Stan Shambling

Hello, everybody. Welcome to Health Chatter. Today's show is on the issue of narcissism, which is an interesting topic that's got some interesting thoughts behind it all. And we'll get to our guest in a second. We've got a wonderful crew, Maddie Levine-Wolf, Aaron Collins, Deandra Howard, and Sheridan Nygaard do all our background research for us and do a wonderful job. Thank you to them.

Hello, everybody. Welcome to Health Chatter. Today's show is on the issue of narcissism, which is an interesting topic that's got some interesting thoughts behind it all. And we'll get to our guest in a second. We've got a wonderful crew, Maddie Levine-Wolf, Aaron Collins, Deandra Howard, and Sheridan Nygaard do all our background research for us and do a wonderful job. Thank you to them.

Matthew Campbell is our production director. manager gets all the shows out to you, the listening audience, and also Sheridan does our marketing as well. So it's a great crew. Thank you to all of you. You're second to none. Clarence Jones is my partner in crime on this podcast. We have a heck of a good time doing it. We chat a lot, not only online with our podcast, but offline too.

Matthew Campbell is our production director. manager gets all the shows out to you, the listening audience, and also Sheridan does our marketing as well. So it's a great crew. Thank you to all of you. You're second to none. Clarence Jones is my partner in crime on this podcast. We have a heck of a good time doing it. We chat a lot, not only online with our podcast, but offline too.

So he's a great colleague. Clarence, thanks. You're absolutely wonderful. Human Partnership is our sponsor for our shows. Wonderful community health organization. Check them out at humanpartnership.org. Check us out at healthchatterpodcast.com. I'm Stan Shambling, co-host along with Clarence. And here we go. Today we've got Brandon Jones with us, who is the Executive Director of

So he's a great colleague. Clarence, thanks. You're absolutely wonderful. Human Partnership is our sponsor for our shows. Wonderful community health organization. Check them out at humanpartnership.org. Check us out at healthchatterpodcast.com. I'm Stan Shambling, co-host along with Clarence. And here we go. Today we've got Brandon Jones with us, who is the Executive Director of

of the Minnesota Association of Children's Mental Health. His background is in sociology, community psychology, marriage and family therapy, psychotherapist, professor, and behavioral health consultant prior to his leadership in the Minnesota Association of Children's Mental Health.

of the Minnesota Association of Children's Mental Health. His background is in sociology, community psychology, marriage and family therapy, psychotherapist, professor, and behavioral health consultant prior to his leadership in the Minnesota Association of Children's Mental Health.

He's a wonderful colleague, got wonderful background, and hopefully he can give us some insight into this subject of narcissism. So let's start it out, Brandon. Thanks for being with us. So let's start first by defining for our listening, what is narcissism?

He's a wonderful colleague, got wonderful background, and hopefully he can give us some insight into this subject of narcissism. So let's start it out, Brandon. Thanks for being with us. So let's start first by defining for our listening, what is narcissism?

So give me the positive spin on it then. You said you liked it. So far, it kind of seems negative to me, but go ahead.

So give me the positive spin on it then. You said you liked it. So far, it kind of seems negative to me, but go ahead.

So it's like taking a selfie, narcissistic behavior.

So it's like taking a selfie, narcissistic behavior.

So I've got two questions here. Are people who are power hungry, are they typically narcissistic?

So I've got two questions here. Are people who are power hungry, are they typically narcissistic?

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

It's probably a better way to say it. Okay, got it.

It's probably a better way to say it. Okay, got it.