ✨ You are noticing patterns. ✨ And awareness is your protection. Healing Resources & Support 🔹 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program A trauma-informed, neuroscience-based healing path for adult children of narcissistic, neglectful, or emotionally immature caregivers 👉 Breakthrough Program: Reclaim Your True Self in 90 Days or Less 🔹 Breakthrough Warrior Membership On-demand courses, journaling tools, meditations, and a private healing community 👉 Live Group Calls with Lisa Every Month 🔹 Free Codependency Quiz Learn how childhood programming may still be shaping your relationships 👉 Quiz 🎧 New episodes released regularly 🌱 Learn more: https://www.lisaaromano.com Follow along on YouTube for Live Workshops http://youtube.com/@lisaaromano1?sub_confirmation=1 #narcissism #narcissist #narcissisticabuse #toxicrelationships #relationshipredflags #gaslighting #emotionalmanipulation #codependency #selfawareness #mentalhealth #emotionalintelligence #personalgrowth #healingjourney #traumarecovery #lisaaromano

    22 min
  6. APR 20

    Why You Cant Love Yourself If You Grew Up Invisible

    Why You Can't Love Yourself If You Grew Up Invisible A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano, Breakthrough Life Coach Have you ever looked successful on the outside, but deep down still felt unseen, unworthy, or emotionally disconnected from yourself? Do you struggle to set boundaries, speak your truth, or believe you matter without having to earn it first? If so, you are not broken. You are patterned. And patterns can be changed. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano explores one of the deepest wounds adult children of dysfunction carry, the inability to truly love themselves. With the psychological depth, nervous system insight, and compassionate clarity that has helped millions understand their healing journey, Lisa reveals why self-love is not a personality trait, it is a developmental experience. This is not about vanity. It is about visibility. In This Episode You'll Discover: 🔹 Why so many people believe they love themselves, while still living from low self-worth and self-abandonment 🔹 How childhood emotional neglect disrupts the development of a healthy sense of self 🔹 Why growing up invisible teaches the nervous system that your needs, feelings, and voice do not matter 🔹 The powerful houseplant metaphor that explains how self-worth is built through consistent care and emotional attunement 🔹 How mirror neurons and dysfunctional family patterns train children to ignore their own emotions 🔹 The codependency connection, why safety becomes tied to pleasing others, performing, and staying small 🔹 How subconscious conditioning keeps adult children trapped in reactivity, shame, and chronic self-doubt 🔹 Why self-love is not selfish, superficial, or soft, it is the foundation of emotional healing 🔹 How neuroplasticity makes it possible to rewire old survival patterns and come home to your true self A Truth That Changes Everything: When a child grows up emotionally unseen, they do not just lose confidence, they lose connection to their own sense of self. What looks like low self-esteem in adulthood is often a nervous system shaped by inconsistency, neglect, and the pressure to survive by becoming who others needed them to be. This is not a personal failure. This is a trauma pattern with deep roots, and Lisa is here to help you trace yours. ✨ It's not that you are hard to love. ✨ It's that you were taught to disappear. ✨ And what was learned can be unlearned. Healing Resources & Support 🔹 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program A trauma-informed, neuroscience-based healing path for adult children of narcissistic, neglectful, or emotionally immature caregivers 👉 Breakthrough Program: Reclaim Your True Self in 90 Days or Less 🔹 Breakthrough Warrior Membership On-demand courses, journaling tools, meditations, and a private healing community 👉 Live Group Calls with Lisa Every Month 🔹 Free Codependency Quiz Learn how childhood programming may still be shaping your relationships 👉 Quiz 🎧 New episodes released regularly 🌱 Learn more: https://www.lisaaromano.com Follow along on YouTube for Live Workshops http://youtube.com/@lisaaromano1?sub_confirmation=1 #selflove #lowselfworth #codependencyrecovery #childhoodtrauma #emotionalneglect #nervoussystemhealing #adultchildren #innerchildhealing #traumainformedhealing #selfabandonment #healingjourney #lisaaromano

    23 min
  7. Emotional Unavailability #1 Relationship Issue of 2026

    APR 13

    Emotional Unavailability #1 Relationship Issue of 2026

    Emotional Unavailability: The #1 Relationship Issue of 2026 A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano — Breakthrough Life Coach Have you ever given everything to someone — only to feel like you're speaking into a wall? Or maybe, if you're being honest, you're the one who pulls back the moment things get too close? If so, you are not broken. You are patterned. And patterns can be changed. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano breaks down the most talked-about relationship struggle of 2026 — emotional unavailability — with the psychological depth, nervous system insight, and compassionate clarity that has helped millions of people finally understand why love keeps feeling so hard. This is not about blame. It is about awakening. In This Episode You'll Discover: 🔹 What emotional unavailability actually is — and why it is a survival strategy, not a character flaw 🔹 The pursuer-distancer dynamic and why emotionally unavailable people and anxious pursuers are magnetically drawn to each other 🔹 How childhood emotional neglect and parentification wire the nervous system for disconnection 🔹 Attachment theory made simple — Dismissive-Avoidant, Anxious-Preoccupied, Fearful-Avoidant, and how Earned Secure Attachment is possible for anyone 🔹 The codependency connection — why the unavailable partner doesn't feel like a red flag, they feel like home 🔹 The neurochemical truth behind intermittent reinforcement and why you keep attracting the same person in a different body 🔹 5 practical, nervous system-informed steps to begin breaking the cycle for good A Statistic That Stopped Us Cold: A 2026 study found that nearly 1 in 4 people have ended a relationship due to emotional unavailability — and nearly 50% admit to hiding their mental health struggles from the person they are trying to build a life with. This is not a personal failure. This is a cultural pattern with deep roots — and Lisa is here to help you trace yours. ✨ It's not you. ✨ It's your blueprint. ✨ And blueprints can be redrawn. Healing Resources & Support 🔹 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program A trauma-informed, neuroscience-based healing path for adult children of narcissistic, neglectful, or emotionally immature caregivers 👉 Breakthrough Program: Reclaim Your True Self in 90 Days or Less 🔹 Breakthrough Warrior Membership On-demand courses, journaling tools, meditations, and a private healing community 👉 Live Group Calls with Lisa Every Month 🔹 Free Codependency Quiz Learn how childhood programming may still be shaping your relationships 👉 Quiz 🎧 New episodes released regularly 🌱 Learn more: https://www.lisaaromano.com Follow along on YouTube for Live Workshops  http://youtube.com/@lisaaromano1?sub_confirmation=1 #EmotionalUnavailability #AttachmentStyles #CodependencyRecovery #PursuerDistancer #ChildhoodTrauma #EmotionalNeglect #NervousSystemHealing #AdultChildren #InnerChildHealing #TraumaInformedHealing #SecureAttachment #RelationshipHealing #BreakthroughLifeCoach #LisaARomano

    42 min
  8. 3 Brain Science Tips The Metacognitive Science of Letting Go of the Past

    APR 6

    3 Brain Science Tips The Metacognitive Science of Letting Go of the Past

    Do you feel stuck? Have people told you all you need to do is let go? Have you been shamed by others because you find it hard to stop thinking about how a narcissistic parent has wounded you? Do you ruminate, and find yourself clinging to old memories, plagued by negative self talk? Are you codependent, a people pleaser, who finds it hard to let go, even when you know you should walk away? If so, this episode is for you. Inside you will learn Lisa A. Romano's 3 step metacogntive process that teaches her private clients and members of her conscious healing circle, inside the Breakthrough Warrior Membership. These are also the types of logic and neurological based trainings she offers those within her coaching courses. Today, she shares her insights with those in her podcast community in the hopes of inspiring them to believe that the power to change and heal their lives has been within them all along.  But, here's the thing. The power is not in action. It is in metacognition. It's in a particular type of controlled, conscious repetition, that allows for the brain to edit and rewire itself in real time.  Sound interesting? You know it does! And if you are someone who feels stuck, but you ache for joy, emotional freedom and total authenticity, Lisa's work offers a pathway through the muck of the past.  0:00 Introduction--what reframing what letting to actually means 5:00 defining letting go through the lens of metacognition 6:26 Step One-accepting the external reality (fact gathering) 9:21 Step Two-accepting the internral reality (data observation) 11:00 When your self identity is crushed as a child 16:00 The codependent approval seeking pattern  17:00 The power of self editing and somatic release 17:40 Step 3-the Metacognitive shift from lack to gratitude 18:01 Holding pain and gratitude simultaneously--creates internal balance 18:40 Childhood trauma symptoms to be observed not identified with 19:39 Observing the toxic patterns of negative self talk 20:12 The Gremlins of stinking thinking 20:26 The metacognitive shift using gratitude as a tool for balance 21:43 Emotional freedom explained 23:04 Stinking thinking explained 23:36 The future of childhood trauma recovery (metacognition/neuroplasticity) 24:45 Metacognitive exercise to help you shift 26:13 Seek the shift 27:14 Muscle memory and emotional recovery go hand in hand 27:32 Letting Go reframed as a mental resilience exercise 28:00 Repetition, why its necessary 28:80 The Wizard of OZ comparison; Dorothy had the power with her all along 30:19 Refuse to allow trauma to control your life 31:46 The 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program--your next steps This episode will help you understand the power of a consciously controlled mind, which will help with emotional regulation, and emotional freedom, specifically for those suffering from childhood emotional neglect, codependency, low self worth, people pleasing, and the repeating of toxic relationship cycles.  ✨ Learn more about my work and resources: here ✨ Explore the 12 Week Breakthrough Coaching Program: here Topics: healthy boundaries, boundary guilt, people pleasing recovery, codependency healing, self abandonment, fear of rejection, emotional conditioning, inner critic, childhood trauma patterns, adult children of dysfunctional families, nervous system safety, relationship anxiety, self healing, codependency, codependency recovery, self recovery, metacognition, personal growth, self growth, selfhelp, mental health tips, lisa a romano, narcissistic abuse recovery, codependency recovery,

    35 min

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Lisa A. Romano is a globally recognized Breakthrough Life Coach, award-winning author, and a leading expert in emotional recovery. Named the #1 Most Influential Person of 2020 and one of the World's Most Inspiring Women of 2023, Lisa has dedicated her career to helping others break free from the chains of codependency and narcissistic abuse. As the creator of the Conscious Healing Academy, she has developed a groundbreaking approach to emotional recovery that focuses on healing the deep-rooted causes of the false self so as to make a path forward to the authentic self. Lisa's work is driven by her belief in the transformative power of an organized mind. She teaches that true healing begins when individuals can confront and dismantle the subconscious beliefs that keep them trapped in patterns of self-sabotage and emotional pain. Through her coaching, writing, and educational programs, Lisa empowers her clients to awaken to their authentic selves, guiding them on a journey of self-discovery and personal empowerment. With a mission to help others live above the veil of consciousness, Lisa's influence extends far beyond her coaching practice. Her insights and teachings have inspired millions worldwide to take control of their lives, break free from toxic relationships, and embrace a path of self-love and true fulfillment. Contact coach@lisaaromano.com or visit https://www.lisaaromano.com to learn about how Lisa and her team can assist with your expansion of consciousness despite a painful past.

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