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Episode 261
There is a particular kind of loss that doesn't get talked about enough when you leave a coercive relationship, and it isn't the loss of the person. …
2 months ago
I Didn't Know I Was Still Holding My Breath
Episode 260
Some healing doesn't come from therapy or from doing the work in the way you expect it to. Sometimes it comes from watching your team win the NBA fin…
2 months, 1 week ago
It Shouldn't Feel This Confusing: Naming the Cycle of Abuse
Episode 259
You know something is wrong, you just cannot name it yet.
In this episode, I walk through the cycle of abuse — tension building, explosion, reconcili…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
When Love Feels Like a Hostage Situation
Episode 258
If you have ever felt like you were walking on eggshells, apologizing for things that made no sense, or grieving a version of someone who seemed to d…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How Manipulators Use Words to Maintain Control
Episode 257
I break down some of the most insidious and subtle ways abusers use language to dominate the narrative and erode your sense of reality.
I walk you thr…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Underpinning of All Abuse: Coercive Control with Dr. Christine Cocchiola
Episode 256
Dr. Christine Cocchiola is back, and this conversation goes deep. Dr. Christine is a coercive control specialist, therapist, TEDx speaker, and author…
3 months ago
When Co-Parenting Becomes Coercive Control
Episode 255
If you've ever felt like you're doing everything right — showing up, advocating, holding it together — and still somehow ending up as the problem, th…
3 months, 1 week ago
I'm Not Fucked Up, I'm Detoxing
Episode 254
If you've ever thought "what is wrong with me?" after leaving a toxic relationship — this episode is for you.
I break down why the anxiety, hypervigi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Walking on Razor Blades: Life with Someone with BPD Description
Episode 253
BPD is often misunderstood, reduced to stereotypes of moodiness or drama — but if you've loved someone with unmanaged borderline personality disorder…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How I Actually Healed (And Why It Didn't Look the Way I Expected)
Episode 252
People ask me how I healed all the time, and the honest answer is that there is no clean framework I can hand you.
In this episode, I share the speci…
4 months ago